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2023
World Air Quality Report
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Good
51-100
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101-150
Unhealthy for sensitive groups
151-200
Unhealthy
201-300
Very unhealthy
301+
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| Rank | Major city, country/region | AQI US | Followers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Kathmandu, Nepal | 179 | 144.9K followers |
| 2 |  | Cairo City, Egypt | 175 | 25K followers |
| 3 |  | Kampala, Uganda | 172 | 9.3K followers |
| 4 |  | Kolkata, India | 158 | 1.4M followers |
| 5 | | Delhi, India | 155 | 2.7M followers |
| 6 |  | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | 155 | 364K followers |
| 7 |  | Wuhan, China | 153 | 316.8K followers |
| 8 |  | Chiang Mai, Thailand | 153 | 11.7M followers |
| 9 |  | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | 152 | 15K followers |
| 10 |  | Hanoi, Vietnam | 152 | 2.2M followers |
| 11 | | Beijing, China | 152 | 6.8M followers |
| 12 |  | Dhaka, Bangladesh | 149 | 224.3K followers |
| 13 |  | Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel | 143 | 80K followers |
| 14 |  | Jakarta, Indonesia | 137 | 1.7M followers |
| 15 |  | Tehran, Iran | 129 | 1M followers |
| 16 |  | Istanbul, Turkey | 121 | 219K followers |
| 17 | | Hangzhou, China | 107 | 316.2K followers |
| 18 |  | Lahore, Pakistan | 105 | 380.4K followers |
| 19 | | Jerusalem, Israel | 103 | 59.4K followers |
| 20 |  | Yangon, Myanmar | 97 | 23.3K followers |
| 21 | | Medan, Indonesia | 91 | 1.3M followers |
| 22 | | Karachi, Pakistan | 88 | 67.7K followers |
| 23 | | Mumbai, India | 88 | 1.5M followers |
| 24 |  | Incheon, South Korea | 88 | 22.1K followers |
| 25 |  | Doha, Qatar | 84 | 99.2K followers |
| 26 |  | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 84 | 113.2K followers |
| 27 |  | Johannesburg, South Africa | 82 | 62K followers |
| 28 |  | Accra, Ghana | 82 | 6.3K followers |
| 29 |  | Kuwait City, Kuwait | 80 | 63.4K followers |
| 30 |  | Wroclaw, Poland | 77 | 253.1K followers |
| 31 |  | Manama, Bahrain | 76 | 29.6K followers |
| 32 | | Krakow, Poland | 73 | 303.4K followers |
| 33 |  | Baghdad, Iraq | 72 | 19.4K followers |
| 34 | | Seoul, South Korea | 68 | 6.3M followers |
| 35 |  | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 66 | 377.4K followers |
| 36 |  | Belgrade, Serbia | 64 | 197.8K followers |
| 37 |  | Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina | 60 | 48.5K followers |
| 38 |  | Berlin, Germany | 59 | 193.2K followers |
| 39 |  | Lima, Peru | 57 | 34.5K followers |
| 40 |  | Algiers, Algeria | 55 | 36.9K followers |
| 41 | | Warsaw, Poland | 55 | 322.4K followers |
| 42 |  | Milano, Italy | 55 | 112.4K followers |
| 43 | | Chengdu, China | 55 | 1.7M followers |
| 44 | | Chongqing, China | 55 | 168.3K followers |
| 45 |  | Sofia, Bulgaria | 55 | 109.2K followers |
| 46 |  | Sao Paulo, Brazil | 53 | 79.8K followers |
| 47 |  | Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan | 53 | 37.9K followers |
| 48 |  | Phnom Penh, Cambodia | 52 | 394.1K followers |
| 49 |  | Mexico City, Mexico | 52 | 338.4K followers |
| 50 |  | Bucharest, Romania | 51 | 61.7K followers |
| 51 |  | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 50 | 83.8K followers |
| 52 |  | Taipei, Taiwan | 50 | 974.5K followers |
| 53 | | Shanghai, China | 50 | 2.1M followers |
| 54 | | Bangkok, Thailand | 50 | 5.3M followers |
| 55 |  | Pristina, Kosovo | 49 | 12.8K followers |
| 56 |  | Paris, France | 49 | 5.5M followers |
| 57 | | Batam, Indonesia | 48 | 1.3M followers |
| 58 |  | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia | 47 | 51.1K followers |
| 59 |  | Budapest, Hungary | 46 | 21.7K followers |
| 60 |  | Krasnoyarsk, Russia | 45 | 95K followers |
| 61 |  | Zagreb, Croatia | 43 | 14.3K followers |
| 62 | | Busan, South Korea | 43 | 184.9K followers |
| 63 | | Kaohsiung, Taiwan | 41 | 681.4K followers |
| 64 |  | Vienna, Austria | 41 | 141K followers |
| 65 |  | Kobe, Japan | 41 | 27.5K followers |
| 66 |  | Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR | 40 | 668K followers |
| 67 |  | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 39 | 282.2K followers |
| 68 |  | Astana, Kazakhstan | 39 | 25.4K followers |
| 69 |  | Lisbon, Portugal | 38 | 20.8K followers |
| 70 |  | Bratislava, Slovakia | 38 | 37.8K followers |
| 71 | | Osaka, Japan | 37 | 61.4K followers |
| 72 |  | Kyiv, Ukraine | 37 | 271.2K followers |
| 73 |  | Nairobi, Kenya | 37 | 13.5K followers |
| 74 |  | Denver, USA | 36 | 1.5M followers |
| 75 | | London, United Kingdom | 36 | 230.2K followers |
| 76 | | Lyon, France | 35 | 485.4K followers |
| 77 |  | Stockholm, Sweden | 35 | 34.5K followers |
| 78 | | Salt Lake City, USA | 35 | 44.8K followers |
| 79 |  | Athens, Greece | 34 | 25.1K followers |
| 80 | | Seattle, USA | 34 | 294.4K followers |
| 81 |  | Bern, Switzerland | 33 | 84.1K followers |
| 82 |  | Singapore, Singapore | 33 | 856.5K followers |
| 83 | | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | 33 | 2.2M followers |
| 84 | | Guangzhou, China | 33 | 1.5M followers |
| 85 | | Kyoto, Japan | 33 | 79.7K followers |
| 86 | | Washington, D.C., USA | 33 | 37.4K followers |
| 87 |  | Dublin, Ireland | 33 | 20.1K followers |
| 88 | | Tokyo, Japan | 33 | 1M followers |
| 89 |  | Helsinki, Finland | 32 | 73.2K followers |
| 90 |  | Prague, Czech Republic | 32 | 105.5K followers |
| 91 |  | Canberra, Australia | 32 | 271.3K followers |
| 92 |  | Vancouver BC, Canada | 31 | 113.6K followers |
| 93 | | Minneapolis, USA | 31 | 15K followers |
| 94 | | New York City, USA | 31 | 1.8M followers |
| 95 |  | Madrid, Spain | 30 | 325.4K followers |
| 96 | | Moscow, Russia | 29 | 767.6K followers |
| 97 | | Shenzhen, China | 29 | 381.7K followers |
| 98 |  | Bogota, Colombia | 29 | 79.3K followers |
| 99 |  | Santiago, Chile | 29 | 93.3K followers |
| 100 | | Kuching, Malaysia | 28 | 48.9K followers |
| 101 | | Los Angeles, USA | 27 | 6M followers |
| 102 | | San Francisco, USA | 26 | 577.2K followers |
| 103 |  | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 25 | 120.5K followers |
| 104 | | Vancouver BC, Canada | 25 | 113.6K followers |
| 105 | | Portland, USA | 25 | 125K followers |
| 106 | | Nice, France | 22 | 451.9K followers |
| 107 | | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 21 | 233.7K followers |
| 108 | | Rome, Italy | 21 | 62.5K followers |
| 109 | | Toronto, Canada | 21 | 329.5K followers |
| 110 |  | Brussels, Belgium | 20 | 139.1K followers |
| 111 | | Montreal, Canada | 20 | 107.7K followers |
| 112 |  | Oslo, Norway | 19 | 32K followers |
| 113 | | Sydney, Australia | 19 | 1.6M followers |
| 114 | | Seattle, USA | 19 | 294.4K followers |
| 115 |  | Skopje, North Macedonia | 18 | 13.6K followers |
| 116 | | Chicago, USA | 18 | 42.5K followers |
| 117 | | New York City, USA | 14 | 1.8M followers |
| 118 | | Detroit, USA | 12 | 24.3K followers |
| 119 |  | Auckland, New Zealand | 10 | 66.4K followers |
| 120 | | Melbourne, Australia | 10 | 291.5K followers |
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