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2023

World Air Quality Report

NEWSROOM
AQI US legend

0-50

Good

51-100

Moderate

101-150

Unhealthy for sensitive groups

151-200

Unhealthy

201-300

Very unhealthy

301+

Hazardous

Rank Major city, country/region AQI USFollowers
1 Dubai, United Arab Emirates Dubai, United Arab Emirates
176
365.7K followers
2 Chiang Mai, Thailand Chiang Mai, Thailand
156
11.7M followers
3 Kathmandu, Nepal Kathmandu, Nepal
152
145.5K followers
4 Kolkata, India Kolkata, India
151
1.4M followers
5 Hanoi, Vietnam Hanoi, Vietnam
144
2.2M followers
6 Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
129
6.6K followers
7 Kuwait City, Kuwait Kuwait City, Kuwait
122
63.5K followers
8 Delhi, India Delhi, India
119
2.7M followers
9 Yangon, Myanmar Yangon, Myanmar
111
23.5K followers
10 Baghdad, Iraq Baghdad, Iraq
110
19.6K followers
11 Cairo City, Egypt Cairo City, Egypt
108
25.3K followers
12 Doha, Qatar Doha, Qatar
105
99.6K followers
13 Dhaka, Bangladesh Dhaka, Bangladesh
104
224.7K followers
14 Shanghai, China Shanghai, China
99
2.1M followers
15 Mexico City, Mexico Mexico City, Mexico
98
339K followers
16 Mumbai, India Mumbai, India
97
1.5M followers
17 Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
92
80.4K followers
18 Manama, Bahrain Manama, Bahrain
87
29.7K followers
19 Medan, Indonesia Medan, Indonesia
86
1.3M followers
20 Phnom Penh, Cambodia Phnom Penh, Cambodia
85
394.6K followers
21 Karachi, Pakistan Karachi, Pakistan
80
67.9K followers
22 Jakarta, Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia
80
1.7M followers
23 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
76
84.1K followers
24 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
76
15K followers
25 Jerusalem, Israel Jerusalem, Israel
74
59.6K followers
26 Accra, Ghana Accra, Ghana
74
6.3K followers
27 Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
74
51.2K followers
28 Lima, Peru Lima, Peru
72
34.6K followers
29 Lahore, Pakistan Lahore, Pakistan
71
381.3K followers
30 Incheon, South Korea Incheon, South Korea
70
22.3K followers
31 Kampala, Uganda Kampala, Uganda
68
9.3K followers
32 Santiago, Chile Santiago, Chile
66
93.5K followers
33 Prague, Czech Republic Prague, Czech Republic
64
105.7K followers
34 Hangzhou, China Hangzhou, China
63
318.5K followers
35 Wuhan, China Wuhan, China
63
318K followers
36 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
61
378.2K followers
37 New York City, USA New York City, USA
61
1.8M followers
38 Krakow, Poland Krakow, Poland
59
303.9K followers
39 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan
59
114K followers
40 Seoul, South Korea Seoul, South Korea
59
6.3M followers
41 Zagreb, Croatia Zagreb, Croatia
58
14.5K followers
42 Tehran, Iran Tehran, Iran
57
1M followers
43 Wroclaw, Poland Wroclaw, Poland
57
253.2K followers
44 Milano, Italy Milano, Italy
57
113.2K followers
45 Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina
57
48.8K followers
46 Beijing, China Beijing, China
57
6.9M followers
47 Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
57
38.1K followers
48 Batam, Indonesia Batam, Indonesia
55
1.3M followers
49 Taipei, Taiwan Taipei, Taiwan
55
976.2K followers
50 Skopje, North Macedonia Skopje, North Macedonia
54
13.7K followers
51 Detroit, USA Detroit, USA
54
24.4K followers
52 Bratislava, Slovakia Bratislava, Slovakia
53
37.8K followers
53 Guangzhou, China Guangzhou, China
53
1.5M followers
54 Bangkok, Thailand Bangkok, Thailand
53
5.3M followers
55 Stockholm, Sweden Stockholm, Sweden
52
34.9K followers
56 Amsterdam, Netherlands Amsterdam, Netherlands
49
234.2K followers
57 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
48
2.2M followers
58 Algiers, Algeria Algiers, Algeria
45
37K followers
59 Lyon, France Lyon, France
45
486.1K followers
60 Shenzhen, China Shenzhen, China
45
383.2K followers
61 Osaka, Japan Osaka, Japan
45
62K followers
62 Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
45
669.8K followers
63 Nairobi, Kenya Nairobi, Kenya
45
13.6K followers
64 Chongqing, China Chongqing, China
44
169K followers
65 Rotterdam, Netherlands Rotterdam, Netherlands
43
120.7K followers
66 Nice, France Nice, France
42
452.6K followers
67 Houston, USA Houston, USA
42
27.1K followers
68 Busan, South Korea Busan, South Korea
41
187.8K followers
69 Tokyo, Japan Tokyo, Japan
41
1M followers
70 Budapest, Hungary Budapest, Hungary
39
21.9K followers
71 Sao Paulo, Brazil Sao Paulo, Brazil
39
79.9K followers
72 Warsaw, Poland Warsaw, Poland
37
322.8K followers
73 Astana, Kazakhstan Astana, Kazakhstan
37
25.6K followers
74 Chengdu, China Chengdu, China
37
1.7M followers
75 Kaohsiung, Taiwan Kaohsiung, Taiwan
37
682.3K followers
76 Sofia, Bulgaria Sofia, Bulgaria
37
109.4K followers
77 Vienna, Austria Vienna, Austria
37
141.3K followers
78 Krasnoyarsk, Russia Krasnoyarsk, Russia
35
95.2K followers
79 Rome, Italy Rome, Italy
35
62.9K followers
80 Bogota, Colombia Bogota, Colombia
35
79.5K followers
81 Pristina, Kosovo Pristina, Kosovo
33
12.9K followers
82 London, United Kingdom London, United Kingdom
33
232.6K followers
83 Lisbon, Portugal Lisbon, Portugal
31
20.9K followers
84 Oslo, Norway Oslo, Norway
31
32.4K followers
85 Helsinki, Finland Helsinki, Finland
30
73.4K followers
86 Paris, France Paris, France
30
5.5M followers
87 Washington, D.C., USA Washington, D.C., USA
30
37.8K followers
88 Kyoto, Japan Kyoto, Japan
29
80K followers
89 Birmingham, United Kingdom Birmingham, United Kingdom
28
282.7K followers
90 Brussels, Belgium Brussels, Belgium
26
139.4K followers
91 Kuching, Malaysia Kuching, Malaysia
25
49K followers
92 Singapore, Singapore Singapore, Singapore
25
858.5K followers
93 Kobe, Japan Kobe, Japan
25
27.6K followers
94 Los Angeles, USA Los Angeles, USA
24
6M followers
95 Madrid, Spain Madrid, Spain
23
326.1K followers
96 Berlin, Germany Berlin, Germany
22
193.8K followers
97 Athens, Greece Athens, Greece
22
25.5K followers
98 Sydney, Australia Sydney, Australia
22
1.6M followers
99 Munich, Germany Munich, Germany
21
338.4K followers
100 Bucharest, Romania Bucharest, Romania
20
61.8K followers
101 Minneapolis, USA Minneapolis, USA
18
15.1K followers
102 Moscow, Russia Moscow, Russia
17
771.2K followers
103 Kyiv, Ukraine Kyiv, Ukraine
17
272K followers
104 Chicago, USA Chicago, USA
15
42.9K followers
105 Canberra, Australia Canberra, Australia
12
271.6K followers
106 Melbourne, Australia Melbourne, Australia
12
292.7K followers
107 Denver, USA Denver, USA
11
1.5M followers
108 Salt Lake City, USA Salt Lake City, USA
11
45.1K followers
109 Bern, Switzerland Bern, Switzerland
10
84.3K followers
110 Dublin, Ireland Dublin, Ireland
10
20.3K followers
111 Vancouver BC, Canada Vancouver BC, Canada
9
114.5K followers
112 Montreal, Canada Montreal, Canada
8
108.1K followers
113 Toronto, Canada Toronto, Canada
7
330.8K followers
114 Seattle, USA Seattle, USA
7
295.3K followers
115 San Francisco, USA San Francisco, USA
7
578.7K followers
116 Istanbul, Turkey Istanbul, Turkey
6
220.5K followers
117 Portland, USA Portland, USA
6
125.8K followers
118 Kabul, Afghanistan Kabul, Afghanistan
4
22K followers
119 Auckland, New Zealand Auckland, New Zealand
3
67K followers
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