Live most polluted major city ranking 
2023
World Air Quality Report
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 US | Followers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Lahore, Pakistan | 167 | 408.8K followers |
| 2 |  | Delhi, India | 160 | 2.7M followers |
| 3 |  | Hanoi, Vietnam | 140 | 2.2M followers |
| 4 |  | Chengdu, China | 132 | 1.8M followers |
| 5 |  | Batam, Indonesia | 125 | 1.3M followers |
| 6 | | Chongqing, China | 115 | 184.2K followers |
| 7 |  | Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel | 112 | 88.8K followers |
| 8 |  | Sao Paulo, Brazil | 110 | 108K followers |
| 9 |  | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | 105 | 425.7K followers |
| 10 |  | Baghdad, Iraq | 99 | 24K followers |
| 11 | | Jerusalem, Israel | 99 | 63.3K followers |
| 12 | | Hangzhou, China | 98 | 376.2K followers |
| 13 | | Wuhan, China | 97 | 353.3K followers |
| 14 | | Medan, Indonesia | 96 | 1.3M followers |
| 15 |  | Algiers, Algeria | 90 | 37.9K followers |
| 16 | | Jakarta, Indonesia | 86 | 1.7M followers |
| 17 |  | Dakar, Senegal | 84 | 12.6K followers |
| 18 |  | Kuwait City, Kuwait | 84 | 67.3K followers |
| 19 |  | Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo | 82 | 7.8K followers |
| 20 |  | Manama, Bahrain | 81 | 33.4K followers |
| 21 | | Karachi, Pakistan | 81 | 75.7K followers |
| 22 |  | Kampala, Uganda | 81 | 10.5K followers |
| 23 |  | Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina | 81 | 60.4K followers |
| 24 |  | Doha, Qatar | 79 | 110.3K followers |
| 25 | | Guangzhou, China | 79 | 1.5M followers |
| 26 | | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | 77 | 2.2M followers |
| 27 |  | Bangkok, Thailand | 77 | 5.5M followers |
| 28 |  | Cairo City, Egypt | 75 | 35.4K followers |
| 29 |  | Istanbul, Turkey | 73 | 243.2K followers |
| 30 |  | Nairobi, Kenya | 69 | 17.2K followers |
| 31 |  | Sydney, Australia | 69 | 1.6M followers |
| 32 |  | Los Angeles, USA | 68 | 6.9M followers |
| 33 |  | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 67 | 410.1K followers |
| 34 | | Mumbai, India | 67 | 1.5M followers |
| 35 |  | Athens, Greece | 66 | 35.7K followers |
| 36 |  | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia | 65 | 56.9K followers |
| 37 |  | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | 64 | 16.8K followers |
| 38 |  | Lyon, France | 63 | 515.9K followers |
| 39 |  | Bucharest, Romania | 63 | 67.5K followers |
| 40 |  | Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan | 63 | 48.4K followers |
| 41 | | Shanghai, China | 62 | 2.3M followers |
| 42 |  | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 60 | 92.3K followers |
| 43 |  | Kathmandu, Nepal | 60 | 159.8K followers |
| 44 |  | Singapore, Singapore | 60 | 924.8K followers |
| 45 |  | Lima, Peru | 60 | 39K followers |
| 46 |  | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 60 | 146.2K followers |
| 47 |  | Helsinki, Finland | 59 | 80.2K followers |
| 48 |  | Dhaka, Bangladesh | 57 | 236.6K followers |
| 49 |  | Moscow, Russia | 56 | 851.1K followers |
| 50 |  | Seoul, South Korea | 56 | 7.1M followers |
| 51 |  | Tehran, Iran | 55 | 1M followers |
| 52 |  | Skopje, North Macedonia | 55 | 17.8K followers |
| 53 |  | Budapest, Hungary | 55 | 28.8K followers |
| 54 |  | Kobe, Japan | 55 | 29.8K followers |
| 55 | | Incheon, South Korea | 54 | 27.7K followers |
| 56 |  | Santiago, Chile | 53 | 103.2K followers |
| 57 | | Osaka, Japan | 53 | 81.3K followers |
| 58 | | Kyoto, Japan | 53 | 88.5K followers |
| 59 | | Kolkata, India | 52 | 1.4M followers |
| 60 |  | Accra, Ghana | 52 | 8K followers |
| 61 |  | Madrid, Spain | 52 | 352K followers |
| 62 |  | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 51 | 130.6K followers |
| 63 |  | Sofia, Bulgaria | 50 | 115.9K followers |
| 64 | | Shenzhen, China | 47 | 430.1K followers |
| 65 | | Detroit, USA | 47 | 27.6K followers |
| 66 |  | London, United Kingdom | 47 | 320.2K followers |
| 67 |  | Phnom Penh, Cambodia | 44 | 407.9K followers |
| 68 |  | Kabul, Afghanistan | 44 | 27K followers |
| 69 |  | Krakow, Poland | 44 | 320.9K followers |
| 70 |  | Pristina, Kosovo | 44 | 16.4K followers |
| 71 | | Paris, France | 42 | 6.2M followers |
| 72 |  | Prague, Czech Republic | 42 | 114.2K followers |
| 73 | | Kuching, Malaysia | 40 | 50.5K followers |
| 74 |  | Milano, Italy | 40 | 143.7K followers |
| 75 | | Nice, France | 38 | 480K followers |
| 76 | | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 37 | 254.7K followers |
| 77 |  | Bogota, Colombia | 37 | 84.4K followers |
| 78 |  | Taipei, Taiwan | 36 | 1M followers |
| 79 | | Melbourne, Australia | 35 | 327.3K followers |
| 80 | | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 33 | 299.4K followers |
| 81 |  | Bratislava, Slovakia | 33 | 40.1K followers |
| 82 |  | Zagreb, Croatia | 33 | 19.4K followers |
| 83 |  | Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR | 33 | 729.3K followers |
| 84 |  | Belgrade, Serbia | 33 | 244.4K followers |
| 85 |  | Munich, Germany | 32 | 373.4K followers |
| 86 |  | Stockholm, Sweden | 32 | 45.8K followers |
| 87 |  | Oslo, Norway | 31 | 41.4K followers |
| 88 | | Wroclaw, Poland | 30 | 258.7K followers |
| 89 |  | Auckland, New Zealand | 29 | 78.2K followers |
| 90 | | Minneapolis, USA | 29 | 21.6K followers |
| 91 | | Warsaw, Poland | 28 | 342.4K followers |
| 92 | | Rome, Italy | 28 | 77.8K followers |
| 93 | | Berlin, Germany | 28 | 213.9K followers |
| 94 |  | Vienna, Austria | 28 | 156.6K followers |
| 95 | | Canberra, Australia | 28 | 280.2K followers |
| 96 | | Beijing, China | 28 | 7.8M followers |
| 97 |  | Kyiv, Ukraine | 26 | 310K followers |
| 98 | | Houston, USA | 26 | 36.2K followers |
| 99 | | Chicago, USA | 26 | 56.6K followers |
| 100 | | Denver, USA | 25 | 1.6M followers |
| 101 | | Denver, USA | 25 | 1.6M followers |
| 102 | | Busan, South Korea | 24 | 261.7K followers |
| 103 |  | Dublin, Ireland | 23 | 25.8K followers |
| 104 | | Seattle, USA | 23 | 356.9K followers |
| 105 | | San Francisco, USA | 23 | 659.8K followers |
| 106 |  | Bern, Switzerland | 22 | 92.5K followers |
| 107 | | Krasnoyarsk, Russia | 22 | 101.4K followers |
| 108 | | Kaohsiung, Taiwan | 22 | 717.4K followers |
| 109 | | Tokyo, Japan | 22 | 1M followers |
| 110 |  | Montreal, Canada | 21 | 122.2K followers |
| 111 |  | Brussels, Belgium | 20 | 150.5K followers |
| 112 |  | Astana, Kazakhstan | 20 | 34.1K followers |
| 113 | | Salt Lake City, USA | 19 | 62.7K followers |
| 114 | | Washington, USA | 18 | 49.5K followers |
| 115 | | Chiang Mai, Thailand | 17 | 11.9M followers |
| 116 | | Toronto, Canada | 14 | 422.5K followers |
| 117 | | Portland, USA | 14 | 181.4K followers |
| 118 | | Vancouver BC, Canada | 12 | 153.9K followers |
| 119 |  | Yangon, Myanmar | 11 | 30.3K followers |
| 120 |  | Lisbon, Portugal | 11 | 29.3K followers |
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