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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 |  | Kathmandu, Nepal | 188 | 145K followers |
| 2 |  | Delhi, India | 182 | 2.7M followers |
| 3 |  | Cairo City, Egypt | 171 | 25.1K followers |
| 4 |  | Wuhan, China | 163 | 316.9K followers |
| 5 | | Kolkata, India | 162 | 1.4M followers |
| 6 |  | Chiang Mai, Thailand | 157 | 11.7M followers |
| 7 |  | Lahore, Pakistan | 155 | 380.5K followers |
| 8 |  | Hanoi, Vietnam | 152 | 2.2M followers |
| 9 | | Beijing, China | 145 | 6.8M followers |
| 10 |  | Medan, Indonesia | 141 | 1.3M followers |
| 11 |  | Dhaka, Bangladesh | 141 | 224.4K followers |
| 12 |  | Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel | 132 | 80.1K followers |
| 13 |  | Istanbul, Turkey | 107 | 219.3K followers |
| 14 |  | Yangon, Myanmar | 98 | 23.3K followers |
| 15 |  | Incheon, South Korea | 93 | 22.1K followers |
| 16 |  | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | 92 | 364.3K followers |
| 17 | | Jerusalem, Israel | 90 | 59.4K followers |
| 18 | | Seoul, South Korea | 88 | 6.3M followers |
| 19 |  | Mexico City, Mexico | 87 | 338.5K followers |
| 20 | | Karachi, Pakistan | 86 | 67.7K followers |
| 21 | | Chengdu, China | 86 | 1.7M followers |
| 22 |  | Manama, Bahrain | 84 | 29.7K followers |
| 23 |  | Kampala, Uganda | 84 | 9.3K followers |
| 24 |  | Tehran, Iran | 82 | 1M followers |
| 25 |  | Johannesburg, South Africa | 82 | 62K followers |
| 26 | | Hangzhou, China | 82 | 316.4K followers |
| 27 | | Jakarta, Indonesia | 80 | 1.7M followers |
| 28 |  | Phnom Penh, Cambodia | 79 | 394.1K followers |
| 29 |  | Santiago, Chile | 73 | 93.3K followers |
| 30 |  | Doha, Qatar | 72 | 99.3K followers |
| 31 |  | Krasnoyarsk, Russia | 70 | 95K followers |
| 32 |  | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia | 68 | 51.1K followers |
| 33 | | Batam, Indonesia | 67 | 1.3M followers |
| 34 |  | Rome, Italy | 67 | 62.5K followers |
| 35 |  | Baghdad, Iraq | 65 | 19.4K followers |
| 36 | | Mumbai, India | 65 | 1.5M followers |
| 37 | | Chongqing, China | 65 | 168.4K followers |
| 38 | | Guangzhou, China | 65 | 1.5M followers |
| 39 |  | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 65 | 113.3K followers |
| 40 |  | Lima, Peru | 62 | 34.5K followers |
| 41 |  | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | 61 | 15K followers |
| 42 |  | Pristina, Kosovo | 61 | 12.8K followers |
| 43 |  | Kuwait City, Kuwait | 59 | 63.4K followers |
| 44 |  | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 58 | 377.5K followers |
| 45 |  | Sao Paulo, Brazil | 57 | 79.8K followers |
| 46 |  | Denver, USA | 57 | 1.5M followers |
| 47 |  | Belgrade, Serbia | 57 | 198K followers |
| 48 |  | Taipei, Taiwan | 56 | 974.7K followers |
| 49 | | Busan, South Korea | 55 | 185.3K followers |
| 50 |  | Athens, Greece | 53 | 25.2K followers |
| 51 |  | Osaka, Japan | 53 | 61.4K followers |
| 52 |  | Warsaw, Poland | 52 | 322.5K followers |
| 53 |  | Bogota, Colombia | 52 | 79.4K followers |
| 54 | | Shanghai, China | 50 | 2.1M followers |
| 55 |  | Sofia, Bulgaria | 49 | 109.2K followers |
| 56 | | Moscow, Russia | 47 | 768.2K followers |
| 57 | | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | 45 | 2.2M followers |
| 58 |  | Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan | 45 | 37.9K followers |
| 59 |  | Skopje, North Macedonia | 44 | 13.6K followers |
| 60 |  | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 43 | 120.5K followers |
| 61 |  | Singapore, Singapore | 43 | 856.8K followers |
| 62 |  | Bucharest, Romania | 42 | 61.7K followers |
| 63 |  | Lyon, France | 41 | 485.5K followers |
| 64 | | Nice, France | 41 | 452.1K followers |
| 65 |  | Astana, Kazakhstan | 41 | 25.4K followers |
| 66 | | Kobe, Japan | 41 | 27.5K followers |
| 67 | | Chicago, USA | 41 | 42.5K followers |
| 68 |  | Bratislava, Slovakia | 40 | 37.8K followers |
| 69 |  | Zagreb, Croatia | 40 | 14.4K followers |
| 70 |  | Munich, Germany | 38 | 337.5K followers |
| 71 |  | Budapest, Hungary | 38 | 21.7K followers |
| 72 |  | Vienna, Austria | 38 | 141K followers |
| 73 |  | London, United Kingdom | 38 | 230.5K followers |
| 74 |  | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 37 | 83.9K followers |
| 75 | | Wroclaw, Poland | 37 | 253.1K followers |
| 76 |  | Lisbon, Portugal | 37 | 20.8K followers |
| 77 | | Paris, France | 37 | 5.5M followers |
| 78 | | Shenzhen, China | 37 | 381.9K followers |
| 79 |  | Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR | 37 | 668.2K followers |
| 80 |  | Bern, Switzerland | 36 | 84.1K followers |
| 81 | | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 36 | 233.7K followers |
| 82 |  | Madrid, Spain | 36 | 325.5K followers |
| 83 | | Minneapolis, USA | 36 | 15K followers |
| 84 |  | Prague, Czech Republic | 35 | 105.5K followers |
| 85 | | Milano, Italy | 34 | 112.5K followers |
| 86 | | Houston, USA | 34 | 26.8K followers |
| 87 | | Krakow, Poland | 33 | 303.5K followers |
| 88 | | Berlin, Germany | 33 | 193.3K followers |
| 89 | | Detroit, USA | 33 | 24.3K followers |
| 90 | | Kyoto, Japan | 33 | 79.7K followers |
| 91 | | Bangkok, Thailand | 33 | 5.3M followers |
| 92 | | Kuching, Malaysia | 32 | 48.9K followers |
| 93 |  | Nairobi, Kenya | 32 | 13.5K followers |
| 94 | | Salt Lake City, USA | 32 | 44.9K followers |
| 95 |  | Algiers, Algeria | 31 | 36.9K followers |
| 96 |  | Brussels, Belgium | 31 | 139.1K followers |
| 97 |  | Stockholm, Sweden | 30 | 34.5K followers |
| 98 | | New York City, USA | 30 | 1.8M followers |
| 99 |  | Accra, Ghana | 29 | 6.3K followers |
| 100 | | Tokyo, Japan | 29 | 1M followers |
| 101 | | Washington, D.C., USA | 27 | 37.5K followers |
| 102 | | San Francisco, USA | 27 | 577.3K followers |
| 103 | | Kaohsiung, Taiwan | 26 | 681.5K followers |
| 104 |  | Montreal, Canada | 25 | 107.7K followers |
| 105 | | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 22 | 282.3K followers |
| 106 |  | Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina | 22 | 48.5K followers |
| 107 |  | Dublin, Ireland | 22 | 20.2K followers |
| 108 | | Portland, USA | 22 | 125.1K followers |
| 109 | | Toronto, Canada | 20 | 329.6K followers |
| 110 | | Los Angeles, USA | 20 | 6M followers |
| 111 |  | Kyiv, Ukraine | 19 | 271.4K followers |
| 112 |  | Helsinki, Finland | 18 | 73.2K followers |
| 113 |  | Sydney, Australia | 16 | 1.6M followers |
| 114 | | Seattle, USA | 15 | 294.5K followers |
| 115 |  | Kabul, Afghanistan | 12 | 21.9K followers |
| 116 | | Canberra, Australia | 12 | 271.3K followers |
| 117 | | Melbourne, Australia | 11 | 291.7K followers |
| 118 | | Vancouver BC, Canada | 10 | 113.7K followers |
| 119 |  | Auckland, New Zealand | 4 | 66.5K followers |
| 120 |  | Oslo, Norway | 4 | 32.1K followers |
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