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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 Chiang Mai, Thailand Chiang Mai, Thailand
196
11.6M followers
2 Lahore, Pakistan Lahore, Pakistan
172
372.9K followers
3 Kathmandu, Nepal Kathmandu, Nepal
158
138.2K followers
4 Dhaka, Bangladesh Dhaka, Bangladesh
158
220.7K followers
5 Dakar, Senegal Dakar, Senegal
156
10.1K followers
6 Cairo City, Egypt Cairo City, Egypt
154
22.4K followers
7 Mumbai, India Mumbai, India
152
1.5M followers
8 Delhi, India Delhi, India
151
2.7M followers
9 Manama, Bahrain Manama, Bahrain
143
27.7K followers
10 Accra, Ghana Accra, Ghana
143
5.8K followers
11 Seoul, South Korea Seoul, South Korea
132
6M followers
12 Istanbul, Turkey Istanbul, Turkey
110
212.9K followers
13 Yangon, Myanmar Yangon, Myanmar
108
20.5K followers
14 Kuwait City, Kuwait Kuwait City, Kuwait
99
62.2K followers
15 Dubai, United Arab Emirates Dubai, United Arab Emirates
98
346.4K followers
16 Kampala, Uganda Kampala, Uganda
97
9.1K followers
17 Shanghai, China Shanghai, China
97
2M followers
18 Incheon, South Korea Incheon, South Korea
95
20.1K followers
19 Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
93
6.4K followers
20 Karachi, Pakistan Karachi, Pakistan
90
65.7K followers
21 Phnom Penh, Cambodia Phnom Penh, Cambodia
89
386.6K followers
22 Bangkok, Thailand Bangkok, Thailand
86
5.2M followers
23 Chengdu, China Chengdu, China
84
1.7M followers
24 Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina
81
45.5K followers
25 Milano, Italy Milano, Italy
79
103.4K followers
26 Wuhan, China Wuhan, China
78
304.1K followers
27 Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
76
49.4K followers
28 Baghdad, Iraq Baghdad, Iraq
74
18.4K followers
29 Doha, Qatar Doha, Qatar
72
96.2K followers
30 Madrid, Spain Madrid, Spain
72
318.3K followers
31 Lima, Peru Lima, Peru
70
33.8K followers
32 Algiers, Algeria Algiers, Algeria
69
36.7K followers
33 Mexico City, Mexico Mexico City, Mexico
66
333K followers
34 Kaohsiung, Taiwan Kaohsiung, Taiwan
65
672.4K followers
35 Krakow, Poland Krakow, Poland
64
299.3K followers
36 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
63
366.1K followers
37 Skopje, North Macedonia Skopje, North Macedonia
62
12.6K followers
38 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan
62
102.7K followers
39 Medan, Indonesia Medan, Indonesia
61
1.3M followers
40 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
61
81.3K followers
41 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
61
14.5K followers
42 Bratislava, Slovakia Bratislava, Slovakia
61
36.9K followers
43 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
61
2.2M followers
44 Hanoi, Vietnam Hanoi, Vietnam
61
2.1M followers
45 Batam, Indonesia Batam, Indonesia
60
1.3M followers
46 Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
59
77.3K followers
47 Prague, Czech Republic Prague, Czech Republic
59
102.9K followers
48 Sao Paulo, Brazil Sao Paulo, Brazil
59
78.1K followers
49 Jerusalem, Israel Jerusalem, Israel
58
58.3K followers
50 Moscow, Russia Moscow, Russia
58
738K followers
51 Bogota, Colombia Bogota, Colombia
58
78K followers
52 Hangzhou, China Hangzhou, China
56
293.6K followers
53 Tehran, Iran Tehran, Iran
55
1M followers
54 Athens, Greece Athens, Greece
55
21.5K followers
55 Belgrade, Serbia Belgrade, Serbia
55
187.1K followers
56 Warsaw, Poland Warsaw, Poland
54
317.3K followers
57 Kyoto, Japan Kyoto, Japan
54
76.3K followers
58 Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
54
35.2K followers
59 Wroclaw, Poland Wroclaw, Poland
53
251.4K followers
60 Busan, South Korea Busan, South Korea
53
155.4K followers
61 Tokyo, Japan Tokyo, Japan
53
981K followers
62 Johannesburg, South Africa Johannesburg, South Africa
52
61.2K followers
63 Astana, Kazakhstan Astana, Kazakhstan
52
23.2K followers
64 Taipei, Taiwan Taipei, Taiwan
50
956.5K followers
65 Osaka, Japan Osaka, Japan
50
53.6K followers
66 Chongqing, China Chongqing, China
50
161.7K followers
67 Vienna, Austria Vienna, Austria
50
136.9K followers
68 Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
49
648.2K followers
69 Berlin, Germany Berlin, Germany
48
185.5K followers
70 Beijing, China Beijing, China
48
6.5M followers
71 Kobe, Japan Kobe, Japan
45
26.8K followers
72 Lisbon, Portugal Lisbon, Portugal
44
18.2K followers
73 Shenzhen, China Shenzhen, China
44
365.3K followers
74 Pristina, Kosovo Pristina, Kosovo
42
11.7K followers
75 Kuching, Malaysia Kuching, Malaysia
41
48.3K followers
76 Zagreb, Croatia Zagreb, Croatia
41
13K followers
77 Lyon, France Lyon, France
40
479.9K followers
78 Nice, France Nice, France
40
447.1K followers
79 Paris, France Paris, France
39
5.2M followers
80 Budapest, Hungary Budapest, Hungary
39
19.6K followers
81 Guangzhou, China Guangzhou, China
38
1.5M followers
82 Nairobi, Kenya Nairobi, Kenya
38
12.7K followers
83 Bucharest, Romania Bucharest, Romania
37
59.9K followers
84 Sofia, Bulgaria Sofia, Bulgaria
36
107.2K followers
85 Rome, Italy Rome, Italy
36
57.9K followers
86 Portland, USA Portland, USA
36
117.2K followers
87 Santiago, Chile Santiago, Chile
33
91.6K followers
88 Brussels, Belgium Brussels, Belgium
32
136.1K followers
89 Munich, Germany Munich, Germany
31
328.8K followers
90 Amsterdam, Netherlands Amsterdam, Netherlands
30
228.5K followers
91 Helsinki, Finland Helsinki, Finland
30
71.3K followers
92 Birmingham, United Kingdom Birmingham, United Kingdom
29
279.5K followers
93 Toronto, Canada Toronto, Canada
29
319.5K followers
94 Canberra, Australia Canberra, Australia
29
268.6K followers
95 Seattle, USA Seattle, USA
29
285.1K followers
96 Singapore, Singapore Singapore, Singapore
28
835.5K followers
97 Kyiv, Ukraine Kyiv, Ukraine
27
261.1K followers
98 London, United Kingdom London, United Kingdom
27
207.2K followers
99 Los Angeles, USA Los Angeles, USA
26
5.7M followers
100 Stockholm, Sweden Stockholm, Sweden
23
30.8K followers

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