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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 Kolkata, India Kolkata, India
169
1.4M followers
2 Dhaka, Bangladesh Dhaka, Bangladesh
166
221.7K followers
3 Cairo City, Egypt Cairo City, Egypt
162
23.1K followers
4 Delhi, India Delhi, India
158
2.7M followers
5 Wuhan, China Wuhan, China
153
307.8K followers
6 Kathmandu, Nepal Kathmandu, Nepal
152
139.7K followers
7 Hanoi, Vietnam Hanoi, Vietnam
152
2.1M followers
8 Dakar, Senegal Dakar, Senegal
146
10.2K followers
9 Kuwait City, Kuwait Kuwait City, Kuwait
130
62.5K followers
10 Shanghai, China Shanghai, China
130
2M followers
11 Chiang Mai, Thailand Chiang Mai, Thailand
128
11.6M followers
12 Jakarta, Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia
117
1.6M followers
13 Yangon, Myanmar Yangon, Myanmar
111
21.3K followers
14 Phnom Penh, Cambodia Phnom Penh, Cambodia
105
388.2K followers
15 Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
105
77.8K followers
16 Krakow, Poland Krakow, Poland
102
300.1K followers
17 Accra, Ghana Accra, Ghana
99
5.9K followers
18 Istanbul, Turkey Istanbul, Turkey
96
214.3K followers
19 Medan, Indonesia Medan, Indonesia
92
1.3M followers
20 Lahore, Pakistan Lahore, Pakistan
91
374.4K followers
21 Kampala, Uganda Kampala, Uganda
90
9.2K followers
22 Johannesburg, South Africa Johannesburg, South Africa
89
61.4K followers
23 Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
88
6.4K followers
24 Jerusalem, Israel Jerusalem, Israel
83
58.5K followers
25 Bogota, Colombia Bogota, Colombia
77
78.3K followers
26 Detroit, USA Detroit, USA
77
23.7K followers
27 Mexico City, Mexico Mexico City, Mexico
75
334.1K followers
28 Wroclaw, Poland Wroclaw, Poland
74
251.8K followers
29 Karachi, Pakistan Karachi, Pakistan
72
66.3K followers
30 Guangzhou, China Guangzhou, China
72
1.5M followers
31 Berlin, Germany Berlin, Germany
70
187.4K followers
32 Astana, Kazakhstan Astana, Kazakhstan
69
23.8K followers
33 Manama, Bahrain Manama, Bahrain
68
28K followers
34 Mumbai, India Mumbai, India
65
1.5M followers
35 Shenzhen, China Shenzhen, China
63
370K followers
36 Kaohsiung, Taiwan Kaohsiung, Taiwan
63
674.2K followers
37 Dubai, United Arab Emirates Dubai, United Arab Emirates
63
351.4K followers
38 Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
62
653.6K followers
39 Incheon, South Korea Incheon, South Korea
62
20.4K followers
40 Baghdad, Iraq Baghdad, Iraq
61
18.7K followers
41 Chongqing, China Chongqing, China
61
163.8K followers
42 Bangkok, Thailand Bangkok, Thailand
61
5.2M followers
43 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
59
14.6K followers
44 Taipei, Taiwan Taipei, Taiwan
59
961K followers
45 Warsaw, Poland Warsaw, Poland
59
318.4K followers
46 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
59
2.2M followers
47 Beijing, China Beijing, China
59
6.6M followers
48 Sofia, Bulgaria Sofia, Bulgaria
58
107.6K followers
49 Batam, Indonesia Batam, Indonesia
56
1.3M followers
50 Skopje, North Macedonia Skopje, North Macedonia
56
12.9K followers
51 Houston, USA Houston, USA
56
25K followers
52 Tehran, Iran Tehran, Iran
55
1M followers
53 Seoul, South Korea Seoul, South Korea
55
6.1M followers
54 Algiers, Algeria Algiers, Algeria
54
36.8K followers
55 Lima, Peru Lima, Peru
54
33.9K followers
56 Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
53
35.9K followers
57 New York City, USA New York City, USA
52
1.8M followers
58 Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina
49
46.2K followers
59 Chengdu, China Chengdu, China
48
1.7M followers
60 Bucharest, Romania Bucharest, Romania
46
60.3K followers
61 Canberra, Australia Canberra, Australia
46
269.2K followers
62 Doha, Qatar Doha, Qatar
45
97.1K followers
63 Santiago, Chile Santiago, Chile
45
91.9K followers
64 Tokyo, Japan Tokyo, Japan
45
989.8K followers
65 Athens, Greece Athens, Greece
43
22.3K followers
66 Moscow, Russia Moscow, Russia
41
742.2K followers
67 Singapore, Singapore Singapore, Singapore
41
841.4K followers
68 Oslo, Norway Oslo, Norway
41
29.6K followers
69 Stockholm, Sweden Stockholm, Sweden
38
31.9K followers
70 Nairobi, Kenya Nairobi, Kenya
37
12.9K followers
71 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
35
369.1K followers
72 Helsinki, Finland Helsinki, Finland
34
71.7K followers
73 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
33
81.9K followers
74 Kuching, Malaysia Kuching, Malaysia
33
48.5K followers
75 Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
33
49.8K followers
76 Birmingham, United Kingdom Birmingham, United Kingdom
32
279.8K followers
77 Lisbon, Portugal Lisbon, Portugal
32
19.1K followers
78 London, United Kingdom London, United Kingdom
32
213.3K followers
79 Los Angeles, USA Los Angeles, USA
32
5.8M followers
80 Madrid, Spain Madrid, Spain
31
319.8K followers
81 Kobe, Japan Kobe, Japan
31
27K followers
82 Toronto, Canada Toronto, Canada
30
321.6K followers
83 Hangzhou, China Hangzhou, China
29
299.8K followers
84 Vienna, Austria Vienna, Austria
29
137.8K followers
85 Sao Paulo, Brazil Sao Paulo, Brazil
29
78.5K followers
86 Busan, South Korea Busan, South Korea
29
158.9K followers
87 Chicago, USA Chicago, USA
29
39.9K followers
88 Amsterdam, Netherlands Amsterdam, Netherlands
28
229.7K followers
89 Bratislava, Slovakia Bratislava, Slovakia
27
37.1K followers
90 Milano, Italy Milano, Italy
27
105.6K followers
91 Krasnoyarsk, Russia Krasnoyarsk, Russia
26
93.8K followers
92 Osaka, Japan Osaka, Japan
25
55.8K followers
93 Prague, Czech Republic Prague, Czech Republic
25
103.4K followers
94 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan
25
106.6K followers
95 Budapest, Hungary Budapest, Hungary
24
20.1K followers
96 Brussels, Belgium Brussels, Belgium
23
136.8K followers
97 Montreal, Canada Montreal, Canada
23
104.9K followers
98 Kyiv, Ukraine Kyiv, Ukraine
23
263.5K followers
99 Sydney, Australia Sydney, Australia
23
1.6M followers
100 Lyon, France Lyon, France
22
480.8K followers

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