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 | 156 | 407.6K followers |
| 2 |  | Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo | 147 | 7.8K followers |
| 3 |  | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 147 | 144.3K followers |
| 4 |  | Dhaka, Bangladesh | 142 | 235.9K followers |
| 5 |  | Jakarta, Indonesia | 134 | 1.7M followers |
| 6 |  | Hanoi, Vietnam | 133 | 2.2M followers |
| 7 |  | Kolkata, India | 122 | 1.4M followers |
| 8 |  | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | 117 | 422.7K followers |
| 9 |  | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | 112 | 16.7K followers |
| 10 | | Medan, Indonesia | 96 | 1.3M followers |
| 11 |  | Wuhan, China | 94 | 352.1K followers |
| 12 | | Batam, Indonesia | 93 | 1.3M followers |
| 13 |  | Brussels, Belgium | 91 | 149.9K followers |
| 14 |  | Santiago, Chile | 89 | 102.9K followers |
| 15 | | Karachi, Pakistan | 88 | 75.3K followers |
| 16 |  | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 87 | 253.6K followers |
| 17 |  | Kampala, Uganda | 84 | 10.4K followers |
| 18 | | Chengdu, China | 84 | 1.8M followers |
| 19 |  | Cairo City, Egypt | 82 | 34.9K followers |
| 20 |  | Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan | 82 | 47.8K followers |
| 21 | | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 81 | 130K followers |
| 22 | | Beijing, China | 81 | 7.7M followers |
| 23 |  | Berlin, Germany | 79 | 212.9K followers |
| 24 |  | Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina | 77 | 59.7K followers |
| 25 |  | Moscow, Russia | 75 | 846.1K followers |
| 26 | | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | 73 | 2.2M followers |
| 27 |  | Wroclaw, Poland | 72 | 258.4K followers |
| 28 |  | Istanbul, Turkey | 72 | 242K followers |
| 29 |  | Kuching, Malaysia | 71 | 50.4K followers |
| 30 |  | Dakar, Senegal | 71 | 12.5K followers |
| 31 | | Munich, Germany | 71 | 371.3K followers |
| 32 |  | Paris, France | 71 | 6.2M followers |
| 33 | | Chongqing, China | 71 | 183.4K followers |
| 34 | | Warsaw, Poland | 68 | 341.1K followers |
| 35 |  | Manama, Bahrain | 67 | 33.2K followers |
| 36 | | Mumbai, India | 67 | 1.5M followers |
| 37 |  | Kathmandu, Nepal | 65 | 158.7K followers |
| 38 |  | Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel | 65 | 88.4K followers |
| 39 |  | Prague, Czech Republic | 65 | 113.7K followers |
| 40 |  | Doha, Qatar | 64 | 109.9K followers |
| 41 |  | Nairobi, Kenya | 64 | 17K followers |
| 42 |  | Bratislava, Slovakia | 63 | 39.9K followers |
| 43 | | Delhi, India | 63 | 2.7M followers |
| 44 | | Jerusalem, Israel | 62 | 63.1K followers |
| 45 | | Krakow, Poland | 62 | 319.7K followers |
| 46 |  | Montreal, Canada | 62 | 121.7K followers |
| 47 |  | Lima, Peru | 62 | 38.8K followers |
| 48 |  | Incheon, South Korea | 62 | 27.4K followers |
| 49 |  | Belgrade, Serbia | 62 | 241.9K followers |
| 50 |  | London, United Kingdom | 62 | 315.7K followers |
| 51 |  | Baghdad, Iraq | 61 | 23.7K followers |
| 52 |  | Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR | 61 | 726.6K followers |
| 53 |  | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 60 | 92K followers |
| 54 |  | Skopje, North Macedonia | 60 | 17.5K followers |
| 55 |  | Bucharest, Romania | 60 | 67.2K followers |
| 56 |  | Budapest, Hungary | 60 | 28.5K followers |
| 57 | | Guangzhou, China | 60 | 1.5M followers |
| 58 |  | Houston, USA | 60 | 35.9K followers |
| 59 |  | Tehran, Iran | 59 | 1M followers |
| 60 |  | Astana, Kazakhstan | 58 | 33.7K followers |
| 61 |  | Bangkok, Thailand | 58 | 5.5M followers |
| 62 |  | Kuwait City, Kuwait | 57 | 67.2K followers |
| 63 |  | Lisbon, Portugal | 56 | 28.5K followers |
| 64 | | Hangzhou, China | 56 | 374.1K followers |
| 65 |  | Zagreb, Croatia | 56 | 19.2K followers |
| 66 |  | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia | 55 | 56.6K followers |
| 67 |  | Kaohsiung, Taiwan | 53 | 715.9K followers |
| 68 |  | Kyiv, Ukraine | 52 | 298.6K followers |
| 69 | | Chicago, USA | 52 | 56.1K followers |
| 70 | | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 50 | 298.5K followers |
| 71 |  | Singapore, Singapore | 50 | 921.4K followers |
| 72 |  | Milano, Italy | 50 | 142.3K followers |
| 73 |  | Accra, Ghana | 50 | 7.9K followers |
| 74 | | Los Angeles, USA | 49 | 6.9M followers |
| 75 | | Shenzhen, China | 47 | 428.3K followers |
| 76 | | Minneapolis, USA | 46 | 21.4K followers |
| 77 |  | Vienna, Austria | 44 | 155.8K followers |
| 78 |  | Sao Paulo, Brazil | 44 | 105.8K followers |
| 79 | | Chiang Mai, Thailand | 44 | 11.8M followers |
| 80 | | Shanghai, China | 44 | 2.2M followers |
| 81 |  | Phnom Penh, Cambodia | 41 | 407.3K followers |
| 82 |  | Sofia, Bulgaria | 39 | 115.6K followers |
| 83 | | Toronto, Canada | 39 | 420.2K followers |
| 84 | | Detroit, USA | 39 | 27.5K followers |
| 85 |  | Madrid, Spain | 39 | 350.2K followers |
| 86 | | Vancouver BC, Canada | 37 | 152.8K followers |
| 87 |  | Algiers, Algeria | 36 | 37.9K followers |
| 88 |  | Athens, Greece | 36 | 35.3K followers |
| 89 | | Lyon, France | 35 | 514.4K followers |
| 90 |  | Pristina, Kosovo | 35 | 16.2K followers |
| 91 | | New York City, USA | 35 | 2M followers |
| 92 | | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 33 | 408.5K followers |
| 93 |  | Osaka, Japan | 33 | 80.4K followers |
| 94 | | Kyoto, Japan | 33 | 88K followers |
| 95 | | Busan, South Korea | 33 | 258.1K followers |
| 96 | | Tokyo, Japan | 33 | 1M followers |
| 97 | | Portland, USA | 33 | 180.4K followers |
| 98 |  | Dublin, Ireland | 29 | 25.5K followers |
| 99 |  | Bern, Switzerland | 28 | 92.1K followers |
| 100 | | Rome, Italy | 28 | 77.1K followers |
| 101 | | Kobe, Japan | 28 | 29.7K followers |
| 102 | | Seattle, USA | 28 | 355.7K followers |
| 103 |  | Stockholm, Sweden | 27 | 45.1K followers |
| 104 | | Washington, USA | 25 | 49.1K followers |
| 105 | | Seoul, South Korea | 25 | 7.1M followers |
| 106 |  | Bogota, Colombia | 24 | 84.1K followers |
| 107 | | Denver, USA | 24 | 1.6M followers |
| 108 | | Salt Lake City, USA | 23 | 62.4K followers |
| 109 |  | Sydney, Australia | 23 | 1.6M followers |
| 110 |  | Yangon, Myanmar | 22 | 29.9K followers |
| 111 |  | Helsinki, Finland | 21 | 79.9K followers |
| 112 | | Canberra, Australia | 21 | 279.8K followers |
| 113 | | Taipei, Taiwan | 19 | 1M followers |
| 114 |  | Kabul, Afghanistan | 17 | 26.9K followers |
| 115 |  | Oslo, Norway | 17 | 40.8K followers |
| 116 | | San Francisco, USA | 16 | 657.3K followers |
| 117 | | Krasnoyarsk, Russia | 11 | 101K followers |
| 118 |  | Auckland, New Zealand | 9 | 77.7K followers |
| 119 | | Melbourne, Australia | 9 | 325.7K followers |
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