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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 Delhi, India Delhi, India
385
2.7M followers
2 Kathmandu, Nepal Kathmandu, Nepal
173
144.9K followers
3 Cairo City, Egypt Cairo City, Egypt
167
25K followers
4 Beijing, China Beijing, China
164
6.8M followers
5 Chiang Mai, Thailand Chiang Mai, Thailand
160
11.7M followers
6 Wuhan, China Wuhan, China
159
316.8K followers
7 Lahore, Pakistan Lahore, Pakistan
158
380.4K followers
8 Hanoi, Vietnam Hanoi, Vietnam
154
2.2M followers
9 Yangon, Myanmar Yangon, Myanmar
149
23.3K followers
10 Kampala, Uganda Kampala, Uganda
149
9.3K followers
11 Dubai, United Arab Emirates Dubai, United Arab Emirates
149
364K followers
12 Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
142
80K followers
13 Kolkata, India Kolkata, India
137
1.4M followers
14 Jerusalem, Israel Jerusalem, Israel
130
59.4K followers
15 Jakarta, Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia
128
1.7M followers
16 Dhaka, Bangladesh Dhaka, Bangladesh
116
224.3K followers
17 Istanbul, Turkey Istanbul, Turkey
107
218.9K followers
18 Tehran, Iran Tehran, Iran
105
1M followers
19 Karachi, Pakistan Karachi, Pakistan
91
67.7K followers
20 Accra, Ghana Accra, Ghana
88
6.3K followers
21 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan
83
113.1K followers
22 Johannesburg, South Africa Johannesburg, South Africa
82
62K followers
23 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
82
377.3K followers
24 Hangzhou, China Hangzhou, China
82
316K followers
25 Mumbai, India Mumbai, India
81
1.5M followers
26 Manama, Bahrain Manama, Bahrain
80
29.6K followers
27 Doha, Qatar Doha, Qatar
78
99.2K followers
28 Baghdad, Iraq Baghdad, Iraq
78
19.4K followers
29 Incheon, South Korea Incheon, South Korea
75
22.1K followers
30 Wroclaw, Poland Wroclaw, Poland
73
253.1K followers
31 Batam, Indonesia Batam, Indonesia
71
1.3M followers
32 Kabul, Afghanistan Kabul, Afghanistan
70
21.9K followers
33 Kuwait City, Kuwait Kuwait City, Kuwait
70
63.4K followers
34 Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
70
51.1K followers
35 Chongqing, China Chongqing, China
68
168.2K followers
36 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
67
2.2M followers
37 Krakow, Poland Krakow, Poland
66
303.4K followers
38 Berlin, Germany Berlin, Germany
65
193.2K followers
39 Phnom Penh, Cambodia Phnom Penh, Cambodia
63
394K followers
40 Algiers, Algeria Algiers, Algeria
60
36.9K followers
41 Lima, Peru Lima, Peru
59
34.5K followers
42 Milano, Italy Milano, Italy
57
112.3K followers
43 Chengdu, China Chengdu, China
56
1.7M followers
44 Kaohsiung, Taiwan Kaohsiung, Taiwan
55
681.3K followers
45 Seoul, South Korea Seoul, South Korea
55
6.3M followers
46 Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
55
37.8K followers
47 Belgrade, Serbia Belgrade, Serbia
54
197.8K followers
48 Guangzhou, China Guangzhou, China
52
1.5M followers
49 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
50
83.9K followers
50 Mexico City, Mexico Mexico City, Mexico
50
338.4K followers
51 Shanghai, China Shanghai, China
50
2.1M followers
52 Canberra, Australia Canberra, Australia
47
271.3K followers
53 Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina
45
48.5K followers
54 Warsaw, Poland Warsaw, Poland
44
322.4K followers
55 Budapest, Hungary Budapest, Hungary
44
21.7K followers
56 Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
44
667.9K followers
57 Bucharest, Romania Bucharest, Romania
43
61.7K followers
58 Astana, Kazakhstan Astana, Kazakhstan
41
25.4K followers
59 Vienna, Austria Vienna, Austria
41
140.9K followers
60 Bangkok, Thailand Bangkok, Thailand
41
5.3M followers
61 Bogota, Colombia Bogota, Colombia
40
79.3K followers
62 Madrid, Spain Madrid, Spain
40
325.4K followers
63 Denver, USA Denver, USA
40
1.5M followers
64 Birmingham, United Kingdom Birmingham, United Kingdom
39
282.2K followers
65 Bern, Switzerland Bern, Switzerland
37
84.1K followers
66 Krasnoyarsk, Russia Krasnoyarsk, Russia
37
95K followers
67 Lisbon, Portugal Lisbon, Portugal
37
20.8K followers
68 Taipei, Taiwan Taipei, Taiwan
37
974.4K followers
69 Busan, South Korea Busan, South Korea
37
184.8K followers
70 Stockholm, Sweden Stockholm, Sweden
35
34.4K followers
71 Los Angeles, USA Los Angeles, USA
35
6M followers
72 Zagreb, Croatia Zagreb, Croatia
34
14.3K followers
73 Bratislava, Slovakia Bratislava, Slovakia
33
37.8K followers
74 Singapore, Singapore Singapore, Singapore
33
856.4K followers
75 Paris, France Paris, France
33
5.5M followers
76 Osaka, Japan Osaka, Japan
33
61.3K followers
77 Kyiv, Ukraine Kyiv, Ukraine
33
271.2K followers
78 Sao Paulo, Brazil Sao Paulo, Brazil
33
79.7K followers
79 Kuching, Malaysia Kuching, Malaysia
32
48.9K followers
80 Rotterdam, Netherlands Rotterdam, Netherlands
31
120.5K followers
81 Santiago, Chile Santiago, Chile
31
93.3K followers
82 Dublin, Ireland Dublin, Ireland
31
20.1K followers
83 Lyon, France Lyon, France
30
485.3K followers
84 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
30
15K followers
85 Rome, Italy Rome, Italy
30
62.5K followers
86 Amsterdam, Netherlands Amsterdam, Netherlands
29
233.6K followers
87 Shenzhen, China Shenzhen, China
29
381.6K followers
88 Prague, Czech Republic Prague, Czech Republic
29
105.5K followers
89 Kyoto, Japan Kyoto, Japan
29
79.7K followers
90 London, United Kingdom London, United Kingdom
29
230.1K followers
91 Helsinki, Finland Helsinki, Finland
28
73.2K followers
92 Pristina, Kosovo Pristina, Kosovo
26
12.8K followers
93 Minneapolis, USA Minneapolis, USA
26
15K followers
94 Skopje, North Macedonia Skopje, North Macedonia
25
13.6K followers
95 Munich, Germany Munich, Germany
25
337.4K followers
96 Moscow, Russia Moscow, Russia
25
767.5K followers
97 Washington, D.C., USA Washington, D.C., USA
25
37.4K followers
98 Kobe, Japan Kobe, Japan
25
27.5K followers
99 Nice, France Nice, France
24
451.9K followers
100 Oslo, Norway Oslo, Norway
24
32K followers

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