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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+
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| Rank | Major city, country/region | AQI US | Followers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Kathmandu, Nepal | 172 | 145.2K followers |
| 2 |  | Beijing, China | 170 | 6.8M followers |
| 3 |  | Baghdad, Iraq | 165 | 19.5K followers |
| 4 |  | Hanoi, Vietnam | 157 | 2.2M followers |
| 5 |  | Chiang Mai, Thailand | 153 | 11.7M followers |
| 6 |  | Yangon, Myanmar | 139 | 23.4K followers |
| 7 |  | Jakarta, Indonesia | 139 | 1.7M followers |
| 8 | | Medan, Indonesia | 135 | 1.3M followers |
| 9 | | Chengdu, China | 132 | 1.7M followers |
| 10 |  | Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo | 123 | 6.6K followers |
| 11 |  | Dhaka, Bangladesh | 123 | 224.5K followers |
| 12 |  | Istanbul, Turkey | 119 | 219.9K followers |
| 13 | | Wuhan, China | 117 | 317.3K followers |
| 14 |  | Doha, Qatar | 112 | 99.4K followers |
| 15 |  | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | 110 | 15K followers |
| 16 |  | Delhi, India | 105 | 2.7M followers |
| 17 |  | Incheon, South Korea | 102 | 22.2K followers |
| 18 |  | Algiers, Algeria | 92 | 36.9K followers |
| 19 |  | Tehran, Iran | 91 | 1M followers |
| 20 |  | Cairo City, Egypt | 87 | 25.2K followers |
| 21 |  | Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel | 87 | 80.3K followers |
| 22 | | Mumbai, India | 85 | 1.5M followers |
| 23 | | Hangzhou, China | 84 | 317K followers |
| 24 | | Kolkata, India | 82 | 1.4M followers |
| 25 |  | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 81 | 113.5K followers |
| 26 |  | Mexico City, Mexico | 80 | 338.7K followers |
| 27 |  | Lahore, Pakistan | 80 | 380.8K followers |
| 28 | | Batam, Indonesia | 78 | 1.3M followers |
| 29 | | Karachi, Pakistan | 77 | 67.8K followers |
| 30 | | Seoul, South Korea | 75 | 6.3M followers |
| 31 |  | Sao Paulo, Brazil | 74 | 79.8K followers |
| 32 | | Busan, South Korea | 74 | 186.1K followers |
| 33 | | Guangzhou, China | 72 | 1.5M followers |
| 34 |  | Manama, Bahrain | 71 | 29.7K followers |
| 35 | | Jerusalem, Israel | 70 | 59.5K followers |
| 36 |  | Kuwait City, Kuwait | 70 | 63.5K followers |
| 37 |  | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 70 | 377.7K followers |
| 38 |  | Bogota, Colombia | 70 | 79.4K followers |
| 39 |  | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | 70 | 364.7K followers |
| 40 |  | Kampala, Uganda | 68 | 9.3K followers |
| 41 | | Shanghai, China | 63 | 2.1M followers |
| 42 |  | Astana, Kazakhstan | 62 | 25.4K followers |
| 43 |  | Rome, Italy | 62 | 62.7K followers |
| 44 |  | Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina | 62 | 48.6K followers |
| 45 |  | Nairobi, Kenya | 60 | 13.5K followers |
| 46 |  | Phnom Penh, Cambodia | 59 | 394.3K followers |
| 47 |  | Budapest, Hungary | 59 | 21.8K followers |
| 48 |  | Osaka, Japan | 59 | 61.6K followers |
| 49 |  | Brussels, Belgium | 56 | 139.2K followers |
| 50 |  | Lima, Peru | 56 | 34.6K followers |
| 51 |  | Belgrade, Serbia | 55 | 198.4K followers |
| 52 |  | Houston, USA | 54 | 26.9K followers |
| 53 |  | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 53 | 83.9K followers |
| 54 | | Shenzhen, China | 53 | 382.3K followers |
| 55 | | Chongqing, China | 53 | 168.5K followers |
| 56 | | Bangkok, Thailand | 53 | 5.3M followers |
| 57 |  | Warsaw, Poland | 52 | 322.6K followers |
| 58 | | Kyoto, Japan | 52 | 79.8K followers |
| 59 |  | Berlin, Germany | 49 | 193.5K followers |
| 60 |  | Sofia, Bulgaria | 48 | 109.3K followers |
| 61 |  | Moscow, Russia | 47 | 769.5K followers |
| 62 |  | Accra, Ghana | 45 | 6.3K followers |
| 63 |  | Taipei, Taiwan | 45 | 975.1K followers |
| 64 | | Milano, Italy | 45 | 112.7K followers |
| 65 | | Tokyo, Japan | 45 | 1M followers |
| 66 |  | Skopje, North Macedonia | 43 | 13.7K followers |
| 67 |  | Lisbon, Portugal | 41 | 20.8K followers |
| 68 | | Krakow, Poland | 41 | 303.6K followers |
| 69 |  | Singapore, Singapore | 41 | 857.3K followers |
| 70 |  | Oslo, Norway | 41 | 32.1K followers |
| 71 | | Kaohsiung, Taiwan | 41 | 681.7K followers |
| 72 |  | Santiago, Chile | 41 | 93.4K followers |
| 73 | | Kobe, Japan | 41 | 27.5K followers |
| 74 |  | Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan | 41 | 38K followers |
| 75 | | Wroclaw, Poland | 40 | 253.1K followers |
| 76 |  | Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR | 40 | 668.7K followers |
| 77 |  | Paris, France | 39 | 5.5M followers |
| 78 |  | Pristina, Kosovo | 39 | 12.8K followers |
| 79 | | Kuching, Malaysia | 38 | 49K followers |
| 80 |  | Bratislava, Slovakia | 37 | 37.8K followers |
| 81 | | Detroit, USA | 37 | 24.3K followers |
| 82 |  | Prague, Czech Republic | 33 | 105.6K followers |
| 83 |  | Toronto, Canada | 33 | 330K followers |
| 84 |  | Vienna, Austria | 33 | 141.1K followers |
| 85 | | Los Angeles, USA | 33 | 6M followers |
| 86 |  | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 31 | 120.6K followers |
| 87 | | Minneapolis, USA | 31 | 15.1K followers |
| 88 |  | Zagreb, Croatia | 30 | 14.4K followers |
| 89 | | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | 29 | 2.2M followers |
| 90 |  | London, United Kingdom | 29 | 231.2K followers |
| 91 | | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 28 | 233.9K followers |
| 92 | | Chicago, USA | 28 | 42.7K followers |
| 93 | | Krasnoyarsk, Russia | 27 | 95.1K followers |
| 94 | | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 26 | 282.4K followers |
| 95 | | Lyon, France | 26 | 485.7K followers |
| 96 |  | Madrid, Spain | 26 | 325.8K followers |
| 97 | | Munich, Germany | 25 | 337.8K followers |
| 98 |  | Bucharest, Romania | 25 | 61.7K followers |
| 99 | | Nice, France | 24 | 452.2K followers |
| 100 | | Montreal, Canada | 24 | 107.9K followers |
| 101 |  | Bern, Switzerland | 23 | 84.2K followers |
| 102 | | New York City, USA | 23 | 1.8M followers |
| 103 |  | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia | 22 | 51.1K followers |
| 104 |  | Stockholm, Sweden | 21 | 34.6K followers |
| 105 |  | Helsinki, Finland | 21 | 73.3K followers |
| 106 | | Washington, D.C., USA | 20 | 37.6K followers |
| 107 |  | Athens, Greece | 19 | 25.3K followers |
| 108 |  | Dublin, Ireland | 19 | 20.2K followers |
| 109 | | Denver, USA | 18 | 1.5M followers |
| 110 |  | Canberra, Australia | 16 | 271.4K followers |
| 111 | | Vancouver BC, Canada | 14 | 114K followers |
| 112 | | Sydney, Australia | 13 | 1.6M followers |
| 113 |  | Kyiv, Ukraine | 12 | 271.6K followers |
| 114 | | Melbourne, Australia | 12 | 292K followers |
| 115 | | Salt Lake City, USA | 11 | 44.9K followers |
| 116 | | Seattle, USA | 11 | 294.7K followers |
| 117 |  | Auckland, New Zealand | 8 | 66.7K followers |
| 118 | | Portland, USA | 7 | 125.3K followers |
| 119 | | San Francisco, USA | 7 | 577.8K followers |
| 120 |  | Kabul, Afghanistan | 4 | 21.9K followers |
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