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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+
Hazardous
| Rank | Major city, country/region | AQI US | Followers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Kathmandu, Nepal | 156 | 144.2K followers |
| 2 |  | Chiang Mai, Thailand | 152 | 11.7M followers |
| 3 |  | Kolkata, India | 149 | 1.4M followers |
| 4 |  | Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo | 140 | 6.5K followers |
| 5 |  | Hanoi, Vietnam | 139 | 2.2M followers |
| 6 |  | Phnom Penh, Cambodia | 134 | 393.4K followers |
| 7 |  | Busan, South Korea | 123 | 181.4K followers |
| 8 | | Seoul, South Korea | 110 | 6.3M followers |
| 9 |  | Yangon, Myanmar | 107 | 23K followers |
| 10 | | Bangkok, Thailand | 103 | 5.3M followers |
| 11 |  | Manama, Bahrain | 97 | 28.6K followers |
| 12 |  | Lahore, Pakistan | 96 | 379.2K followers |
| 13 |  | Dhaka, Bangladesh | 93 | 223.8K followers |
| 14 |  | Shanghai, China | 93 | 2.1M followers |
| 15 |  | Mexico City, Mexico | 92 | 337.7K followers |
| 16 |  | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | 88 | 361.6K followers |
| 17 | | Delhi, India | 87 | 2.7M followers |
| 18 |  | Jerusalem, Israel | 85 | 59.2K followers |
| 19 |  | Cairo City, Egypt | 84 | 24.6K followers |
| 20 | | Incheon, South Korea | 84 | 21.9K followers |
| 21 |  | Jakarta, Indonesia | 82 | 1.7M followers |
| 22 |  | Lima, Peru | 80 | 34.4K followers |
| 23 |  | Tokyo, Japan | 80 | 1M followers |
| 24 | | Mumbai, India | 76 | 1.5M followers |
| 25 | | Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel | 75 | 79.6K followers |
| 26 | | Karachi, Pakistan | 74 | 67.5K followers |
| 27 | | Osaka, Japan | 74 | 60.4K followers |
| 28 | | Hangzhou, China | 74 | 313.2K followers |
| 29 |  | Doha, Qatar | 72 | 98.8K followers |
| 30 |  | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | 71 | 14.9K followers |
| 31 |  | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 68 | 376K followers |
| 32 |  | Taipei, Taiwan | 65 | 972K followers |
| 33 |  | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 65 | 112K followers |
| 34 | | Kyoto, Japan | 62 | 79.3K followers |
| 35 |  | Accra, Ghana | 61 | 6.2K followers |
| 36 | | Guangzhou, China | 61 | 1.5M followers |
| 37 |  | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia | 61 | 50.9K followers |
| 38 | | Kobe, Japan | 61 | 27.4K followers |
| 39 |  | Kuwait City, Kuwait | 58 | 63.2K followers |
| 40 |  | Baghdad, Iraq | 57 | 19.3K followers |
| 41 | | Beijing, China | 57 | 6.8M followers |
| 42 |  | Johannesburg, South Africa | 55 | 61.9K followers |
| 43 |  | Dakar, Senegal | 53 | 10.6K followers |
| 44 |  | Kampala, Uganda | 53 | 9.3K followers |
| 45 |  | Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR | 53 | 665.5K followers |
| 46 |  | Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan | 53 | 37.4K followers |
| 47 |  | Los Angeles, USA | 53 | 5.9M followers |
| 48 | | Batam, Indonesia | 52 | 1.3M followers |
| 49 |  | Santiago, Chile | 52 | 93K followers |
| 50 | | Houston, USA | 52 | 26.4K followers |
| 51 |  | Tehran, Iran | 50 | 1M followers |
| 52 | | Shenzhen, China | 50 | 379.6K followers |
| 53 | | Kaohsiung, Taiwan | 50 | 680.1K followers |
| 54 |  | Lisbon, Portugal | 49 | 20.5K followers |
| 55 | | Chengdu, China | 47 | 1.7M followers |
| 56 |  | Istanbul, Turkey | 47 | 218K followers |
| 57 |  | Skopje, North Macedonia | 46 | 13.5K followers |
| 58 |  | Madrid, Spain | 46 | 324.6K followers |
| 59 |  | Astana, Kazakhstan | 43 | 25.1K followers |
| 60 |  | Pristina, Kosovo | 43 | 12.6K followers |
| 61 | | Chongqing, China | 43 | 167.5K followers |
| 62 |  | Bogota, Colombia | 43 | 79.2K followers |
| 63 |  | Toronto, Canada | 43 | 327.8K followers |
| 64 | | Kuching, Malaysia | 41 | 48.8K followers |
| 65 |  | Wroclaw, Poland | 41 | 252.9K followers |
| 66 |  | Belgrade, Serbia | 41 | 196.7K followers |
| 67 |  | Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina | 40 | 48K followers |
| 68 |  | Bratislava, Slovakia | 37 | 37.7K followers |
| 69 | | Warsaw, Poland | 37 | 321.8K followers |
| 70 |  | Singapore, Singapore | 37 | 853.8K followers |
| 71 | | Detroit, USA | 37 | 24.2K followers |
| 72 | | Washington, D.C., USA | 36 | 37.1K followers |
| 73 |  | Stockholm, Sweden | 34 | 34K followers |
| 74 |  | Budapest, Hungary | 34 | 21.5K followers |
| 75 |  | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 33 | 83.4K followers |
| 76 | | Medan, Indonesia | 33 | 1.3M followers |
| 77 |  | Berlin, Germany | 33 | 192.3K followers |
| 78 |  | Bucharest, Romania | 33 | 61.4K followers |
| 79 |  | Vienna, Austria | 32 | 140.5K followers |
| 80 | | Portland, USA | 32 | 123.6K followers |
| 81 |  | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 31 | 281.7K followers |
| 82 |  | Lyon, France | 31 | 484.4K followers |
| 83 |  | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 31 | 120.1K followers |
| 84 |  | Helsinki, Finland | 30 | 73K followers |
| 85 | | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 30 | 232.8K followers |
| 86 | | Paris, France | 30 | 5.4M followers |
| 87 | | Wuhan, China | 30 | 315.3K followers |
| 88 | | Munich, Germany | 29 | 336.3K followers |
| 89 |  | Zagreb, Croatia | 29 | 14.2K followers |
| 90 |  | Oslo, Norway | 29 | 31.6K followers |
| 91 |  | Prague, Czech Republic | 29 | 105.2K followers |
| 92 |  | Algiers, Algeria | 25 | 36.9K followers |
| 93 | | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | 25 | 2.2M followers |
| 94 | | Vancouver BC, Canada | 25 | 112.3K followers |
| 95 | | Seattle, USA | 25 | 292.8K followers |
| 96 | | London, United Kingdom | 24 | 227.1K followers |
| 97 | | Krakow, Poland | 23 | 302.9K followers |
| 98 |  | Sao Paulo, Brazil | 23 | 79.5K followers |
| 99 |  | Brussels, Belgium | 22 | 138.6K followers |
| 100 |  | Athens, Greece | 22 | 23.9K followers |
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