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2023
World Air Quality Report
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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 |  | Lahore, Pakistan | 183 | 380.5K followers |
| 2 |  | Kathmandu, Nepal | 181 | 145K followers |
| 3 |  | Medan, Indonesia | 177 | 1.3M followers |
| 4 |  | Delhi, India | 176 | 2.7M followers |
| 5 |  | Cairo City, Egypt | 165 | 25.1K followers |
| 6 |  | Chiang Mai, Thailand | 161 | 11.7M followers |
| 7 |  | Hanoi, Vietnam | 157 | 2.2M followers |
| 8 |  | Beijing, China | 156 | 6.8M followers |
| 9 | | Kolkata, India | 154 | 1.4M followers |
| 10 | | Wuhan, China | 154 | 316.9K followers |
| 11 |  | Dhaka, Bangladesh | 137 | 224.4K followers |
| 12 |  | Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel | 129 | 80.1K followers |
| 13 |  | Tehran, Iran | 107 | 1M followers |
| 14 |  | Yangon, Myanmar | 107 | 23.3K followers |
| 15 |  | Istanbul, Turkey | 105 | 219.4K followers |
| 16 |  | Baghdad, Iraq | 102 | 19.4K followers |
| 17 |  | Incheon, South Korea | 99 | 22.1K followers |
| 18 |  | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | 99 | 364.3K followers |
| 19 | | Batam, Indonesia | 95 | 1.3M followers |
| 20 | | Jakarta, Indonesia | 95 | 1.7M followers |
| 21 | | Seoul, South Korea | 88 | 6.3M followers |
| 22 |  | Manama, Bahrain | 87 | 29.6K followers |
| 23 |  | Mexico City, Mexico | 86 | 338.5K followers |
| 24 |  | Kampala, Uganda | 86 | 9.3K followers |
| 25 | | Chengdu, China | 86 | 1.7M followers |
| 26 |  | Johannesburg, South Africa | 82 | 62K followers |
| 27 | | Hangzhou, China | 81 | 316.4K followers |
| 28 | | Jerusalem, Israel | 79 | 59.4K followers |
| 29 |  | Doha, Qatar | 78 | 99.3K followers |
| 30 |  | Santiago, Chile | 78 | 93.3K followers |
| 31 |  | Belgrade, Serbia | 74 | 198K followers |
| 32 | | Karachi, Pakistan | 72 | 67.8K followers |
| 33 |  | Rome, Italy | 71 | 62.6K followers |
| 34 | | Mumbai, India | 68 | 1.5M followers |
| 35 | | Chongqing, China | 68 | 168.4K followers |
| 36 |  | Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan | 68 | 37.9K followers |
| 37 |  | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | 67 | 15K followers |
| 38 |  | Phnom Penh, Cambodia | 65 | 394.1K followers |
| 39 |  | Brussels, Belgium | 65 | 139.1K followers |
| 40 |  | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia | 64 | 51.1K followers |
| 41 |  | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 64 | 113.3K followers |
| 42 |  | Sao Paulo, Brazil | 61 | 79.8K followers |
| 43 |  | Kuwait City, Kuwait | 59 | 63.4K followers |
| 44 |  | Moscow, Russia | 59 | 768.4K followers |
| 45 | | Krasnoyarsk, Russia | 58 | 95K followers |
| 46 | | Shanghai, China | 57 | 2.1M followers |
| 47 | | Busan, South Korea | 57 | 185.3K followers |
| 48 | | Guangzhou, China | 56 | 1.5M followers |
| 49 |  | Denver, USA | 56 | 1.5M followers |
| 50 |  | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 55 | 377.5K followers |
| 51 |  | Pristina, Kosovo | 55 | 12.8K followers |
| 52 |  | Lima, Peru | 55 | 34.5K followers |
| 53 |  | Osaka, Japan | 52 | 61.4K followers |
| 54 |  | Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina | 52 | 48.5K followers |
| 55 |  | Sofia, Bulgaria | 46 | 109.2K followers |
| 56 |  | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 45 | 120.5K followers |
| 57 |  | Warsaw, Poland | 45 | 322.5K followers |
| 58 |  | Zagreb, Croatia | 45 | 14.4K followers |
| 59 | | Houston, USA | 43 | 26.8K followers |
| 60 |  | Skopje, North Macedonia | 42 | 13.6K followers |
| 61 |  | Nice, France | 41 | 452.1K followers |
| 62 |  | Accra, Ghana | 41 | 6.3K followers |
| 63 | | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 41 | 233.7K followers |
| 64 | | Kobe, Japan | 41 | 27.5K followers |
| 65 | | Chicago, USA | 41 | 42.6K followers |
| 66 | | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | 39 | 2.2M followers |
| 67 |  | Budapest, Hungary | 38 | 21.7K followers |
| 68 | | Salt Lake City, USA | 38 | 44.9K followers |
| 69 |  | Bern, Switzerland | 37 | 84.1K followers |
| 70 |  | Lisbon, Portugal | 37 | 20.8K followers |
| 71 |  | Munich, Germany | 37 | 337.6K followers |
| 72 |  | Bratislava, Slovakia | 37 | 37.8K followers |
| 73 |  | Taipei, Taiwan | 37 | 974.7K followers |
| 74 |  | Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR | 37 | 668.3K followers |
| 75 | | Kyoto, Japan | 37 | 79.7K followers |
| 76 |  | Madrid, Spain | 37 | 325.5K followers |
| 77 |  | London, United Kingdom | 37 | 230.6K followers |
| 78 | | Bangkok, Thailand | 37 | 5.3M followers |
| 79 |  | Singapore, Singapore | 36 | 856.8K followers |
| 80 |  | Prague, Czech Republic | 36 | 105.5K followers |
| 81 |  | Algiers, Algeria | 35 | 36.9K followers |
| 82 | | Wroclaw, Poland | 34 | 253.1K followers |
| 83 | | Milano, Italy | 34 | 112.5K followers |
| 84 | | Paris, France | 34 | 5.5M followers |
| 85 |  | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 33 | 83.9K followers |
| 86 | | Kuching, Malaysia | 33 | 48.9K followers |
| 87 | | Shenzhen, China | 33 | 381.9K followers |
| 88 | | Kaohsiung, Taiwan | 33 | 681.5K followers |
| 89 |  | Vienna, Austria | 33 | 141K followers |
| 90 | | Minneapolis, USA | 33 | 15K followers |
| 91 | | Lyon, France | 32 | 485.5K followers |
| 92 |  | Bucharest, Romania | 32 | 61.7K followers |
| 93 | | Detroit, USA | 32 | 24.3K followers |
| 94 | | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 31 | 282.3K followers |
| 95 | | Berlin, Germany | 31 | 193.3K followers |
| 96 |  | Kyiv, Ukraine | 31 | 271.4K followers |
| 97 | | Krakow, Poland | 29 | 303.5K followers |
| 98 |  | Stockholm, Sweden | 28 | 34.5K followers |
| 99 |  | Astana, Kazakhstan | 28 | 25.4K followers |
| 100 | | Washington, D.C., USA | 27 | 37.5K followers |
| 101 | | Tokyo, Japan | 25 | 1M followers |
| 102 |  | Toronto, Canada | 24 | 329.6K followers |
| 103 | | New York City, USA | 24 | 1.8M followers |
| 104 |  | Dublin, Ireland | 23 | 20.2K followers |
| 105 | | Portland, USA | 23 | 125.1K followers |
| 106 |  | Kabul, Afghanistan | 21 | 21.9K followers |
| 107 |  | Bogota, Colombia | 21 | 79.4K followers |
| 108 | | Los Angeles, USA | 21 | 6M followers |
| 109 |  | Helsinki, Finland | 19 | 73.2K followers |
| 110 |  | Oslo, Norway | 18 | 32.1K followers |
| 111 |  | Nairobi, Kenya | 17 | 13.5K followers |
| 112 | | Salt Lake City, USA | 16 | 44.9K followers |
| 113 |  | Athens, Greece | 13 | 25.2K followers |
| 114 |  | Sydney, Australia | 13 | 1.6M followers |
| 115 | | Canberra, Australia | 11 | 271.3K followers |
| 116 | | San Francisco, USA | 10 | 577.4K followers |
| 117 | | Vancouver BC, Canada | 7 | 113.7K followers |
| 118 | | Melbourne, Australia | 7 | 291.7K followers |
| 119 | | Seattle, USA | 6 | 294.5K followers |
| 120 |  | Auckland, New Zealand | 4 | 66.5K followers |
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