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2023

World Air Quality Report

NEWSROOM
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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
342
2.7M followers
2 Cairo City, Egypt Cairo City, Egypt
181
25K followers
3 Kathmandu, Nepal Kathmandu, Nepal
173
144.9K followers
4 Medan, Indonesia Medan, Indonesia
160
1.3M followers
5 Beijing, China Beijing, China
159
6.8M followers
6 Kolkata, India Kolkata, India
158
1.4M followers
7 Hanoi, Vietnam Hanoi, Vietnam
158
2.2M followers
8 Chiang Mai, Thailand Chiang Mai, Thailand
158
11.7M followers
9 Dubai, United Arab Emirates Dubai, United Arab Emirates
149
364K followers
10 Wuhan, China Wuhan, China
146
316.8K followers
11 Lahore, Pakistan Lahore, Pakistan
146
380.4K followers
12 Kampala, Uganda Kampala, Uganda
144
9.3K followers
13 Dhaka, Bangladesh Dhaka, Bangladesh
143
224.3K followers
14 Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
136
80K followers
15 Jakarta, Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia
119
1.7M followers
16 Tehran, Iran Tehran, Iran
112
1M followers
17 Hangzhou, China Hangzhou, China
102
316.1K followers
18 Jerusalem, Israel Jerusalem, Israel
95
59.4K followers
19 Yangon, Myanmar Yangon, Myanmar
95
23.3K followers
20 Doha, Qatar Doha, Qatar
93
99.2K followers
21 Istanbul, Turkey Istanbul, Turkey
88
218.9K followers
22 Karachi, Pakistan Karachi, Pakistan
86
67.7K followers
23 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan
86
113.1K followers
24 Incheon, South Korea Incheon, South Korea
85
22.1K followers
25 Mumbai, India Mumbai, India
83
1.5M followers
26 Johannesburg, South Africa Johannesburg, South Africa
82
62K followers
27 Accra, Ghana Accra, Ghana
81
6.3K followers
28 Manama, Bahrain Manama, Bahrain
80
29.6K followers
29 Kuwait City, Kuwait Kuwait City, Kuwait
76
63.4K followers
30 Wroclaw, Poland Wroclaw, Poland
73
253.1K followers
31 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
73
377.4K followers
32 Baghdad, Iraq Baghdad, Iraq
72
19.4K followers
33 Kabul, Afghanistan Kabul, Afghanistan
70
21.9K followers
34 Batam, Indonesia Batam, Indonesia
66
1.3M followers
35 Belgrade, Serbia Belgrade, Serbia
66
197.8K followers
36 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
65
2.2M followers
37 Krakow, Poland Krakow, Poland
64
303.4K followers
38 Sofia, Bulgaria Sofia, Bulgaria
61
109.2K followers
39 Milano, Italy Milano, Italy
60
112.4K followers
40 Berlin, Germany Berlin, Germany
59
193.2K followers
41 Seoul, South Korea Seoul, South Korea
59
6.3M followers
42 Chongqing, China Chongqing, China
58
168.3K followers
43 Santiago, Chile Santiago, Chile
58
93.3K followers
44 Kaohsiung, Taiwan Kaohsiung, Taiwan
57
681.4K followers
45 Lima, Peru Lima, Peru
57
34.5K followers
46 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
55
83.9K followers
47 Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
55
668K followers
48 Chengdu, China Chengdu, China
54
1.7M followers
49 Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
54
51.1K followers
50 Krasnoyarsk, Russia Krasnoyarsk, Russia
53
95K followers
51 Phnom Penh, Cambodia Phnom Penh, Cambodia
52
394.1K followers
52 Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina
52
48.5K followers
53 Canberra, Australia Canberra, Australia
52
271.3K followers
54 Taipei, Taiwan Taipei, Taiwan
50
974.5K followers
55 Bangkok, Thailand Bangkok, Thailand
50
5.3M followers
56 Warsaw, Poland Warsaw, Poland
49
322.4K followers
57 Bogota, Colombia Bogota, Colombia
49
79.3K followers
58 Budapest, Hungary Budapest, Hungary
47
21.7K followers
59 Bucharest, Romania Bucharest, Romania
46
61.7K followers
60 Shanghai, China Shanghai, China
46
2.1M followers
61 Mexico City, Mexico Mexico City, Mexico
45
338.4K followers
62 Pristina, Kosovo Pristina, Kosovo
45
12.8K followers
63 Guangzhou, China Guangzhou, China
45
1.5M followers
64 Kyiv, Ukraine Kyiv, Ukraine
43
271.2K followers
65 Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
43
37.8K followers
66 Denver, USA Denver, USA
42
1.5M followers
67 Algiers, Algeria Algiers, Algeria
41
36.9K followers
68 Astana, Kazakhstan Astana, Kazakhstan
41
25.4K followers
69 Vienna, Austria Vienna, Austria
41
140.9K followers
70 Sao Paulo, Brazil Sao Paulo, Brazil
41
79.7K followers
71 Busan, South Korea Busan, South Korea
41
184.9K followers
72 Salt Lake City, USA Salt Lake City, USA
40
44.8K followers
73 Lisbon, Portugal Lisbon, Portugal
38
20.8K followers
74 Birmingham, United Kingdom Birmingham, United Kingdom
37
282.2K followers
75 Stockholm, Sweden Stockholm, Sweden
37
34.5K followers
76 Kobe, Japan Kobe, Japan
37
27.5K followers
77 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
36
15K followers
78 London, United Kingdom London, United Kingdom
36
230.2K followers
79 Bern, Switzerland Bern, Switzerland
35
84.1K followers
80 Bratislava, Slovakia Bratislava, Slovakia
35
37.8K followers
81 Paris, France Paris, France
33
5.5M followers
82 Shenzhen, China Shenzhen, China
33
381.6K followers
83 Osaka, Japan Osaka, Japan
33
61.3K followers
84 Washington, D.C., USA Washington, D.C., USA
33
37.4K followers
85 New York City, USA New York City, USA
32
1.8M followers
86 Seattle, USA Seattle, USA
32
294.3K followers
87 Lyon, France Lyon, France
31
485.4K followers
88 Singapore, Singapore Singapore, Singapore
31
856.5K followers
89 Los Angeles, USA Los Angeles, USA
31
6M followers
90 Helsinki, Finland Helsinki, Finland
30
73.2K followers
91 Kuching, Malaysia Kuching, Malaysia
29
48.9K followers
92 Munich, Germany Munich, Germany
29
337.4K followers
93 Moscow, Russia Moscow, Russia
29
767.6K followers
94 Kyoto, Japan Kyoto, Japan
29
79.7K followers
95 Madrid, Spain Madrid, Spain
29
325.4K followers
96 Vancouver BC, Canada Vancouver BC, Canada
29
113.6K followers
97 Minneapolis, USA Minneapolis, USA
29
15K followers
98 Houston, USA Houston, USA
29
26.8K followers
99 Rotterdam, Netherlands Rotterdam, Netherlands
28
120.5K followers
100 Rome, Italy Rome, Italy
28
62.5K followers
101 Rome, Italy Rome, Italy
28
62.5K followers
102 Zagreb, Croatia Zagreb, Croatia
28
14.3K followers
103 Portland, USA Portland, USA
27
125K followers
104 San Francisco, USA San Francisco, USA
26
577.2K followers
105 Prague, Czech Republic Prague, Czech Republic
25
105.5K followers
106 Toronto, Canada Toronto, Canada
25
329.5K followers
107 Nairobi, Kenya Nairobi, Kenya
25
13.5K followers
108 Nice, France Nice, France
24
451.9K followers
109 Skopje, North Macedonia Skopje, North Macedonia
24
13.6K followers
110 Chicago, USA Chicago, USA
24
42.5K followers
111 Amsterdam, Netherlands Amsterdam, Netherlands
23
233.6K followers
112 Oslo, Norway Oslo, Norway
23
32K followers
113 Athens, Greece Athens, Greece
21
25.1K followers
114 Tokyo, Japan Tokyo, Japan
21
1M followers
115 Brussels, Belgium Brussels, Belgium
20
139.1K followers
116 Sydney, Australia Sydney, Australia
18
1.6M followers
117 Montreal, Canada Montreal, Canada
17
107.7K followers
118 Detroit, USA Detroit, USA
15
24.3K followers
119 Auckland, New Zealand Auckland, New Zealand
10
66.4K followers
120 Melbourne, Australia Melbourne, Australia
10
291.5K followers

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