Live most polluted major city ranking Tooltip icon

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 Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
341
79.5K followers
2 Jerusalem, Israel Jerusalem, Israel
320
59.1K followers
3 Busan, South Korea Busan, South Korea
234
179K followers
4 Cairo City, Egypt Cairo City, Egypt
171
24.5K followers
5 Osaka, Japan Osaka, Japan
158
60.1K followers
6 Kathmandu, Nepal Kathmandu, Nepal
153
144.1K followers
7 Kobe, Japan Kobe, Japan
153
27.4K followers
8 Kyoto, Japan Kyoto, Japan
151
79.2K followers
9 Chiang Mai, Thailand Chiang Mai, Thailand
143
11.7M followers
10 Yangon, Myanmar Yangon, Myanmar
141
22.9K followers
11 Phnom Penh, Cambodia Phnom Penh, Cambodia
140
393.3K followers
12 Dhaka, Bangladesh Dhaka, Bangladesh
118
223.7K followers
13 Bogota, Colombia Bogota, Colombia
105
79.1K followers
14 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
103
375.7K followers
15 Hanoi, Vietnam Hanoi, Vietnam
99
2.2M followers
16 Dakar, Senegal Dakar, Senegal
97
10.6K followers
17 Beijing, China Beijing, China
97
6.8M followers
18 Mumbai, India Mumbai, India
94
1.5M followers
19 Hangzhou, China Hangzhou, China
88
312.6K followers
20 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan
88
111.7K followers
21 Kolkata, India Kolkata, India
84
1.4M followers
22 Mexico City, Mexico Mexico City, Mexico
81
337.5K followers
23 Tokyo, Japan Tokyo, Japan
80
1M followers
24 Tehran, Iran Tehran, Iran
78
1M followers
25 Bangkok, Thailand Bangkok, Thailand
78
5.3M followers
26 Lahore, Pakistan Lahore, Pakistan
77
379K followers
27 Karachi, Pakistan Karachi, Pakistan
76
67.4K followers
28 Manama, Bahrain Manama, Bahrain
73
28.6K followers
29 Delhi, India Delhi, India
73
2.7M followers
30 Kaohsiung, Taiwan Kaohsiung, Taiwan
73
679.7K followers
31 Taipei, Taiwan Taipei, Taiwan
72
971.6K followers
32 Istanbul, Turkey Istanbul, Turkey
72
217.8K followers
33 Dubai, United Arab Emirates Dubai, United Arab Emirates
71
361.2K followers
34 Accra, Ghana Accra, Ghana
70
6.2K followers
35 Jakarta, Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia
68
1.7M followers
36 Wuhan, China Wuhan, China
66
315K followers
37 Kuwait City, Kuwait Kuwait City, Kuwait
65
63.2K followers
38 Shanghai, China Shanghai, China
65
2.1M followers
39 Guangzhou, China Guangzhou, China
65
1.5M followers
40 Doha, Qatar Doha, Qatar
63
98.8K followers
41 Incheon, South Korea Incheon, South Korea
63
21.9K followers
42 Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina
61
48K followers
43 Lima, Peru Lima, Peru
61
34.3K followers
44 Seoul, South Korea Seoul, South Korea
60
6.3M followers
45 Krakow, Poland Krakow, Poland
59
302.9K followers
46 Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
58
6.5K followers
47 Canberra, Australia Canberra, Australia
58
270.8K followers
48 Batam, Indonesia Batam, Indonesia
57
1.3M followers
49 Wroclaw, Poland Wroclaw, Poland
57
252.9K followers
50 Chongqing, China Chongqing, China
57
167.3K followers
51 Santiago, Chile Santiago, Chile
57
92.9K followers
52 Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
57
37.3K followers
53 Washington, D.C., USA Washington, D.C., USA
56
37K followers
54 Toronto, Canada Toronto, Canada
54
327.4K followers
55 Houston, USA Houston, USA
53
26.4K followers
56 Bucharest, Romania Bucharest, Romania
49
61.4K followers
57 Prague, Czech Republic Prague, Czech Republic
48
105.1K followers
58 Chengdu, China Chengdu, China
43
1.7M followers
59 Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
42
665K followers
60 Medan, Indonesia Medan, Indonesia
41
1.3M followers
61 Baghdad, Iraq Baghdad, Iraq
41
19.2K followers
62 Shenzhen, China Shenzhen, China
41
379.1K followers
63 Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
41
50.8K followers
64 Kuching, Malaysia Kuching, Malaysia
40
48.7K followers
65 Belgrade, Serbia Belgrade, Serbia
39
196.4K followers
66 Los Angeles, USA Los Angeles, USA
39
5.9M followers
67 Nice, France Nice, France
38
450.9K followers
68 Singapore, Singapore Singapore, Singapore
38
853.3K followers
69 Algiers, Algeria Algiers, Algeria
37
36.9K followers
70 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
37
14.9K followers
71 Astana, Kazakhstan Astana, Kazakhstan
37
25.1K followers
72 Moscow, Russia Moscow, Russia
37
762.2K followers
73 Budapest, Hungary Budapest, Hungary
36
21.5K followers
74 Oslo, Norway Oslo, Norway
35
31.5K followers
75 Sydney, Australia Sydney, Australia
34
1.6M followers
76 Amsterdam, Netherlands Amsterdam, Netherlands
33
232.7K followers
77 Vienna, Austria Vienna, Austria
33
140.4K followers
78 Bratislava, Slovakia Bratislava, Slovakia
32
37.7K followers
79 Johannesburg, South Africa Johannesburg, South Africa
30
61.9K followers
80 Rotterdam, Netherlands Rotterdam, Netherlands
30
120K followers
81 Stockholm, Sweden Stockholm, Sweden
30
33.9K followers
82 Lisbon, Portugal Lisbon, Portugal
30
20.5K followers
83 Zagreb, Croatia Zagreb, Croatia
30
14.2K followers
84 Berlin, Germany Berlin, Germany
30
192.1K followers
85 Madrid, Spain Madrid, Spain
30
324.4K followers
86 Brussels, Belgium Brussels, Belgium
29
138.5K followers
87 Skopje, North Macedonia Skopje, North Macedonia
29
13.4K followers
88 Warsaw, Poland Warsaw, Poland
29
321.7K followers
89 Paris, France Paris, France
29
5.4M followers
90 Pristina, Kosovo Pristina, Kosovo
29
12.6K followers
91 Birmingham, United Kingdom Birmingham, United Kingdom
27
281.6K followers
92 Dublin, Ireland Dublin, Ireland
26
19.9K followers
93 London, United Kingdom London, United Kingdom
26
226.5K followers
94 Munich, Germany Munich, Germany
25
336.1K followers
95 Lyon, France Lyon, France
24
484.3K followers
96 Helsinki, Finland Helsinki, Finland
24
72.9K followers
97 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
21
83.3K followers
98 Rome, Italy Rome, Italy
21
61.8K followers
99 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
21
2.2M followers
100 Bern, Switzerland Bern, Switzerland
20
83.8K followers
101 Athens, Greece Athens, Greece
19
23.9K followers
102 San Francisco, USA San Francisco, USA
18
574.5K followers
103 Sofia, Bulgaria Sofia, Bulgaria
17
108.9K followers
104 Nairobi, Kenya Nairobi, Kenya
17
13.3K followers
105 Minneapolis, USA Minneapolis, USA
17
14.9K followers
106 Detroit, USA Detroit, USA
16
24.2K followers
107 Kyiv, Ukraine Kyiv, Ukraine
16
270.4K followers
108 Portland, USA Portland, USA
16
123.3K followers
109 Salt Lake City, USA Salt Lake City, USA
15
44.3K followers
110 Sao Paulo, Brazil Sao Paulo, Brazil
14
79.4K followers
111 Seattle, USA Seattle, USA
14
292.6K followers
112 Krasnoyarsk, Russia Krasnoyarsk, Russia
12
94.7K followers
113 Kampala, Uganda Kampala, Uganda
12
9.3K followers
114 Milano, Italy Milano, Italy
12
110.9K followers
115 Vancouver BC, Canada Vancouver BC, Canada
12
112.1K followers
116 Auckland, New Zealand Auckland, New Zealand
11
65.6K followers
117 Montreal, Canada Montreal, Canada
11
107.1K followers
118 Chicago, USA Chicago, USA
11
42K followers
119 Melbourne, Australia Melbourne, Australia
9
289.9K followers
120 Kabul, Afghanistan Kabul, Afghanistan
8
21.5K followers
121 New York City, USA New York City, USA
7
1.8M followers
122 Denver, USA Denver, USA
4
1.5M followers
Cart
Your cart is empty

Connect With IQAir

Sign up for our newsletter