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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 |  | Delhi, India | 222 | 2.7M followers |
| 2 |  | Chiang Mai, Thailand | 178 | 11.7M followers |
| 3 |  | Kathmandu, Nepal | 164 | 144.3K followers |
| 4 |  | Jakarta, Indonesia | 157 | 1.7M followers |
| 5 |  | Lahore, Pakistan | 149 | 379.3K followers |
| 6 |  | Seoul, South Korea | 138 | 6.3M followers |
| 7 |  | Manama, Bahrain | 137 | 28.6K followers |
| 8 |  | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | 134 | 361.8K followers |
| 9 |  | Baghdad, Iraq | 130 | 19.3K followers |
| 10 | | Incheon, South Korea | 127 | 21.9K followers |
| 11 | | Batam, Indonesia | 123 | 1.3M followers |
| 12 |  | Yangon, Myanmar | 118 | 23K followers |
| 13 |  | Dhaka, Bangladesh | 116 | 223.9K followers |
| 14 |  | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 114 | 112.1K followers |
| 15 |  | Wuhan, China | 105 | 315.4K followers |
| 16 |  | Mexico City, Mexico | 104 | 337.8K followers |
| 17 |  | Hanoi, Vietnam | 102 | 2.2M followers |
| 18 |  | Kuwait City, Kuwait | 99 | 63.2K followers |
| 19 | | Mumbai, India | 99 | 1.5M followers |
| 20 | | Karachi, Pakistan | 96 | 67.5K followers |
| 21 | | Busan, South Korea | 96 | 181.7K followers |
| 22 |  | Doha, Qatar | 88 | 98.9K followers |
| 23 | | Kolkata, India | 86 | 1.4M followers |
| 24 |  | Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina | 84 | 48.1K followers |
| 25 |  | Tokyo, Japan | 82 | 1M followers |
| 26 | | Bangkok, Thailand | 80 | 5.3M followers |
| 27 |  | Cairo City, Egypt | 78 | 24.7K followers |
| 28 |  | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 78 | 376.1K followers |
| 29 |  | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia | 78 | 50.9K followers |
| 30 | | Hangzhou, China | 77 | 313.3K followers |
| 31 |  | Johannesburg, South Africa | 74 | 61.9K followers |
| 32 | | Shanghai, China | 74 | 2.1M followers |
| 33 |  | Santiago, Chile | 74 | 93.1K followers |
| 34 |  | Belgrade, Serbia | 74 | 196.8K followers |
| 35 |  | Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel | 66 | 79.7K followers |
| 36 | | Osaka, Japan | 65 | 60.4K followers |
| 37 |  | Phnom Penh, Cambodia | 63 | 393.4K followers |
| 38 |  | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | 63 | 14.9K followers |
| 39 |  | Madrid, Spain | 63 | 324.6K followers |
| 40 |  | Astana, Kazakhstan | 61 | 25.1K followers |
| 41 |  | Tehran, Iran | 59 | 1M followers |
| 42 |  | Kaohsiung, Taiwan | 59 | 680.1K followers |
| 43 |  | Houston, USA | 58 | 26.4K followers |
| 44 | | Guangzhou, China | 57 | 1.5M followers |
| 45 | | Los Angeles, USA | 56 | 5.9M followers |
| 46 |  | Dakar, Senegal | 55 | 10.6K followers |
| 47 | | Chengdu, China | 55 | 1.7M followers |
| 48 | | Kyoto, Japan | 55 | 79.3K followers |
| 49 | | Kobe, Japan | 55 | 27.4K followers |
| 50 | | Jerusalem, Israel | 53 | 59.2K followers |
| 51 |  | Accra, Ghana | 53 | 6.2K followers |
| 52 | | Taipei, Taiwan | 53 | 972.1K followers |
| 53 |  | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 50 | 83.4K followers |
| 54 |  | Skopje, North Macedonia | 50 | 13.5K followers |
| 55 | | Shenzhen, China | 50 | 379.6K followers |
| 56 |  | Warsaw, Poland | 48 | 321.8K followers |
| 57 | | Chongqing, China | 48 | 167.5K followers |
| 58 |  | Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR | 46 | 665.6K followers |
| 59 |  | Kampala, Uganda | 45 | 9.3K followers |
| 60 | | Beijing, China | 45 | 6.8M followers |
| 61 | | Medan, Indonesia | 43 | 1.3M followers |
| 62 |  | Zagreb, Croatia | 43 | 14.2K followers |
| 63 |  | Bucharest, Romania | 41 | 61.5K followers |
| 64 |  | Bogota, Colombia | 41 | 79.2K followers |
| 65 |  | Istanbul, Turkey | 41 | 218K followers |
| 66 |  | Lima, Peru | 41 | 34.4K followers |
| 67 |  | Lisbon, Portugal | 40 | 20.5K followers |
| 68 | | Salt Lake City, USA | 39 | 44.4K followers |
| 69 | | Seattle, USA | 39 | 292.9K followers |
| 70 |  | Pristina, Kosovo | 37 | 12.6K followers |
| 71 | | Kuching, Malaysia | 36 | 48.8K followers |
| 72 |  | Stockholm, Sweden | 36 | 34K followers |
| 73 | | Chicago, USA | 35 | 42.1K followers |
| 74 |  | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 34 | 120.1K followers |
| 75 | | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 34 | 232.9K followers |
| 76 | | Portland, USA | 34 | 123.6K followers |
| 77 |  | Bern, Switzerland | 33 | 83.8K followers |
| 78 |  | Kyiv, Ukraine | 33 | 270.5K followers |
| 79 |  | London, United Kingdom | 33 | 227.3K followers |
| 80 |  | Brussels, Belgium | 32 | 138.7K followers |
| 81 |  | Budapest, Hungary | 32 | 21.5K followers |
| 82 |  | Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan | 32 | 37.4K followers |
| 83 |  | Bratislava, Slovakia | 31 | 37.7K followers |
| 84 |  | Vienna, Austria | 31 | 140.5K followers |
| 85 |  | Vancouver BC, Canada | 31 | 112.4K followers |
| 86 |  | Nice, France | 30 | 451.1K followers |
| 87 |  | Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo | 29 | 6.6K followers |
| 88 | | Wroclaw, Poland | 29 | 252.9K followers |
| 89 | | Krakow, Poland | 29 | 302.9K followers |
| 90 |  | Sao Paulo, Brazil | 29 | 79.5K followers |
| 91 | | Washington, D.C., USA | 29 | 37.1K followers |
| 92 |  | Singapore, Singapore | 26 | 853.9K followers |
| 93 |  | Algiers, Algeria | 25 | 36.9K followers |
| 94 | | Paris, France | 25 | 5.4M followers |
| 95 | | Lyon, France | 24 | 484.5K followers |
| 96 | | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 23 | 281.7K followers |
| 97 |  | Helsinki, Finland | 23 | 73K followers |
| 98 |  | Sofia, Bulgaria | 23 | 109K followers |
| 99 | | Montreal, Canada | 23 | 107.2K followers |
| 100 |  | Berlin, Germany | 22 | 192.3K followers |
| 101 | | Berlin, Germany | 22 | 192.3K followers |
| 102 |  | Prague, Czech Republic | 22 | 105.2K followers |
| 103 | | San Francisco, USA | 21 | 575.1K followers |
| 104 | | Detroit, USA | 20 | 24.2K followers |
| 105 | | Minneapolis, USA | 20 | 14.9K followers |
| 106 |  | Rome, Italy | 19 | 61.9K followers |
| 107 | | Denver, USA | 19 | 1.5M followers |
| 108 | | Toronto, Canada | 18 | 327.9K followers |
| 109 | | Milano, Italy | 17 | 111.1K followers |
| 110 | | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | 17 | 2.2M followers |
| 111 |  | Dublin, Ireland | 17 | 20K followers |
| 112 | | New York City, USA | 17 | 1.8M followers |
| 113 |  | Athens, Greece | 14 | 23.9K followers |
| 114 |  | Nairobi, Kenya | 13 | 13.4K followers |
| 115 |  | Melbourne, Australia | 10 | 290.2K followers |
| 116 |  | Krasnoyarsk, Russia | 8 | 94.8K followers |
| 117 |  | Oslo, Norway | 8 | 31.6K followers |
| 118 | | Sydney, Australia | 6 | 1.6M followers |
| 119 | | Canberra, Australia | 5 | 271K followers |
| 120 |  | Kabul, Afghanistan | 4 | 21.6K followers |
| 121 |  | Auckland, New Zealand | 3 | 65.7K followers |
| 122 | | Moscow, Russia | 0 | 763.4K followers |
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