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2023
World Air Quality Report
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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 |  | Kathmandu, Nepal | 167 | 144.2K followers |
| 2 |  | Chiang Mai, Thailand | 158 | 11.7M followers |
| 3 |  | Kolkata, India | 155 | 1.4M followers |
| 4 |  | Hanoi, Vietnam | 151 | 2.2M followers |
| 5 | | Delhi, India | 147 | 2.7M followers |
| 6 | | Bangkok, Thailand | 143 | 5.3M followers |
| 7 |  | Manama, Bahrain | 139 | 28.6K followers |
| 8 |  | Busan, South Korea | 134 | 181K followers |
| 9 |  | Baghdad, Iraq | 132 | 19.3K followers |
| 10 |  | Lahore, Pakistan | 122 | 379.1K followers |
| 11 | | Seoul, South Korea | 122 | 6.3M followers |
| 12 |  | Dhaka, Bangladesh | 115 | 223.8K followers |
| 13 |  | Cairo City, Egypt | 112 | 24.6K followers |
| 14 |  | Shanghai, China | 105 | 2.1M followers |
| 15 |  | Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo | 102 | 6.5K followers |
| 16 |  | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 99 | 111.9K followers |
| 17 |  | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | 95 | 14.9K followers |
| 18 | | Incheon, South Korea | 95 | 21.9K followers |
| 19 |  | Jakarta, Indonesia | 92 | 1.7M followers |
| 20 |  | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | 90 | 361.6K followers |
| 21 |  | Doha, Qatar | 88 | 98.8K followers |
| 22 |  | Yangon, Myanmar | 88 | 23K followers |
| 23 | | Mumbai, India | 88 | 1.5M followers |
| 24 |  | Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel | 86 | 79.6K followers |
| 25 |  | Mexico City, Mexico | 81 | 337.7K followers |
| 26 |  | Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina | 79 | 48K followers |
| 27 | | Karachi, Pakistan | 78 | 67.5K followers |
| 28 |  | Accra, Ghana | 76 | 6.2K followers |
| 29 | | Wuhan, China | 75 | 315.2K followers |
| 30 |  | Johannesburg, South Africa | 73 | 61.9K followers |
| 31 |  | Lima, Peru | 73 | 34.4K followers |
| 32 | | Hangzhou, China | 72 | 313K followers |
| 33 |  | Osaka, Japan | 70 | 60.3K followers |
| 34 | | Beijing, China | 66 | 6.8M followers |
| 35 | | Batam, Indonesia | 65 | 1.3M followers |
| 36 | | Jerusalem, Israel | 65 | 59.2K followers |
| 37 |  | Kuwait City, Kuwait | 65 | 63.2K followers |
| 38 |  | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia | 65 | 50.9K followers |
| 39 | | Kyoto, Japan | 65 | 79.3K followers |
| 40 |  | Krakow, Poland | 63 | 302.9K followers |
| 41 | | Kobe, Japan | 63 | 27.4K followers |
| 42 |  | Taipei, Taiwan | 60 | 971.9K followers |
| 43 | | Warsaw, Poland | 60 | 321.7K followers |
| 44 |  | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 59 | 376K followers |
| 45 |  | Astana, Kazakhstan | 57 | 25.1K followers |
| 46 |  | Phnom Penh, Cambodia | 56 | 393.4K followers |
| 47 | | Guangzhou, China | 56 | 1.5M followers |
| 48 |  | Washington, D.C., USA | 56 | 37.1K followers |
| 49 |  | Bogota, Colombia | 55 | 79.2K followers |
| 50 | | Tokyo, Japan | 55 | 1M followers |
| 51 | | Chengdu, China | 54 | 1.7M followers |
| 52 |  | Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR | 53 | 665.4K followers |
| 53 |  | Sofia, Bulgaria | 52 | 108.9K followers |
| 54 |  | Skopje, North Macedonia | 51 | 13.4K followers |
| 55 |  | Santiago, Chile | 51 | 93K followers |
| 56 |  | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 50 | 83.4K followers |
| 57 |  | Kampala, Uganda | 50 | 9.3K followers |
| 58 | | Shenzhen, China | 50 | 379.4K followers |
| 59 | | Kaohsiung, Taiwan | 50 | 680K followers |
| 60 |  | Pristina, Kosovo | 49 | 12.6K followers |
| 61 |  | Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan | 49 | 37.4K followers |
| 62 |  | Dakar, Senegal | 45 | 10.6K followers |
| 63 |  | Belgrade, Serbia | 45 | 196.6K followers |
| 64 |  | Lisbon, Portugal | 44 | 20.5K followers |
| 65 | | Houston, USA | 44 | 26.4K followers |
| 66 | | Kuching, Malaysia | 43 | 48.8K followers |
| 67 |  | Tehran, Iran | 41 | 1M followers |
| 68 |  | Algiers, Algeria | 40 | 36.9K followers |
| 69 |  | Lyon, France | 38 | 484.4K followers |
| 70 |  | Stockholm, Sweden | 37 | 33.9K followers |
| 71 |  | Singapore, Singapore | 37 | 853.6K followers |
| 72 |  | Bucharest, Romania | 37 | 61.4K followers |
| 73 | | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | 37 | 2.2M followers |
| 74 | | Los Angeles, USA | 36 | 5.9M followers |
| 75 | | Chongqing, China | 35 | 167.5K followers |
| 76 |  | Moscow, Russia | 33 | 762.9K followers |
| 77 |  | Milano, Italy | 33 | 111K followers |
| 78 |  | Budapest, Hungary | 33 | 21.5K followers |
| 79 | | Wroclaw, Poland | 32 | 252.9K followers |
| 80 |  | Helsinki, Finland | 32 | 72.9K followers |
| 81 | | Chicago, USA | 31 | 42K followers |
| 82 |  | Munich, Germany | 30 | 336.2K followers |
| 83 |  | Prague, Czech Republic | 30 | 105.2K followers |
| 84 | | Medan, Indonesia | 29 | 1.3M followers |
| 85 |  | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 29 | 281.6K followers |
| 86 |  | Vienna, Austria | 29 | 140.5K followers |
| 87 |  | Nairobi, Kenya | 29 | 13.4K followers |
| 88 |  | Vancouver BC, Canada | 28 | 112.3K followers |
| 89 |  | Bratislava, Slovakia | 27 | 37.7K followers |
| 90 |  | Athens, Greece | 27 | 23.9K followers |
| 91 |  | Brussels, Belgium | 26 | 138.6K followers |
| 92 |  | Zagreb, Croatia | 26 | 14.2K followers |
| 93 | | Berlin, Germany | 26 | 192.2K followers |
| 94 |  | Kabul, Afghanistan | 25 | 21.6K followers |
| 95 | | Paris, France | 25 | 5.4M followers |
| 96 | | Detroit, USA | 25 | 24.2K followers |
| 97 |  | Istanbul, Turkey | 25 | 217.9K followers |
| 98 |  | Kyiv, Ukraine | 25 | 270.4K followers |
| 99 |  | Sao Paulo, Brazil | 25 | 79.5K followers |
| 100 | | Seattle, USA | 25 | 292.8K followers |
| 101 |  | Madrid, Spain | 24 | 324.5K followers |
| 102 |  | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 23 | 120.1K followers |
| 103 | | Nice, France | 22 | 451K followers |
| 104 | | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 22 | 232.8K followers |
| 105 |  | Oslo, Norway | 21 | 31.6K followers |
| 106 | | London, United Kingdom | 21 | 226.9K followers |
| 107 | | Toronto, Canada | 20 | 327.7K followers |
| 108 |  | Sydney, Australia | 20 | 1.6M followers |
| 109 | | San Francisco, USA | 20 | 574.9K followers |
| 110 | | Portland, USA | 19 | 123.5K followers |
| 111 | | Montreal, Canada | 17 | 107.2K followers |
| 112 | | Canberra, Australia | 17 | 270.9K followers |
| 113 | | Salt Lake City, USA | 15 | 44.4K followers |
| 114 | | New York City, USA | 15 | 1.8M followers |
| 115 |  | Auckland, New Zealand | 14 | 65.7K followers |
| 116 |  | Bern, Switzerland | 14 | 83.8K followers |
| 117 | | Rome, Italy | 14 | 61.9K followers |
| 118 | | Krasnoyarsk, Russia | 11 | 94.8K followers |
| 119 | | Minneapolis, USA | 11 | 14.9K followers |
| 120 | | Melbourne, Australia | 9 | 290K followers |
| 121 | | Denver, USA | 8 | 1.5M followers |
| 122 |  | Dublin, Ireland | 6 | 20K followers |
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