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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 Dhaka, Bangladesh Dhaka, Bangladesh
174
221.8K followers
2 Delhi, India Delhi, India
170
2.7M followers
3 Medan, Indonesia Medan, Indonesia
165
1.3M followers
4 Kolkata, India Kolkata, India
156
1.4M followers
5 Cairo City, Egypt Cairo City, Egypt
151
23.2K followers
6 Seoul, South Korea Seoul, South Korea
127
6.1M followers
7 Incheon, South Korea Incheon, South Korea
124
20.7K followers
8 Kathmandu, Nepal Kathmandu, Nepal
117
139.9K followers
9 Chiang Mai, Thailand Chiang Mai, Thailand
112
11.6M followers
10 Phnom Penh, Cambodia Phnom Penh, Cambodia
109
388.4K followers
11 Istanbul, Turkey Istanbul, Turkey
105
214.5K followers
12 Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
99
77.9K followers
13 Accra, Ghana Accra, Ghana
97
5.9K followers
14 Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
96
654.4K followers
15 Guangzhou, China Guangzhou, China
95
1.5M followers
16 Jakarta, Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia
95
1.6M followers
17 Shenzhen, China Shenzhen, China
93
370.6K followers
18 Canberra, Australia Canberra, Australia
88
269.4K followers
19 Jerusalem, Israel Jerusalem, Israel
83
58.5K followers
20 Doha, Qatar Doha, Qatar
82
97.1K followers
21 Batam, Indonesia Batam, Indonesia
80
1.3M followers
22 Shanghai, China Shanghai, China
80
2.1M followers
23 Algiers, Algeria Algiers, Algeria
78
36.8K followers
24 Mumbai, India Mumbai, India
76
1.5M followers
25 Kuwait City, Kuwait Kuwait City, Kuwait
75
62.6K followers
26 Yangon, Myanmar Yangon, Myanmar
74
21.4K followers
27 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan
74
106.9K followers
28 Lima, Peru Lima, Peru
73
33.9K followers
29 Melbourne, Australia Melbourne, Australia
70
282.8K followers
30 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
68
82K followers
31 Karachi, Pakistan Karachi, Pakistan
68
66.3K followers
32 Kampala, Uganda Kampala, Uganda
68
9.2K followers
33 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
68
2.2M followers
34 Dubai, United Arab Emirates Dubai, United Arab Emirates
68
351.9K followers
35 Bangkok, Thailand Bangkok, Thailand
68
5.2M followers
36 Bogota, Colombia Bogota, Colombia
67
78.3K followers
37 Wuhan, China Wuhan, China
65
308.3K followers
38 Kaohsiung, Taiwan Kaohsiung, Taiwan
65
674.5K followers
39 Baghdad, Iraq Baghdad, Iraq
63
18.7K followers
40 Busan, South Korea Busan, South Korea
63
162.1K followers
41 Mexico City, Mexico Mexico City, Mexico
62
334.3K followers
42 Lahore, Pakistan Lahore, Pakistan
60
374.7K followers
43 Manama, Bahrain Manama, Bahrain
59
28K followers
44 Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
59
6.4K followers
45 Taipei, Taiwan Taipei, Taiwan
59
961.5K followers
46 Moscow, Russia Moscow, Russia
59
742.8K followers
47 Milano, Italy Milano, Italy
57
105.9K followers
48 Astana, Kazakhstan Astana, Kazakhstan
55
23.8K followers
49 Chongqing, China Chongqing, China
55
164K followers
50 Hanoi, Vietnam Hanoi, Vietnam
55
2.1M followers
51 Kobe, Japan Kobe, Japan
55
27K followers
52 Hangzhou, China Hangzhou, China
54
300.5K followers
53 Osaka, Japan Osaka, Japan
53
56.1K followers
54 Beijing, China Beijing, China
52
6.6M followers
55 Toronto, Canada Toronto, Canada
50
321.9K followers
56 Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina
50
46.3K followers
57 Minneapolis, USA Minneapolis, USA
48
14.3K followers
58 Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
48
36K followers
59 Santiago, Chile Santiago, Chile
45
91.9K followers
60 Kyoto, Japan Kyoto, Japan
45
77.4K followers
61 Stockholm, Sweden Stockholm, Sweden
43
32K followers
62 Nairobi, Kenya Nairobi, Kenya
42
12.9K followers
63 Chicago, USA Chicago, USA
42
40K followers
64 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
41
14.6K followers
65 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
41
369.5K followers
66 Johannesburg, South Africa Johannesburg, South Africa
38
61.4K followers
67 Kabul, Afghanistan Kabul, Afghanistan
37
20.4K followers
68 Skopje, North Macedonia Skopje, North Macedonia
37
12.9K followers
69 Detroit, USA Detroit, USA
37
23.8K followers
70 Krasnoyarsk, Russia Krasnoyarsk, Russia
35
93.8K followers
71 Lyon, France Lyon, France
35
480.9K followers
72 Helsinki, Finland Helsinki, Finland
35
71.8K followers
73 Kuching, Malaysia Kuching, Malaysia
34
48.5K followers
74 Athens, Greece Athens, Greece
34
22.5K followers
75 Tehran, Iran Tehran, Iran
33
1M followers
76 Montreal, Canada Montreal, Canada
33
105K followers
77 Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
33
49.9K followers
78 Madrid, Spain Madrid, Spain
33
319.9K followers
79 Wroclaw, Poland Wroclaw, Poland
32
251.9K followers
80 London, United Kingdom London, United Kingdom
31
214K followers
81 Kyiv, Ukraine Kyiv, Ukraine
29
263.7K followers
82 Sydney, Australia Sydney, Australia
28
1.6M followers
83 Lisbon, Portugal Lisbon, Portugal
27
19.2K followers
84 Vienna, Austria Vienna, Austria
27
137.8K followers
85 Sao Paulo, Brazil Sao Paulo, Brazil
26
78.5K followers
86 Pristina, Kosovo Pristina, Kosovo
25
12K followers
87 Zagreb, Croatia Zagreb, Croatia
25
13.3K followers
88 Bucharest, Romania Bucharest, Romania
25
60.4K followers
89 Tokyo, Japan Tokyo, Japan
25
991K followers
90 Los Angeles, USA Los Angeles, USA
25
5.8M followers
91 Krakow, Poland Krakow, Poland
24
300.2K followers
92 Rome, Italy Rome, Italy
24
59.3K followers
93 Brussels, Belgium Brussels, Belgium
23
136.9K followers
94 Warsaw, Poland Warsaw, Poland
23
318.5K followers
95 Prague, Czech Republic Prague, Czech Republic
23
103.5K followers
96 Bern, Switzerland Bern, Switzerland
22
82.4K followers
97 Bratislava, Slovakia Bratislava, Slovakia
22
37.2K followers
98 Berlin, Germany Berlin, Germany
22
187.6K followers
99 Washington, D.C., USA Washington, D.C., USA
22
35.1K followers
100 New York City, USA New York City, USA
22
1.8M followers
101 Dakar, Senegal Dakar, Senegal
21
10.2K followers
102 Birmingham, United Kingdom Birmingham, United Kingdom
21
279.9K followers
103 Nice, France Nice, France
21
447.9K followers
104 Budapest, Hungary Budapest, Hungary
21
20.2K followers
105 Paris, France Paris, France
19
5.3M followers
106 Oslo, Norway Oslo, Norway
19
29.7K followers
107 Houston, USA Houston, USA
18
25.1K followers
108 Singapore, Singapore Singapore, Singapore
17
842.2K followers
109 Denver, USA Denver, USA
16
1.5M followers
110 Amsterdam, Netherlands Amsterdam, Netherlands
14
229.8K followers
111 Auckland, New Zealand Auckland, New Zealand
12
63K followers
112 Sofia, Bulgaria Sofia, Bulgaria
12
107.7K followers
113 Belgrade, Serbia Belgrade, Serbia
12
190.3K followers
114 San Francisco, USA San Francisco, USA
11
566.6K followers
115 Dublin, Ireland Dublin, Ireland
6
18.8K followers
116 Salt Lake City, USA Salt Lake City, USA
6
42.8K followers
117 Seattle, USA Seattle, USA
5
287.8K followers
118 Munich, Germany Munich, Germany
4
330.5K followers
119 Vancouver BC, Canada Vancouver BC, Canada
3
107.4K followers
120 Portland, USA Portland, USA
3
119.4K followers
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