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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 Delhi, India Delhi, India
213
2.7M followers
2 Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
169
6.7K followers
3 Jakarta, Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia
163
1.7M followers
4 Lahore, Pakistan Lahore, Pakistan
155
385.7K followers
5 Doha, Qatar Doha, Qatar
154
101K followers
6 Kathmandu, Nepal Kathmandu, Nepal
154
147.3K followers
7 Dhaka, Bangladesh Dhaka, Bangladesh
153
226.5K followers
8 Manama, Bahrain Manama, Bahrain
145
30.1K followers
9 Beijing, China Beijing, China
139
7M followers
10 Santiago, Chile Santiago, Chile
120
94.6K followers
11 Wuhan, China Wuhan, China
117
323.4K followers
12 Cairo City, Egypt Cairo City, Egypt
111
26.6K followers
13 Dubai, United Arab Emirates Dubai, United Arab Emirates
99
373.1K followers
14 Chengdu, China Chengdu, China
98
1.7M followers
15 Kampala, Uganda Kampala, Uganda
97
9.4K followers
16 Brussels, Belgium Brussels, Belgium
96
141.1K followers
17 Baghdad, Iraq Baghdad, Iraq
88
20.2K followers
18 Mumbai, India Mumbai, India
88
1.5M followers
19 Medan, Indonesia Medan, Indonesia
86
1.3M followers
20 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
86
382.1K followers
21 Kaohsiung, Taiwan Kaohsiung, Taiwan
86
688K followers
22 Hangzhou, China Hangzhou, China
85
328.9K followers
23 Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
81
52K followers
24 Karachi, Pakistan Karachi, Pakistan
80
69K followers
25 Kuwait City, Kuwait Kuwait City, Kuwait
77
64K followers
26 Shenzhen, China Shenzhen, China
77
390.7K followers
27 Accra, Ghana Accra, Ghana
75
6.5K followers
28 Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
73
678.1K followers
29 Kolkata, India Kolkata, India
71
1.4M followers
30 Guangzhou, China Guangzhou, China
71
1.5M followers
31 Batam, Indonesia Batam, Indonesia
70
1.3M followers
32 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan
69
118.3K followers
33 Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
69
39.5K followers
34 Jerusalem, Israel Jerusalem, Israel
68
60.2K followers
35 Houston, USA Houston, USA
67
28.4K followers
36 Phnom Penh, Cambodia Phnom Penh, Cambodia
66
396.6K followers
37 Rotterdam, Netherlands Rotterdam, Netherlands
65
122K followers
38 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
65
15.3K followers
39 Athens, Greece Athens, Greece
65
26.8K followers
40 Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
64
81.4K followers
41 Amsterdam, Netherlands Amsterdam, Netherlands
64
236.9K followers
42 Sao Paulo, Brazil Sao Paulo, Brazil
64
80.9K followers
43 Birmingham, United Kingdom Birmingham, United Kingdom
63
284.9K followers
44 Skopje, North Macedonia Skopje, North Macedonia
62
14.2K followers
45 Chiang Mai, Thailand Chiang Mai, Thailand
62
11.7M followers
46 Tokyo, Japan Tokyo, Japan
62
1M followers
47 Yangon, Myanmar Yangon, Myanmar
60
24.5K followers
48 Chongqing, China Chongqing, China
60
171.3K followers
49 Shanghai, China Shanghai, China
60
2.1M followers
50 Lima, Peru Lima, Peru
60
35K followers
51 Krasnoyarsk, Russia Krasnoyarsk, Russia
59
95.9K followers
52 Incheon, South Korea Incheon, South Korea
59
22.8K followers
53 Osaka, Japan Osaka, Japan
58
64.7K followers
54 Kyoto, Japan Kyoto, Japan
58
81.2K followers
55 Dublin, Ireland Dublin, Ireland
58
21K followers
56 Busan, South Korea Busan, South Korea
58
196.6K followers
57 Sofia, Bulgaria Sofia, Bulgaria
56
110.2K followers
58 Budapest, Hungary Budapest, Hungary
56
22.8K followers
59 Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina
56
50.2K followers
60 London, United Kingdom London, United Kingdom
56
244.2K followers
61 Pristina, Kosovo Pristina, Kosovo
55
13.3K followers
62 Hanoi, Vietnam Hanoi, Vietnam
55
2.2M followers
63 Vienna, Austria Vienna, Austria
55
143.4K followers
64 Kobe, Japan Kobe, Japan
55
27.8K followers
65 Seoul, South Korea Seoul, South Korea
55
6.5M followers
66 Kabul, Afghanistan Kabul, Afghanistan
54
23K followers
67 Bogota, Colombia Bogota, Colombia
54
80.1K followers
68 Bucharest, Romania Bucharest, Romania
54
62.5K followers
69 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
53
2.2M followers
70 Detroit, USA Detroit, USA
53
24.9K followers
71 Istanbul, Turkey Istanbul, Turkey
53
223.4K followers
72 Los Angeles, USA Los Angeles, USA
53
6.1M followers
73 Bratislava, Slovakia Bratislava, Slovakia
52
38.1K followers
74 Toronto, Canada Toronto, Canada
52
344.7K followers
75 Nairobi, Kenya Nairobi, Kenya
47
14K followers
76 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
44
85.3K followers
77 Singapore, Singapore Singapore, Singapore
44
867.4K followers
78 Chicago, USA Chicago, USA
44
44.8K followers
79 Lyon, France Lyon, France
43
489.8K followers
80 Stockholm, Sweden Stockholm, Sweden
43
36.2K followers
81 Oslo, Norway Oslo, Norway
43
33.5K followers
82 Munich, Germany Munich, Germany
39
342.9K followers
83 Helsinki, Finland Helsinki, Finland
38
74.3K followers
84 Astana, Kazakhstan Astana, Kazakhstan
38
26.5K followers
85 Madrid, Spain Madrid, Spain
38
329.3K followers
86 Belgrade, Serbia Belgrade, Serbia
38
204.2K followers
87 Washington, D.C., USA Washington, D.C., USA
38
39.4K followers
88 Lisbon, Portugal Lisbon, Portugal
37
21.9K followers
89 Warsaw, Poland Warsaw, Poland
37
326.3K followers
90 Montreal, Canada Montreal, Canada
37
110.4K followers
91 Kyiv, Ukraine Kyiv, Ukraine
36
274.7K followers
92 Rome, Italy Rome, Italy
35
64.9K followers
93 Minneapolis, USA Minneapolis, USA
35
16.7K followers
94 Wroclaw, Poland Wroclaw, Poland
34
253.9K followers
95 Berlin, Germany Berlin, Germany
34
196.7K followers
96 Kuching, Malaysia Kuching, Malaysia
32
49.1K followers
97 Bern, Switzerland Bern, Switzerland
32
85.4K followers
98 Nice, France Nice, France
32
456K followers
99 Milano, Italy Milano, Italy
31
117.4K followers
100 Krakow, Poland Krakow, Poland
30
306.8K followers

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