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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
153
226.2K followers
2 Delhi, India Delhi, India
146
2.7M followers
3 Medan, Indonesia Medan, Indonesia
138
1.3M followers
4 Dubai, United Arab Emirates Dubai, United Arab Emirates
136
371.7K followers
5 Hanoi, Vietnam Hanoi, Vietnam
134
2.2M followers
6 Jakarta, Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia
132
1.7M followers
7 Mumbai, India Mumbai, India
127
1.5M followers
8 Santiago, Chile Santiago, Chile
103
94.2K followers
9 Accra, Ghana Accra, Ghana
97
6.5K followers
10 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
95
85K followers
11 Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
95
6.7K followers
12 Doha, Qatar Doha, Qatar
95
100.7K followers
13 Kolkata, India Kolkata, India
94
1.4M followers
14 Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
93
81.3K followers
15 Hangzhou, China Hangzhou, China
91
326.9K followers
16 Guangzhou, China Guangzhou, China
91
1.5M followers
17 Cairo City, Egypt Cairo City, Egypt
90
26.3K followers
18 Wuhan, China Wuhan, China
88
322.1K followers
19 Phnom Penh, Cambodia Phnom Penh, Cambodia
85
396.2K followers
20 Jerusalem, Israel Jerusalem, Israel
84
60.1K followers
21 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
84
15.2K followers
22 Karachi, Pakistan Karachi, Pakistan
81
68.7K followers
23 Milano, Italy Milano, Italy
81
116.6K followers
24 Kathmandu, Nepal Kathmandu, Nepal
80
147.1K followers
25 Manama, Bahrain Manama, Bahrain
79
30.1K followers
26 Baghdad, Iraq Baghdad, Iraq
79
20.1K followers
27 Batam, Indonesia Batam, Indonesia
78
1.3M followers
28 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
78
381.3K followers
29 Lahore, Pakistan Lahore, Pakistan
77
384.7K followers
30 Chengdu, China Chengdu, China
75
1.7M followers
31 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
73
2.2M followers
32 Istanbul, Turkey Istanbul, Turkey
73
222.8K followers
33 Tehran, Iran Tehran, Iran
69
1M followers
34 Shanghai, China Shanghai, China
69
2.1M followers
35 Taipei, Taiwan Taipei, Taiwan
68
983.6K followers
36 Kaohsiung, Taiwan Kaohsiung, Taiwan
68
686.8K followers
37 Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina
66
49.9K followers
38 Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
65
39.2K followers
39 Shenzhen, China Shenzhen, China
64
389.1K followers
40 Chongqing, China Chongqing, China
64
170.8K followers
41 Busan, South Korea Busan, South Korea
64
195K followers
42 Bangkok, Thailand Bangkok, Thailand
64
5.3M followers
43 Kampala, Uganda Kampala, Uganda
63
9.4K followers
44 Prague, Czech Republic Prague, Czech Republic
63
106.5K followers
45 Chicago, USA Chicago, USA
63
44.2K followers
46 Los Angeles, USA Los Angeles, USA
62
6.1M followers
47 Berlin, Germany Berlin, Germany
60
196.2K followers
48 Chiang Mai, Thailand Chiang Mai, Thailand
60
11.7M followers
49 Algiers, Algeria Algiers, Algeria
59
37.1K followers
50 Kuwait City, Kuwait Kuwait City, Kuwait
58
63.9K followers
51 Osaka, Japan Osaka, Japan
58
64.1K followers
52 Amsterdam, Netherlands Amsterdam, Netherlands
57
236.3K followers
53 Kobe, Japan Kobe, Japan
57
27.8K followers
54 Nairobi, Kenya Nairobi, Kenya
56
13.9K followers
55 Incheon, South Korea Incheon, South Korea
56
22.8K followers
56 Lyon, France Lyon, France
55
489K followers
57 Krakow, Poland Krakow, Poland
55
306.4K followers
58 Beijing, China Beijing, China
55
7M followers
59 Singapore, Singapore Singapore, Singapore
54
865.6K followers
60 Moscow, Russia Moscow, Russia
54
779.7K followers
61 Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
54
676.4K followers
62 Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
53
51.8K followers
63 Yangon, Myanmar Yangon, Myanmar
52
24.3K followers
64 Wroclaw, Poland Wroclaw, Poland
52
253.8K followers
65 Lima, Peru Lima, Peru
52
34.9K followers
66 Seoul, South Korea Seoul, South Korea
51
6.4M followers
67 Skopje, North Macedonia Skopje, North Macedonia
49
14.1K followers
68 Kyoto, Japan Kyoto, Japan
49
80.9K followers
69 Toronto, Canada Toronto, Canada
48
342K followers
70 Kuching, Malaysia Kuching, Malaysia
45
49.1K followers
71 Warsaw, Poland Warsaw, Poland
44
325.8K followers
72 Sofia, Bulgaria Sofia, Bulgaria
44
110K followers
73 Detroit, USA Detroit, USA
44
24.7K followers
74 Tokyo, Japan Tokyo, Japan
44
1M followers
75 Minneapolis, USA Minneapolis, USA
43
16.4K followers
76 Rotterdam, Netherlands Rotterdam, Netherlands
42
121.8K followers
77 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan
42
117.1K followers
78 Vienna, Austria Vienna, Austria
41
142.8K followers
79 Canberra, Australia Canberra, Australia
41
272.6K followers
80 Nice, France Nice, France
38
455.3K followers
81 Houston, USA Houston, USA
38
28.1K followers
82 Rome, Italy Rome, Italy
37
64.5K followers
83 Helsinki, Finland Helsinki, Finland
37
74.1K followers
84 Washington, D.C., USA Washington, D.C., USA
37
39.1K followers
85 Oslo, Norway Oslo, Norway
36
33.4K followers
86 Bratislava, Slovakia Bratislava, Slovakia
35
38.1K followers
87 Munich, Germany Munich, Germany
33
341.7K followers
88 Zagreb, Croatia Zagreb, Croatia
33
14.9K followers
89 Pristina, Kosovo Pristina, Kosovo
33
13.2K followers
90 London, United Kingdom London, United Kingdom
33
241.8K followers
91 Stockholm, Sweden Stockholm, Sweden
32
36K followers
92 Kyiv, Ukraine Kyiv, Ukraine
32
274.1K followers
93 Paris, France Paris, France
28
5.6M followers
94 Bucharest, Romania Bucharest, Romania
28
62.3K followers
95 Athens, Greece Athens, Greece
28
26.4K followers
96 New York City, USA New York City, USA
28
1.8M followers
97 Lisbon, Portugal Lisbon, Portugal
27
21.7K followers
98 Astana, Kazakhstan Astana, Kazakhstan
27
26.3K followers
99 Madrid, Spain Madrid, Spain
27
328.6K followers
100 Montreal, Canada Montreal, Canada
25
109.8K followers

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