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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
188
2.7M followers
2 Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
162
6.7K followers
3 Jakarta, Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia
162
1.7M followers
4 Doha, Qatar Doha, Qatar
160
101K followers
5 Kathmandu, Nepal Kathmandu, Nepal
157
147.3K followers
6 Dhaka, Bangladesh Dhaka, Bangladesh
156
226.5K followers
7 Lahore, Pakistan Lahore, Pakistan
156
385.7K followers
8 Manama, Bahrain Manama, Bahrain
149
30.1K followers
9 Kampala, Uganda Kampala, Uganda
149
9.4K followers
10 Wuhan, China Wuhan, China
141
323.4K followers
11 Cairo City, Egypt Cairo City, Egypt
138
26.6K followers
12 Beijing, China Beijing, China
134
7M followers
13 Santiago, Chile Santiago, Chile
124
94.6K followers
14 Chengdu, China Chengdu, China
97
1.7M followers
15 Baghdad, Iraq Baghdad, Iraq
95
20.2K followers
16 Brussels, Belgium Brussels, Belgium
90
141.1K followers
17 Dubai, United Arab Emirates Dubai, United Arab Emirates
90
373.1K followers
18 Kuwait City, Kuwait Kuwait City, Kuwait
89
64K followers
19 Mumbai, India Mumbai, India
89
1.5M followers
20 Kaohsiung, Taiwan Kaohsiung, Taiwan
88
688K followers
21 Medan, Indonesia Medan, Indonesia
86
1.3M followers
22 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
84
382.1K followers
23 Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
82
52K followers
24 Kolkata, India Kolkata, India
78
1.4M followers
25 Karachi, Pakistan Karachi, Pakistan
77
69K followers
26 Hangzhou, China Hangzhou, China
76
328.9K followers
27 Accra, Ghana Accra, Ghana
75
6.5K followers
28 Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
75
678.1K followers
29 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
74
15.3K followers
30 Jerusalem, Israel Jerusalem, Israel
73
60.2K followers
31 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan
73
118.3K followers
32 Athens, Greece Athens, Greece
72
26.8K followers
33 Rotterdam, Netherlands Rotterdam, Netherlands
70
122K followers
34 Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
70
81.4K followers
35 Houston, USA Houston, USA
70
28.4K followers
36 Shenzhen, China Shenzhen, China
69
390.7K followers
37 Batam, Indonesia Batam, Indonesia
68
1.3M followers
38 Phnom Penh, Cambodia Phnom Penh, Cambodia
68
396.6K followers
39 Skopje, North Macedonia Skopje, North Macedonia
68
14.2K followers
40 Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
68
39.5K followers
41 Guangzhou, China Guangzhou, China
65
1.5M followers
42 Amsterdam, Netherlands Amsterdam, Netherlands
64
236.9K followers
43 Chiang Mai, Thailand Chiang Mai, Thailand
64
11.7M followers
44 Tokyo, Japan Tokyo, Japan
64
1M followers
45 Birmingham, United Kingdom Birmingham, United Kingdom
62
284.9K followers
46 Sao Paulo, Brazil Sao Paulo, Brazil
62
80.9K followers
47 Hanoi, Vietnam Hanoi, Vietnam
61
2.2M followers
48 Incheon, South Korea Incheon, South Korea
61
22.8K followers
49 Dublin, Ireland Dublin, Ireland
61
21K followers
50 London, United Kingdom London, United Kingdom
61
244.2K followers
51 Osaka, Japan Osaka, Japan
60
64.7K followers
52 Shanghai, China Shanghai, China
59
2.1M followers
53 Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina
59
50.2K followers
54 Nairobi, Kenya Nairobi, Kenya
59
14K followers
55 Kabul, Afghanistan Kabul, Afghanistan
58
23K followers
56 Pristina, Kosovo Pristina, Kosovo
58
13.3K followers
57 Sofia, Bulgaria Sofia, Bulgaria
58
110.2K followers
58 Budapest, Hungary Budapest, Hungary
58
22.8K followers
59 Kyoto, Japan Kyoto, Japan
58
81.2K followers
60 Chongqing, China Chongqing, China
57
171.3K followers
61 Bucharest, Romania Bucharest, Romania
57
62.5K followers
62 Lima, Peru Lima, Peru
57
35K followers
63 Busan, South Korea Busan, South Korea
56
196.6K followers
64 Krasnoyarsk, Russia Krasnoyarsk, Russia
55
95.9K followers
65 Singapore, Singapore Singapore, Singapore
54
867.4K followers
66 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
54
2.2M followers
67 Seoul, South Korea Seoul, South Korea
54
6.5M followers
68 Los Angeles, USA Los Angeles, USA
54
6.1M followers
69 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
53
85.3K followers
70 Bogota, Colombia Bogota, Colombia
53
80.1K followers
71 Vienna, Austria Vienna, Austria
53
143.4K followers
72 Toronto, Canada Toronto, Canada
53
344.7K followers
73 Istanbul, Turkey Istanbul, Turkey
53
223.4K followers
74 Kobe, Japan Kobe, Japan
53
27.8K followers
75 Bratislava, Slovakia Bratislava, Slovakia
52
38.1K followers
76 Belgrade, Serbia Belgrade, Serbia
49
204.2K followers
77 Oslo, Norway Oslo, Norway
48
33.6K followers
78 Warsaw, Poland Warsaw, Poland
45
326.3K followers
79 Yangon, Myanmar Yangon, Myanmar
44
24.5K followers
80 Detroit, USA Detroit, USA
44
24.9K followers
81 Washington, D.C., USA Washington, D.C., USA
44
39.4K followers
82 Chicago, USA Chicago, USA
44
44.8K followers
83 Stockholm, Sweden Stockholm, Sweden
41
36.2K followers
84 Madrid, Spain Madrid, Spain
39
329.3K followers
85 Astana, Kazakhstan Astana, Kazakhstan
38
26.5K followers
86 Rome, Italy Rome, Italy
38
65K followers
87 Moscow, Russia Moscow, Russia
38
782.2K followers
88 Berlin, Germany Berlin, Germany
38
196.7K followers
89 Kyiv, Ukraine Kyiv, Ukraine
38
274.7K followers
90 Minneapolis, USA Minneapolis, USA
38
16.7K followers
91 Munich, Germany Munich, Germany
37
342.9K followers
92 Nice, France Nice, France
36
456K followers
93 Lisbon, Portugal Lisbon, Portugal
36
21.9K followers
94 Montreal, Canada Montreal, Canada
36
110.4K followers
95 Lyon, France Lyon, France
35
489.8K followers
96 Kuching, Malaysia Kuching, Malaysia
32
49.1K followers
97 Bern, Switzerland Bern, Switzerland
32
85.4K followers
98 Helsinki, Finland Helsinki, Finland
32
74.3K followers
99 Krakow, Poland Krakow, Poland
32
306.8K followers
100 New York City, USA New York City, USA
32
1.8M followers

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