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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
197
2.7M followers
2 Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
184
6.7K followers
3 Jakarta, Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia
179
1.7M followers
4 Dhaka, Bangladesh Dhaka, Bangladesh
167
226.7K followers
5 Cairo City, Egypt Cairo City, Egypt
152
26.8K followers
6 Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
135
52K followers
7 Kampala, Uganda Kampala, Uganda
121
9.5K followers
8 Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
114
81.6K followers
9 Baghdad, Iraq Baghdad, Iraq
112
20.2K followers
10 Lahore, Pakistan Lahore, Pakistan
110
386.2K followers
11 Jerusalem, Israel Jerusalem, Israel
105
60.2K followers
12 Hanoi, Vietnam Hanoi, Vietnam
105
2.2M followers
13 Kathmandu, Nepal Kathmandu, Nepal
98
147.4K followers
14 Dubai, United Arab Emirates Dubai, United Arab Emirates
95
373.9K followers
15 Incheon, South Korea Incheon, South Korea
94
22.9K followers
16 Kuwait City, Kuwait Kuwait City, Kuwait
92
64.1K followers
17 Seoul, South Korea Seoul, South Korea
88
6.5M followers
18 Wuhan, China Wuhan, China
85
323.9K followers
19 Doha, Qatar Doha, Qatar
84
101.1K followers
20 Karachi, Pakistan Karachi, Pakistan
81
69.1K followers
21 Beijing, China Beijing, China
81
7M followers
22 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
77
85.4K followers
23 Manama, Bahrain Manama, Bahrain
75
30.2K followers
24 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan
74
118.7K followers
25 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
73
15.3K followers
26 Skopje, North Macedonia Skopje, North Macedonia
73
14.3K followers
27 Accra, Ghana Accra, Ghana
71
6.6K followers
28 Pristina, Kosovo Pristina, Kosovo
70
13.3K followers
29 Zagreb, Croatia Zagreb, Croatia
69
15.1K followers
30 Kaohsiung, Taiwan Kaohsiung, Taiwan
66
688.6K followers
31 Mumbai, India Mumbai, India
64
1.5M followers
32 Busan, South Korea Busan, South Korea
64
197.5K followers
33 Batam, Indonesia Batam, Indonesia
63
1.3M followers
34 Hangzhou, China Hangzhou, China
63
329.8K followers
35 Houston, USA Houston, USA
63
28.6K followers
36 Kolkata, India Kolkata, India
62
1.4M followers
37 Osaka, Japan Osaka, Japan
62
65K followers
38 Kyoto, Japan Kyoto, Japan
62
81.3K followers
39 Algiers, Algeria Algiers, Algeria
61
37.1K followers
40 Chengdu, China Chengdu, China
60
1.7M followers
41 Lima, Peru Lima, Peru
60
35.1K followers
42 Istanbul, Turkey Istanbul, Turkey
60
223.7K followers
43 Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
59
39.7K followers
44 Tehran, Iran Tehran, Iran
58
1M followers
45 Shanghai, China Shanghai, China
58
2.1M followers
46 Santiago, Chile Santiago, Chile
58
94.7K followers
47 Bratislava, Slovakia Bratislava, Slovakia
57
38.2K followers
48 Yangon, Myanmar Yangon, Myanmar
56
24.6K followers
49 Warsaw, Poland Warsaw, Poland
56
326.5K followers
50 Washington, D.C., USA Washington, D.C., USA
56
39.6K followers
51 Kobe, Japan Kobe, Japan
56
27.8K followers
52 Tokyo, Japan Tokyo, Japan
56
1M followers
53 Krakow, Poland Krakow, Poland
55
307.1K followers
54 Paris, France Paris, France
55
5.6M followers
55 Berlin, Germany Berlin, Germany
55
197K followers
56 Dublin, Ireland Dublin, Ireland
55
21K followers
57 Toronto, Canada Toronto, Canada
54
345.5K followers
58 Chiang Mai, Thailand Chiang Mai, Thailand
54
11.7M followers
59 Bucharest, Romania Bucharest, Romania
53
62.5K followers
60 Belgrade, Serbia Belgrade, Serbia
53
204.7K followers
61 Chongqing, China Chongqing, China
52
171.5K followers
62 Athens, Greece Athens, Greece
52
27K followers
63 Budapest, Hungary Budapest, Hungary
52
22.9K followers
64 Detroit, USA Detroit, USA
52
25K followers
65 Chicago, USA Chicago, USA
52
45K followers
66 Nairobi, Kenya Nairobi, Kenya
51
14.1K followers
67 Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina
50
50.3K followers
68 Sofia, Bulgaria Sofia, Bulgaria
49
110.3K followers
69 London, United Kingdom London, United Kingdom
49
245.3K followers
70 Brussels, Belgium Brussels, Belgium
48
141.3K followers
71 Phnom Penh, Cambodia Phnom Penh, Cambodia
47
396.7K followers
72 Rotterdam, Netherlands Rotterdam, Netherlands
47
122.2K followers
73 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
47
2.2M followers
74 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
44
382.5K followers
75 Milano, Italy Milano, Italy
44
117.9K followers
76 Krasnoyarsk, Russia Krasnoyarsk, Russia
43
95.9K followers
77 Nice, France Nice, France
43
456.3K followers
78 Montreal, Canada Montreal, Canada
43
110.6K followers
79 Los Angeles, USA Los Angeles, USA
43
6.1M followers
80 Kuching, Malaysia Kuching, Malaysia
42
49.1K followers
81 Wroclaw, Poland Wroclaw, Poland
42
254K followers
82 Minneapolis, USA Minneapolis, USA
40
16.8K followers
83 Rome, Italy Rome, Italy
39
65.2K followers
84 Birmingham, United Kingdom Birmingham, United Kingdom
38
285.1K followers
85 Amsterdam, Netherlands Amsterdam, Netherlands
38
237.2K followers
86 Moscow, Russia Moscow, Russia
38
783.2K followers
87 Bangkok, Thailand Bangkok, Thailand
38
5.3M followers
88 New York City, USA New York City, USA
34
1.8M followers
89 Lisbon, Portugal Lisbon, Portugal
33
22K followers
90 Singapore, Singapore Singapore, Singapore
33
868.2K followers
91 Vienna, Austria Vienna, Austria
33
143.5K followers
92 Kyiv, Ukraine Kyiv, Ukraine
33
274.9K followers
93 Prague, Czech Republic Prague, Czech Republic
32
106.8K followers
94 San Francisco, USA San Francisco, USA
32
587.4K followers
95 Oslo, Norway Oslo, Norway
31
33.7K followers
96 Bern, Switzerland Bern, Switzerland
30
85.5K followers
97 Stockholm, Sweden Stockholm, Sweden
30
36.4K followers
98 Lyon, France Lyon, France
29
490.2K followers
99 Madrid, Spain Madrid, Spain
29
329.8K followers
100 Bogota, Colombia Bogota, Colombia
28
80.2K followers
101 Denver, USA Denver, USA
28
1.5M followers
102 Kabul, Afghanistan Kabul, Afghanistan
27
23.1K followers
103 Helsinki, Finland Helsinki, Finland
25
74.4K followers
104 Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
23
678.9K followers
105 Portland, USA Portland, USA
22
131K followers
106 Seattle, USA Seattle, USA
22
301.4K followers
107 Astana, Kazakhstan Astana, Kazakhstan
21
26.6K followers
108 Sao Paulo, Brazil Sao Paulo, Brazil
20
81K followers
109 Vancouver BC, Canada Vancouver BC, Canada
20
120.8K followers
110 Taipei, Taiwan Taipei, Taiwan
19
986.3K followers
111 Shenzhen, China Shenzhen, China
19
391.4K followers
112 Guangzhou, China Guangzhou, China
16
1.5M followers
113 Salt Lake City, USA Salt Lake City, USA
16
46.9K followers
114 Canberra, Australia Canberra, Australia
14
273.1K followers
115 Munich, Germany Munich, Germany
11
343.3K followers
116 Melbourne, Australia Melbourne, Australia
10
298.5K followers
117 Sydney, Australia Sydney, Australia
10
1.6M followers
118 Auckland, New Zealand Auckland, New Zealand
8
69.4K followers

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