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2023

World Air Quality Report

NEWSROOM
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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 Kathmandu, Nepal Kathmandu, Nepal
168
146.2K followers
2 Delhi, India Delhi, India
166
2.7M followers
3 Chiang Mai, Thailand Chiang Mai, Thailand
161
11.7M followers
4 Cairo City, Egypt Cairo City, Egypt
148
25.7K followers
5 Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
137
6.6K followers
6 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
133
15.1K followers
7 Beijing, China Beijing, China
133
6.9M followers
8 Accra, Ghana Accra, Ghana
132
6.4K followers
9 Kolkata, India Kolkata, India
124
1.4M followers
10 Seoul, South Korea Seoul, South Korea
118
6.4M followers
11 Bangkok, Thailand Bangkok, Thailand
116
5.3M followers
12 Hanoi, Vietnam Hanoi, Vietnam
113
2.2M followers
13 Lahore, Pakistan Lahore, Pakistan
110
382.4K followers
14 Dhaka, Bangladesh Dhaka, Bangladesh
99
225.3K followers
15 Mexico City, Mexico Mexico City, Mexico
97
339.8K followers
16 Kampala, Uganda Kampala, Uganda
95
9.4K followers
17 Incheon, South Korea Incheon, South Korea
88
22.5K followers
18 Jakarta, Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia
88
1.7M followers
19 Baghdad, Iraq Baghdad, Iraq
86
19.8K followers
20 Kuwait City, Kuwait Kuwait City, Kuwait
84
63.6K followers
21 Hangzhou, China Hangzhou, China
84
321.2K followers
22 Sao Paulo, Brazil Sao Paulo, Brazil
84
80.1K followers
23 Santiago, Chile Santiago, Chile
78
93.7K followers
24 Manama, Bahrain Manama, Bahrain
77
29.9K followers
25 Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
76
80.7K followers
26 Mumbai, India Mumbai, India
75
1.5M followers
27 Doha, Qatar Doha, Qatar
74
99.9K followers
28 Karachi, Pakistan Karachi, Pakistan
74
68.3K followers
29 Jerusalem, Israel Jerusalem, Israel
69
59.7K followers
30 Tehran, Iran Tehran, Iran
68
1M followers
31 Kuching, Malaysia Kuching, Malaysia
67
49.1K followers
32 Algiers, Algeria Algiers, Algeria
66
37K followers
33 Lima, Peru Lima, Peru
65
34.7K followers
34 Melbourne, Australia Melbourne, Australia
65
294.2K followers
35 Kaohsiung, Taiwan Kaohsiung, Taiwan
61
683.3K followers
36 Guangzhou, China Guangzhou, China
61
1.5M followers
37 Phnom Penh, Cambodia Phnom Penh, Cambodia
60
395.2K followers
38 Berlin, Germany Berlin, Germany
59
194.8K followers
39 Tokyo, Japan Tokyo, Japan
59
1M followers
40 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
58
379.1K followers
41 Yangon, Myanmar Yangon, Myanmar
57
23.8K followers
42 Batam, Indonesia Batam, Indonesia
56
1.3M followers
43 Astana, Kazakhstan Astana, Kazakhstan
56
25.8K followers
44 Krakow, Poland Krakow, Poland
55
304.4K followers
45 Shanghai, China Shanghai, China
55
2.1M followers
46 Busan, South Korea Busan, South Korea
55
190.4K followers
47 Dubai, United Arab Emirates Dubai, United Arab Emirates
55
368.3K followers
48 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
53
84.5K followers
49 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan
52
115K followers
50 Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
52
38.5K followers
51 Wuhan, China Wuhan, China
50
319.5K followers
52 Osaka, Japan Osaka, Japan
50
62.7K followers
53 Kyoto, Japan Kyoto, Japan
50
80.3K followers
54 Rotterdam, Netherlands Rotterdam, Netherlands
48
121.1K followers
55 Chengdu, China Chengdu, China
46
1.7M followers
56 Kobe, Japan Kobe, Japan
45
27.6K followers
57 Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina
44
49.1K followers
58 Krasnoyarsk, Russia Krasnoyarsk, Russia
42
95.4K followers
59 Bucharest, Romania Bucharest, Romania
41
62K followers
60 Bogota, Colombia Bogota, Colombia
41
79.6K followers
61 Los Angeles, USA Los Angeles, USA
41
6M followers
62 Amsterdam, Netherlands Amsterdam, Netherlands
40
234.9K followers
63 Warsaw, Poland Warsaw, Poland
39
323.4K followers
64 Helsinki, Finland Helsinki, Finland
38
73.7K followers
65 Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
38
671.8K followers
66 Shenzhen, China Shenzhen, China
37
385K followers
67 Budapest, Hungary Budapest, Hungary
37
22.2K followers
68 Madrid, Spain Madrid, Spain
37
326.9K followers
69 Detroit, USA Detroit, USA
35
24.5K followers
70 Lyon, France Lyon, France
33
486.9K followers
71 Wroclaw, Poland Wroclaw, Poland
33
253.4K followers
72 Taipei, Taiwan Taipei, Taiwan
33
978.1K followers
73 Nairobi, Kenya Nairobi, Kenya
33
13.7K followers
74 London, United Kingdom London, United Kingdom
33
235.5K followers
75 Pristina, Kosovo Pristina, Kosovo
32
13K followers
76 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
31
2.2M followers
77 Lisbon, Portugal Lisbon, Portugal
30
21.2K followers
78 Stockholm, Sweden Stockholm, Sweden
30
35.2K followers
79 Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
30
51.4K followers
80 Bratislava, Slovakia Bratislava, Slovakia
29
37.9K followers
81 Singapore, Singapore Singapore, Singapore
29
861K followers
82 Chongqing, China Chongqing, China
29
169.5K followers
83 Prague, Czech Republic Prague, Czech Republic
29
105.9K followers
84 Birmingham, United Kingdom Birmingham, United Kingdom
26
283.3K followers
85 Milano, Italy Milano, Italy
25
114.3K followers
86 Montreal, Canada Montreal, Canada
25
108.4K followers
87 Belgrade, Serbia Belgrade, Serbia
25
200.2K followers
88 Vienna, Austria Vienna, Austria
24
142K followers
89 Oslo, Norway Oslo, Norway
23
32.7K followers
90 Rome, Italy Rome, Italy
23
63.4K followers
91 Zagreb, Croatia Zagreb, Croatia
23
14.6K followers
92 Houston, USA Houston, USA
23
27.3K followers
93 Portland, USA Portland, USA
23
126.6K followers
94 Munich, Germany Munich, Germany
22
339.7K followers
95 Paris, France Paris, France
22
5.5M followers
96 Nice, France Nice, France
21
453.5K followers
97 Sofia, Bulgaria Sofia, Bulgaria
21
109.6K followers
98 Toronto, Canada Toronto, Canada
21
332.1K followers
99 Kyiv, Ukraine Kyiv, Ukraine
19
272.6K followers
100 Canberra, Australia Canberra, Australia
19
271.9K followers
101 Toronto, Canada Toronto, Canada
21
332.1K followers
102 Kyiv, Ukraine Kyiv, Ukraine
19
272.6K followers
103 Canberra, Australia Canberra, Australia
19
271.9K followers
104 Vancouver BC, Canada Vancouver BC, Canada
19
115.6K followers
105 Brussels, Belgium Brussels, Belgium
18
140K followers
106 Auckland, New Zealand Auckland, New Zealand
17
67.6K followers
107 Kabul, Afghanistan Kabul, Afghanistan
17
22.3K followers
108 Skopje, North Macedonia Skopje, North Macedonia
17
13.8K followers
109 San Francisco, USA San Francisco, USA
16
580.4K followers
110 Athens, Greece Athens, Greece
15
25.8K followers
111 Dublin, Ireland Dublin, Ireland
15
20.4K followers
112 Bern, Switzerland Bern, Switzerland
14
84.7K followers
113 Salt Lake City, USA Salt Lake City, USA
13
45.4K followers
114 Moscow, Russia Moscow, Russia
12
774.5K followers
115 Minneapolis, USA Minneapolis, USA
12
15.3K followers
116 Istanbul, Turkey Istanbul, Turkey
9
221.3K followers
117 Denver, USA Denver, USA
8
1.5M followers
118 Washington, D.C., USA Washington, D.C., USA
8
38.2K followers
119 Sydney, Australia Sydney, Australia
7
1.6M followers

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