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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 Kampala, Uganda Kampala, Uganda
188
9.8K followers
2 Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
177
7.1K followers
3 Santiago, Chile Santiago, Chile
141
97.8K followers
4 Batam, Indonesia Batam, Indonesia
125
1.3M followers
5 Baghdad, Iraq Baghdad, Iraq
122
21.4K followers
6 Chengdu, China Chengdu, China
107
1.8M followers
7 Kuwait City, Kuwait Kuwait City, Kuwait
105
65.3K followers
8 Chongqing, China Chongqing, China
99
176.3K followers
9 Manama, Bahrain Manama, Bahrain
97
31.2K followers
10 Sao Paulo, Brazil Sao Paulo, Brazil
96
83.3K followers
11 Beijing, China Beijing, China
94
7.3M followers
12 Accra, Ghana Accra, Ghana
93
7.1K followers
13 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan
85
127.8K followers
14 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
84
391.8K followers
15 Karachi, Pakistan Karachi, Pakistan
83
71.4K followers
16 Tehran, Iran Tehran, Iran
82
1M followers
17 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
81
15.9K followers
18 Lima, Peru Lima, Peru
79
36.3K followers
19 Dubai, United Arab Emirates Dubai, United Arab Emirates
79
390.9K followers
20 Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
77
53.7K followers
21 Cairo City, Egypt Cairo City, Egypt
75
29.9K followers
22 Delhi, India Delhi, India
75
2.7M followers
23 Dhaka, Bangladesh Dhaka, Bangladesh
74
230.3K followers
24 Tokyo, Japan Tokyo, Japan
73
1M followers
25 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
72
2.2M followers
26 Lahore, Pakistan Lahore, Pakistan
71
394.7K followers
27 Jakarta, Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia
71
1.7M followers
28 Dakar, Senegal Dakar, Senegal
69
11.7K followers
29 Hangzhou, China Hangzhou, China
68
352.5K followers
30 Phnom Penh, Cambodia Phnom Penh, Cambodia
66
401.1K followers
31 Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
66
84.1K followers
32 Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina
66
53.9K followers
33 Shanghai, China Shanghai, China
66
2.2M followers
34 Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
66
42.7K followers
35 Singapore, Singapore Singapore, Singapore
65
887.5K followers
36 Kolkata, India Kolkata, India
64
1.4M followers
37 Los Angeles, USA Los Angeles, USA
64
6.4M followers
38 Medan, Indonesia Medan, Indonesia
62
1.3M followers
39 Incheon, South Korea Incheon, South Korea
62
24.5K followers
40 Seoul, South Korea Seoul, South Korea
62
6.7M followers
41 Mumbai, India Mumbai, India
61
1.5M followers
42 Hanoi, Vietnam Hanoi, Vietnam
60
2.2M followers
43 Krasnoyarsk, Russia Krasnoyarsk, Russia
59
97.5K followers
44 Kyoto, Japan Kyoto, Japan
59
83.8K followers
45 Bangkok, Thailand Bangkok, Thailand
59
5.4M followers
46 Osaka, Japan Osaka, Japan
58
70.7K followers
47 New York City, USA New York City, USA
58
1.9M followers
48 Algiers, Algeria Algiers, Algeria
57
37.4K followers
49 Washington, D.C., USA Washington, D.C., USA
57
43.6K followers
50 Krakow, Poland Krakow, Poland
56
311.2K followers
51 Guangzhou, China Guangzhou, China
56
1.5M followers
52 Istanbul, Turkey Istanbul, Turkey
56
229.8K followers
53 Kobe, Japan Kobe, Japan
56
28.4K followers
54 Kuching, Malaysia Kuching, Malaysia
55
49.5K followers
55 Bern, Switzerland Bern, Switzerland
55
88.1K followers
56 Amsterdam, Netherlands Amsterdam, Netherlands
55
243.1K followers
57 Milano, Italy Milano, Italy
54
127.7K followers
58 Nairobi, Kenya Nairobi, Kenya
54
14.9K followers
59 Kaohsiung, Taiwan Kaohsiung, Taiwan
53
697.6K followers
60 Busan, South Korea Busan, South Korea
53
219.6K followers
61 Madrid, Spain Madrid, Spain
52
336.9K followers
62 Montreal, Canada Montreal, Canada
51
114.4K followers
63 Jerusalem, Israel Jerusalem, Israel
49
61.3K followers
64 Portland, USA Portland, USA
49
144.9K followers
65 Nice, France Nice, France
48
464.5K followers
66 Melbourne, Australia Melbourne, Australia
48
309.1K followers
67 Moscow, Russia Moscow, Russia
47
805.5K followers
68 Skopje, North Macedonia Skopje, North Macedonia
46
15.5K followers
69 Denver, USA Denver, USA
45
1.5M followers
70 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
44
87.9K followers
71 Bratislava, Slovakia Bratislava, Slovakia
44
38.7K followers
72 Wroclaw, Poland Wroclaw, Poland
44
255.5K followers
73 Athens, Greece Athens, Greece
44
29.8K followers
74 Wuhan, China Wuhan, China
44
335.4K followers
75 Belgrade, Serbia Belgrade, Serbia
44
215.9K followers
76 Salt Lake City, USA Salt Lake City, USA
43
51.1K followers
77 Taipei, Taiwan Taipei, Taiwan
41
1M followers
78 Bogota, Colombia Bogota, Colombia
41
81.5K followers
79 Pristina, Kosovo Pristina, Kosovo
40
14.4K followers
80 Detroit, USA Detroit, USA
40
26.1K followers
81 Houston, USA Houston, USA
40
31.6K followers
82 Kabul, Afghanistan Kabul, Afghanistan
38
25.3K followers
83 Brussels, Belgium Brussels, Belgium
38
144.5K followers
84 Munich, Germany Munich, Germany
38
353.6K followers
85 Chicago, USA Chicago, USA
38
49.3K followers
86 Rome, Italy Rome, Italy
37
69.8K followers
87 Birmingham, United Kingdom Birmingham, United Kingdom
35
290K followers
88 Warsaw, Poland Warsaw, Poland
35
331.4K followers
89 Toronto, Canada Toronto, Canada
35
361.2K followers
90 Chiang Mai, Thailand Chiang Mai, Thailand
33
11.8M followers
91 Lyon, France Lyon, France
31
499.3K followers
92 Seattle, USA Seattle, USA
31
317.7K followers
93 Lisbon, Portugal Lisbon, Portugal
30
24.1K followers
94 Yangon, Myanmar Yangon, Myanmar
30
26.4K followers
95 Paris, France Paris, France
30
5.8M followers
96 Zagreb, Croatia Zagreb, Croatia
30
16.7K followers
97 Helsinki, Finland Helsinki, Finland
27
76.6K followers
98 Bucharest, Romania Bucharest, Romania
27
64.1K followers
99 Sofia, Bulgaria Sofia, Bulgaria
27
112.2K followers
100 Berlin, Germany Berlin, Germany
27
202.9K followers
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