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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 Wuhan, China Wuhan, China
153
323.5K followers
2 Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
148
6.7K followers
3 Dubai, United Arab Emirates Dubai, United Arab Emirates
143
373.3K followers
4 Jerusalem, Israel Jerusalem, Israel
141
60.2K followers
5 Cairo City, Egypt Cairo City, Egypt
134
26.7K followers
6 Dhaka, Bangladesh Dhaka, Bangladesh
129
226.6K followers
7 Kathmandu, Nepal Kathmandu, Nepal
124
147.4K followers
8 Delhi, India Delhi, India
121
2.7M followers
9 Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
109
81.5K followers
10 Brussels, Belgium Brussels, Belgium
106
141.2K followers
11 Jakarta, Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia
104
1.7M followers
12 Kolkata, India Kolkata, India
98
1.4M followers
13 Lahore, Pakistan Lahore, Pakistan
86
385.9K followers
14 Medan, Indonesia Medan, Indonesia
84
1.3M followers
15 Beijing, China Beijing, China
84
7M followers
16 Kuwait City, Kuwait Kuwait City, Kuwait
82
64K followers
17 Baghdad, Iraq Baghdad, Iraq
81
20.2K followers
18 Manama, Bahrain Manama, Bahrain
78
30.1K followers
19 Doha, Qatar Doha, Qatar
78
101K followers
20 Mumbai, India Mumbai, India
77
1.5M followers
21 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
74
2.2M followers
22 Guangzhou, China Guangzhou, China
73
1.5M followers
23 Santiago, Chile Santiago, Chile
73
94.7K followers
24 Athens, Greece Athens, Greece
72
26.8K followers
25 Busan, South Korea Busan, South Korea
71
196.9K followers
26 Karachi, Pakistan Karachi, Pakistan
68
69K followers
27 Hangzhou, China Hangzhou, China
68
329.2K followers
28 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
67
382.2K followers
29 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
66
85.4K followers
30 Shanghai, China Shanghai, China
66
2.1M followers
31 Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
66
52K followers
32 Hanoi, Vietnam Hanoi, Vietnam
65
2.2M followers
33 Lima, Peru Lima, Peru
65
35K followers
34 Tehran, Iran Tehran, Iran
64
1M followers
35 Detroit, USA Detroit, USA
64
24.9K followers
36 Toronto, Canada Toronto, Canada
64
344.9K followers
37 Paris, France Paris, France
63
5.6M followers
38 Chengdu, China Chengdu, China
63
1.7M followers
39 Phnom Penh, Cambodia Phnom Penh, Cambodia
62
396.6K followers
40 Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina
62
50.2K followers
41 Incheon, South Korea Incheon, South Korea
62
22.9K followers
42 London, United Kingdom London, United Kingdom
62
244.6K followers
43 Tokyo, Japan Tokyo, Japan
62
1M followers
44 Bangkok, Thailand Bangkok, Thailand
62
5.3M followers
45 Algiers, Algeria Algiers, Algeria
61
37.1K followers
46 Accra, Ghana Accra, Ghana
61
6.6K followers
47 Istanbul, Turkey Istanbul, Turkey
61
223.5K followers
48 Skopje, North Macedonia Skopje, North Macedonia
60
14.2K followers
49 Budapest, Hungary Budapest, Hungary
60
22.8K followers
50 Birmingham, United Kingdom Birmingham, United Kingdom
59
284.9K followers
51 Batam, Indonesia Batam, Indonesia
58
1.3M followers
52 Pristina, Kosovo Pristina, Kosovo
58
13.3K followers
53 Kaohsiung, Taiwan Kaohsiung, Taiwan
58
688.2K followers
54 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan
58
118.4K followers
55 Washington, D.C., USA Washington, D.C., USA
57
39.5K followers
56 Houston, USA Houston, USA
57
28.5K followers
57 Astana, Kazakhstan Astana, Kazakhstan
56
26.5K followers
58 Shenzhen, China Shenzhen, China
56
391K followers
59 Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
56
678.4K followers
60 Chiang Mai, Thailand Chiang Mai, Thailand
56
11.7M followers
61 Rotterdam, Netherlands Rotterdam, Netherlands
55
122.1K followers
62 Bratislava, Slovakia Bratislava, Slovakia
55
38.1K followers
63 Seoul, South Korea Seoul, South Korea
55
6.5M followers
64 Auckland, New Zealand Auckland, New Zealand
54
69.2K followers
65 Amsterdam, Netherlands Amsterdam, Netherlands
54
237K followers
66 Berlin, Germany Berlin, Germany
54
196.8K followers
67 Belgrade, Serbia Belgrade, Serbia
54
204.3K followers
68 Taipei, Taiwan Taipei, Taiwan
53
985.7K followers
69 Wroclaw, Poland Wroclaw, Poland
52
253.9K followers
70 Rome, Italy Rome, Italy
51
65K followers
71 Oslo, Norway Oslo, Norway
50
33.6K followers
72 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
49
15.3K followers
73 Chongqing, China Chongqing, China
49
171.4K followers
74 Bucharest, Romania Bucharest, Romania
49
62.5K followers
75 Montreal, Canada Montreal, Canada
49
110.4K followers
76 Chicago, USA Chicago, USA
49
44.9K followers
77 Nairobi, Kenya Nairobi, Kenya
47
14K followers
78 Sydney, Australia Sydney, Australia
47
1.6M followers
79 Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
43
39.6K followers
80 Yangon, Myanmar Yangon, Myanmar
42
24.5K followers
81 Stockholm, Sweden Stockholm, Sweden
42
36.3K followers
82 Kampala, Uganda Kampala, Uganda
41
9.5K followers
83 Warsaw, Poland Warsaw, Poland
41
326.4K followers
84 Zagreb, Croatia Zagreb, Croatia
41
15K followers
85 Helsinki, Finland Helsinki, Finland
40
74.3K followers
86 Vienna, Austria Vienna, Austria
39
143.4K followers
87 Singapore, Singapore Singapore, Singapore
38
867.7K followers
88 Los Angeles, USA Los Angeles, USA
38
6.1M followers
89 Nice, France Nice, France
37
456.1K followers
90 Munich, Germany Munich, Germany
37
343K followers
91 Prague, Czech Republic Prague, Czech Republic
36
106.7K followers
92 Lisbon, Portugal Lisbon, Portugal
34
22K followers
93 Canberra, Australia Canberra, Australia
34
273K followers
94 Milano, Italy Milano, Italy
33
117.6K followers
95 Dublin, Ireland Dublin, Ireland
33
21K followers
96 Kuching, Malaysia Kuching, Malaysia
32
49.1K followers
97 Bern, Switzerland Bern, Switzerland
31
85.4K followers
98 Lyon, France Lyon, France
30
489.9K followers
99 Bogota, Colombia Bogota, Colombia
30
80.1K followers
100 Krakow, Poland Krakow, Poland
28
306.9K followers
101 Sofia, Bulgaria Sofia, Bulgaria
27
110.2K followers
102 Osaka, Japan Osaka, Japan
27
64.8K followers
103 Kyiv, Ukraine Kyiv, Ukraine
27
274.7K followers
104 Madrid, Spain Madrid, Spain
27
329.5K followers
105 Kobe, Japan Kobe, Japan
27
27.8K followers
106 Krasnoyarsk, Russia Krasnoyarsk, Russia
25
95.9K followers
107 Kyoto, Japan Kyoto, Japan
25
81.3K followers
108 Salt Lake City, USA Salt Lake City, USA
25
46.7K followers
109 San Francisco, USA San Francisco, USA
25
586.7K followers
110 Moscow, Russia Moscow, Russia
22
782.5K followers
111 Melbourne, Australia Melbourne, Australia
21
298.3K followers
112 Minneapolis, USA Minneapolis, USA
20
16.7K followers
113 Denver, USA Denver, USA
18
1.5M followers
114 Sao Paulo, Brazil Sao Paulo, Brazil
14
80.9K followers
115 Seattle, USA Seattle, USA
14
301K followers
116 Vancouver BC, Canada Vancouver BC, Canada
12
120.5K followers
117 New York City, USA New York City, USA
12
1.8M followers
118 Portland, USA Portland, USA
11
130.7K followers
119 Kabul, Afghanistan Kabul, Afghanistan
5
23K followers

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