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2023
World Air Quality Report
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 US | Followers | |
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1 | Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo | 159 | 7.1K followers | |
2 | Lahore, Pakistan | 140 | 395K followers | |
3 | Manama, Bahrain | 139 | 31.2K followers | |
4 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | 122 | 391.5K followers | |
5 | Medan, Indonesia | 107 | 1.3M followers | |
6 | Santiago, Chile | 107 | 97.9K followers | |
7 | Kampala, Uganda | 97 | 9.8K followers | |
8 | Karachi, Pakistan | 94 | 71.4K followers | |
9 | Beijing, China | 94 | 7.3M followers | |
10 | Cairo City, Egypt | 92 | 30.1K followers | |
11 | Jerusalem, Israel | 88 | 61.3K followers | |
12 | Shanghai, China | 86 | 2.2M followers | |
13 | Batam, Indonesia | 80 | 1.3M followers | |
14 | Accra, Ghana | 77 | 7.1K followers | |
15 | Tokyo, Japan | 77 | 1M followers | |
16 | Hangzhou, China | 71 | 353.3K followers | |
17 | Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel | 70 | 84.1K followers | |
18 | Sao Paulo, Brazil | 69 | 83.3K followers | |
19 | Nairobi, Kenya | 69 | 14.9K followers | |
20 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 68 | 128.1K followers | |
21 | Kuwait City, Kuwait | 67 | 65.3K followers | |
22 | Mumbai, India | 66 | 1.5M followers | |
23 | Melbourne, Australia | 66 | 309.5K followers | |
24 | Nice, France | 65 | 464.7K followers | |
25 | Krasnoyarsk, Russia | 63 | 97.5K followers | |
26 | Kolkata, India | 63 | 1.4M followers | |
27 | Kobe, Japan | 63 | 28.5K followers | |
28 | Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan | 63 | 42.8K followers | |
29 | Chicago, USA | 63 | 49.4K followers | |
30 | Dhaka, Bangladesh | 62 | 230.4K followers | |
31 | Wuhan, China | 62 | 335.7K followers | |
32 | Los Angeles, USA | 61 | 6.4M followers | |
33 | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 60 | 88K followers | |
34 | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia | 60 | 53.7K followers | |
35 | Osaka, Japan | 60 | 70.9K followers | |
36 | Jakarta, Indonesia | 60 | 1.7M followers | |
37 | Chengdu, China | 59 | 1.8M followers | |
38 | Houston, USA | 59 | 31.6K followers | |
39 | Hanoi, Vietnam | 58 | 2.2M followers | |
40 | Phnom Penh, Cambodia | 57 | 401.2K followers | |
41 | Baghdad, Iraq | 56 | 21.4K followers | |
42 | Astana, Kazakhstan | 56 | 28.6K followers | |
43 | Singapore, Singapore | 56 | 888.3K followers | |
44 | Rome, Italy | 56 | 69.9K followers | |
45 | Lima, Peru | 56 | 36.3K followers | |
46 | Algiers, Algeria | 55 | 37.4K followers | |
47 | Chongqing, China | 55 | 176.4K followers | |
48 | Delhi, India | 55 | 2.7M followers | |
49 | New York City, USA | 55 | 1.9M followers | |
50 | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | 54 | 2.2M followers | |
51 | Madrid, Spain | 53 | 337.1K followers | |
52 | Belgrade, Serbia | 53 | 216.3K followers | |
53 | Detroit, USA | 51 | 26.1K followers | |
54 | Tehran, Iran | 49 | 1M followers | |
55 | Kathmandu, Nepal | 49 | 150.3K followers | |
56 | Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina | 49 | 53.9K followers | |
57 | Guangzhou, China | 49 | 1.5M followers | |
58 | Toronto, Canada | 47 | 362K followers | |
59 | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | 46 | 15.9K followers | |
60 | Kuching, Malaysia | 45 | 49.5K followers | |
61 | Athens, Greece | 45 | 29.9K followers | |
62 | Dakar, Senegal | 44 | 11.7K followers | |
63 | Skopje, North Macedonia | 44 | 15.5K followers | |
64 | Pristina, Kosovo | 44 | 14.5K followers | |
65 | Prague, Czech Republic | 44 | 109.1K followers | |
66 | Budapest, Hungary | 44 | 24.9K followers | |
67 | Kyoto, Japan | 44 | 84K followers | |
68 | Busan, South Korea | 44 | 220.2K followers | |
69 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 41 | 392.2K followers | |
70 | Zagreb, Croatia | 41 | 16.8K followers | |
71 | Washington, D.C., USA | 39 | 43.7K followers | |
72 | Yangon, Myanmar | 38 | 26.5K followers | |
73 | Kyiv, Ukraine | 38 | 282.1K followers | |
74 | Denver, USA | 38 | 1.5M followers | |
75 | Sofia, Bulgaria | 37 | 112.3K followers | |
76 | Bucharest, Romania | 37 | 64.1K followers | |
77 | Sydney, Australia | 37 | 1.6M followers | |
78 | Bangkok, Thailand | 35 | 5.4M followers | |
79 | Wroclaw, Poland | 33 | 255.5K followers | |
80 | Milano, Italy | 33 | 127.9K followers | |
81 | Kaohsiung, Taiwan | 33 | 698K followers | |
82 | Istanbul, Turkey | 33 | 229.9K followers | |
83 | Incheon, South Korea | 33 | 24.5K followers | |
84 | Lyon, France | 32 | 499.5K followers | |
85 | Warsaw, Poland | 31 | 331.5K followers | |
86 | Minneapolis, USA | 31 | 18.2K followers | |
87 | Seattle, USA | 31 | 318.7K followers | |
88 | Helsinki, Finland | 30 | 76.7K followers | |
89 | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 29 | 125.1K followers | |
90 | Lisbon, Portugal | 29 | 24.2K followers | |
91 | Berlin, Germany | 29 | 203.1K followers | |
92 | Munich, Germany | 28 | 353.9K followers | |
93 | Oslo, Norway | 28 | 36.4K followers | |
94 | Brussels, Belgium | 27 | 144.6K followers | |
95 | Bratislava, Slovakia | 27 | 38.8K followers | |
96 | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 27 | 243.3K followers | |
97 | Taipei, Taiwan | 27 | 1M followers | |
98 | Stockholm, Sweden | 27 | 39.3K followers | |
99 | Paris, France | 27 | 5.8M followers | |
100 | Vienna, Austria | 27 | 148.1K followers | |
101 | Portland, USA | 27 | 145.5K followers | |
102 | Montreal, Canada | 25 | 114.5K followers | |
103 | Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR | 25 | 698.8K followers | |
104 | Salt Lake City, USA | 25 | 51.3K followers | |
105 | Bern, Switzerland | 24 | 88.1K followers | |
106 | Kaohsiung, Taiwan | 24 | 698K followers | |
107 | London, United Kingdom | 23 | 271.1K followers | |
108 | Moscow, Russia | 22 | 806.2K followers | |
109 | Bogota, Colombia | 22 | 81.5K followers | |
110 | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 21 | 290.2K followers | |
111 | Dublin, Ireland | 21 | 22.5K followers | |
112 | Krakow, Poland | 19 | 311.4K followers | |
113 | San Francisco, USA | 19 | 617.1K followers | |
114 | Kyiv, Ukraine | 18 | 282.1K followers | |
115 | Shenzhen, China | 17 | 407.1K followers | |
116 | Canberra, Australia | 16 | 275.8K followers | |
117 | Auckland, New Zealand | 11 | 73K followers | |
118 | Kabul, Afghanistan | 5 | 25.4K followers |
2023
World Air Quality Report
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