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2023
World Air Quality Report
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Good
51-100
Moderate
101-150
Unhealthy for sensitive groups
151-200
Unhealthy
201-300
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301+
Hazardous
| Rank | Major city, country/region | AQI US | Followers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Delhi, India | 181 | 2.7M followers |
| 2 |  | Beijing, China | 165 | 6.8M followers |
| 3 |  | Hanoi, Vietnam | 162 | 2.2M followers |
| 4 |  | Medan, Indonesia | 159 | 1.3M followers |
| 5 |  | Kathmandu, Nepal | 158 | 144.9K followers |
| 6 |  | Cairo City, Egypt | 157 | 25K followers |
| 7 |  | Chiang Mai, Thailand | 157 | 11.7M followers |
| 8 | | Wuhan, China | 155 | 316.7K followers |
| 9 |  | Lahore, Pakistan | 154 | 380.4K followers |
| 10 |  | Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel | 149 | 80K followers |
| 11 |  | Dhaka, Bangladesh | 149 | 224.3K followers |
| 12 |  | Yangon, Myanmar | 144 | 23.3K followers |
| 13 |  | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | 133 | 364K followers |
| 14 | | Jerusalem, Israel | 128 | 59.4K followers |
| 15 | | Kolkata, India | 114 | 1.4M followers |
| 16 | | Jakarta, Indonesia | 106 | 1.7M followers |
| 17 |  | Istanbul, Turkey | 99 | 218.9K followers |
| 18 |  | Manama, Bahrain | 85 | 29.6K followers |
| 19 |  | Doha, Qatar | 84 | 99.2K followers |
| 20 | | Mumbai, India | 83 | 1.5M followers |
| 21 |  | Johannesburg, South Africa | 82 | 62K followers |
| 22 |  | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 82 | 113.1K followers |
| 23 |  | Wroclaw, Poland | 77 | 253.1K followers |
| 24 | | Karachi, Pakistan | 74 | 67.7K followers |
| 25 |  | Mexico City, Mexico | 73 | 338.4K followers |
| 26 |  | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 73 | 377.3K followers |
| 27 | | Batam, Indonesia | 71 | 1.3M followers |
| 28 | | Hangzhou, China | 70 | 316K followers |
| 29 | | Chengdu, China | 70 | 1.7M followers |
| 30 |  | Tehran, Iran | 68 | 1M followers |
| 31 |  | Phnom Penh, Cambodia | 68 | 394K followers |
| 32 |  | Baghdad, Iraq | 68 | 19.4K followers |
| 33 | | Krakow, Poland | 68 | 303.4K followers |
| 34 |  | Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan | 68 | 37.8K followers |
| 35 |  | Kuwait City, Kuwait | 65 | 63.4K followers |
| 36 |  | Berlin, Germany | 65 | 193.2K followers |
| 37 |  | Kampala, Uganda | 63 | 9.3K followers |
| 38 |  | Kaohsiung, Taiwan | 63 | 681.3K followers |
| 39 |  | Sao Paulo, Brazil | 61 | 79.7K followers |
| 40 |  | Krasnoyarsk, Russia | 59 | 95K followers |
| 41 |  | Sofia, Bulgaria | 58 | 109.2K followers |
| 42 |  | Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina | 56 | 48.5K followers |
| 43 |  | Madrid, Spain | 56 | 325.4K followers |
| 44 |  | Santiago, Chile | 55 | 93.3K followers |
| 45 |  | Lima, Peru | 55 | 34.5K followers |
| 46 |  | Incheon, South Korea | 55 | 22.1K followers |
| 47 |  | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia | 54 | 51.1K followers |
| 48 |  | Algiers, Algeria | 53 | 36.9K followers |
| 49 | | Chongqing, China | 53 | 168.2K followers |
| 50 |  | Belgrade, Serbia | 52 | 197.8K followers |
| 51 |  | Kabul, Afghanistan | 50 | 21.9K followers |
| 52 | | Busan, South Korea | 50 | 184.8K followers |
| 53 | | Shanghai, China | 48 | 2.1M followers |
| 54 |  | Dublin, Ireland | 46 | 20.1K followers |
| 55 |  | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 45 | 282.2K followers |
| 56 |  | Accra, Ghana | 45 | 6.3K followers |
| 57 | | Guangzhou, China | 45 | 1.5M followers |
| 58 |  | Vienna, Austria | 45 | 141K followers |
| 59 | | Seoul, South Korea | 45 | 6.3M followers |
| 60 | | Bangkok, Thailand | 45 | 5.3M followers |
| 61 |  | Zagreb, Croatia | 44 | 14.3K followers |
| 62 |  | Stockholm, Sweden | 42 | 34.4K followers |
| 63 |  | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 41 | 83.8K followers |
| 64 |  | Bern, Switzerland | 41 | 84.1K followers |
| 65 |  | Bratislava, Slovakia | 41 | 37.8K followers |
| 66 |  | Bucharest, Romania | 41 | 61.7K followers |
| 67 | | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | 41 | 2.2M followers |
| 68 |  | Budapest, Hungary | 40 | 21.7K followers |
| 69 |  | Rome, Italy | 39 | 62.5K followers |
| 70 |  | Lisbon, Portugal | 37 | 20.8K followers |
| 71 | | Warsaw, Poland | 37 | 322.4K followers |
| 72 |  | Los Angeles, USA | 37 | 6M followers |
| 73 | | Shenzhen, China | 35 | 381.6K followers |
| 74 | | Kuching, Malaysia | 34 | 48.9K followers |
| 75 |  | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | 33 | 15K followers |
| 76 | | Taipei, Taiwan | 33 | 974.4K followers |
| 77 |  | Astana, Kazakhstan | 33 | 25.4K followers |
| 78 |  | Paris, France | 33 | 5.5M followers |
| 79 |  | Toronto, Canada | 33 | 329.4K followers |
| 80 |  | Kyiv, Ukraine | 33 | 271.2K followers |
| 81 | | Lyon, France | 31 | 485.3K followers |
| 82 |  | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 31 | 120.5K followers |
| 83 |  | Singapore, Singapore | 31 | 856.4K followers |
| 84 | | Minneapolis, USA | 30 | 15K followers |
| 85 | | Moscow, Russia | 29 | 767.5K followers |
| 86 |  | Bogota, Colombia | 29 | 79.3K followers |
| 87 | | London, United Kingdom | 29 | 230.1K followers |
| 88 | | Nice, France | 28 | 451.9K followers |
| 89 |  | Prague, Czech Republic | 28 | 105.5K followers |
| 90 |  | Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR | 28 | 667.9K followers |
| 91 |  | Skopje, North Macedonia | 26 | 13.6K followers |
| 92 | | Munich, Germany | 26 | 337.4K followers |
| 93 |  | Helsinki, Finland | 26 | 73.2K followers |
| 94 | | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 26 | 233.6K followers |
| 95 |  | Brussels, Belgium | 25 | 139.1K followers |
| 96 |  | Oslo, Norway | 25 | 32K followers |
| 97 | | Denver, USA | 23 | 1.5M followers |
| 98 |  | Athens, Greece | 22 | 25K followers |
| 99 | | Houston, USA | 22 | 26.8K followers |
| 100 | | Salt Lake City, USA | 22 | 44.8K followers |
| 101 |  | Pristina, Kosovo | 21 | 12.8K followers |
| 102 | | Montreal, Canada | 21 | 107.7K followers |
| 103 | | Washington, D.C., USA | 21 | 37.4K followers |
| 104 | | Vancouver BC, Canada | 20 | 113.5K followers |
| 105 | | Detroit, USA | 19 | 24.3K followers |
| 106 | | Chicago, USA | 17 | 42.5K followers |
| 107 | | New York City, USA | 17 | 1.8M followers |
| 108 | | Seattle, USA | 17 | 294.3K followers |
| 109 | | Portland, USA | 17 | 124.9K followers |
| 110 | | Milano, Italy | 16 | 112.3K followers |
| 111 |  | Nairobi, Kenya | 14 | 13.5K followers |
| 112 |  | Sydney, Australia | 14 | 1.6M followers |
| 113 | | Canberra, Australia | 13 | 271.3K followers |
| 114 | | San Francisco, USA | 13 | 577.1K followers |
| 115 |  | Auckland, New Zealand | 12 | 66.4K followers |
| 116 |  | Osaka, Japan | 12 | 61.3K followers |
| 117 | | Kyoto, Japan | 12 | 79.7K followers |
| 118 | | Kobe, Japan | 12 | 27.5K followers |
| 119 | | Melbourne, Australia | 8 | 291.5K followers |
| 120 | | Tokyo, Japan | 8 | 1M followers |
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