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2023
World Air Quality Report
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Good
51-100
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101-150
Unhealthy for sensitive groups
151-200
Unhealthy
201-300
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301+
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| Rank | Major city, country/region | AQI US | Followers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo | 154 | 6.7K followers |
| 2 |  | Dhaka, Bangladesh | 153 | 226.5K followers |
| 3 |  | Kuwait City, Kuwait | 151 | 64K followers |
| 4 |  | Kathmandu, Nepal | 148 | 147.3K followers |
| 5 |  | Delhi, India | 138 | 2.7M followers |
| 6 |  | Baghdad, Iraq | 123 | 20.2K followers |
| 7 |  | Beijing, China | 119 | 7M followers |
| 8 | | Kolkata, India | 118 | 1.4M followers |
| 9 |  | Jakarta, Indonesia | 108 | 1.7M followers |
| 10 |  | Sao Paulo, Brazil | 99 | 80.8K followers |
| 11 |  | Accra, Ghana | 97 | 6.5K followers |
| 12 |  | Santiago, Chile | 97 | 94.6K followers |
| 13 |  | Brussels, Belgium | 95 | 141.1K followers |
| 14 | | Mumbai, India | 89 | 1.5M followers |
| 15 |  | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | 88 | 373K followers |
| 16 |  | Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel | 87 | 81.4K followers |
| 17 | | Chengdu, China | 86 | 1.7M followers |
| 18 | | Wuhan, China | 86 | 323.3K followers |
| 19 |  | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 84 | 382K followers |
| 20 | | Hangzhou, China | 84 | 328.8K followers |
| 21 |  | Lima, Peru | 83 | 35K followers |
| 22 |  | Kampala, Uganda | 82 | 9.4K followers |
| 23 |  | Manama, Bahrain | 81 | 30.1K followers |
| 24 | | Batam, Indonesia | 80 | 1.3M followers |
| 25 | | Medan, Indonesia | 80 | 1.3M followers |
| 26 | | Jerusalem, Israel | 79 | 60.2K followers |
| 27 |  | Lahore, Pakistan | 78 | 385.6K followers |
| 28 |  | Doha, Qatar | 77 | 100.9K followers |
| 29 | | Chongqing, China | 77 | 171.3K followers |
| 30 |  | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 76 | 122K followers |
| 31 |  | Kaohsiung, Taiwan | 75 | 687.9K followers |
| 32 |  | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 73 | 85.3K followers |
| 33 |  | Sofia, Bulgaria | 73 | 110.2K followers |
| 34 |  | Hanoi, Vietnam | 72 | 2.2M followers |
| 35 |  | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 71 | 284.8K followers |
| 36 |  | Chicago, USA | 71 | 44.8K followers |
| 37 |  | Athens, Greece | 70 | 26.7K followers |
| 38 |  | Skopje, North Macedonia | 69 | 14.2K followers |
| 39 | | Guangzhou, China | 69 | 1.5M followers |
| 40 | | Karachi, Pakistan | 68 | 68.9K followers |
| 41 |  | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | 68 | 15.3K followers |
| 42 | | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 68 | 236.9K followers |
| 43 | | Shanghai, China | 68 | 2.1M followers |
| 44 |  | Dublin, Ireland | 68 | 21K followers |
| 45 | | Shenzhen, China | 66 | 390.6K followers |
| 46 |  | Kobe, Japan | 64 | 27.8K followers |
| 47 | | Tokyo, Japan | 64 | 1M followers |
| 48 |  | Pristina, Kosovo | 63 | 13.3K followers |
| 49 |  | Phnom Penh, Cambodia | 62 | 396.5K followers |
| 50 | | Osaka, Japan | 62 | 64.7K followers |
| 51 |  | Nairobi, Kenya | 62 | 14K followers |
| 52 | | Houston, USA | 62 | 28.4K followers |
| 53 |  | Chiang Mai, Thailand | 62 | 11.7M followers |
| 54 |  | Budapest, Hungary | 61 | 22.8K followers |
| 55 |  | Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR | 61 | 677.9K followers |
| 56 |  | Vienna, Austria | 60 | 143.3K followers |
| 57 | | London, United Kingdom | 60 | 244K followers |
| 58 |  | Istanbul, Turkey | 59 | 223.3K followers |
| 59 |  | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia | 58 | 52K followers |
| 60 | | Kyoto, Japan | 56 | 81.2K followers |
| 61 |  | Seoul, South Korea | 56 | 6.5M followers |
| 62 |  | Krakow, Poland | 55 | 306.8K followers |
| 63 |  | Bratislava, Slovakia | 55 | 38.1K followers |
| 64 |  | Oslo, Norway | 54 | 33.5K followers |
| 65 | | Detroit, USA | 54 | 24.9K followers |
| 66 |  | Algiers, Algeria | 53 | 37.1K followers |
| 67 | | Wroclaw, Poland | 53 | 253.9K followers |
| 68 | | Taipei, Taiwan | 53 | 985.2K followers |
| 69 |  | Berlin, Germany | 53 | 196.7K followers |
| 70 | | Incheon, South Korea | 53 | 22.8K followers |
| 71 |  | Singapore, Singapore | 52 | 867.3K followers |
| 72 |  | Lyon, France | 51 | 489.7K followers |
| 73 |  | Bogota, Colombia | 49 | 80.1K followers |
| 74 | | Busan, South Korea | 49 | 196.5K followers |
| 75 | | New York City, USA | 49 | 1.8M followers |
| 76 |  | Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina | 48 | 50.1K followers |
| 77 |  | Toronto, Canada | 46 | 344.5K followers |
| 78 | | Paris, France | 44 | 5.6M followers |
| 79 | | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | 44 | 2.2M followers |
| 80 |  | Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan | 40 | 39.5K followers |
| 81 |  | Bucharest, Romania | 39 | 62.4K followers |
| 82 | | Montreal, Canada | 38 | 110.3K followers |
| 83 |  | Belgrade, Serbia | 38 | 204.1K followers |
| 84 |  | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 38 | 118.2K followers |
| 85 | | Kuching, Malaysia | 37 | 49.1K followers |
| 86 |  | Stockholm, Sweden | 37 | 36.2K followers |
| 87 | | Warsaw, Poland | 37 | 326.2K followers |
| 88 |  | Rome, Italy | 37 | 64.9K followers |
| 89 |  | Melbourne, Australia | 37 | 298K followers |
| 90 | | Nice, France | 35 | 455.9K followers |
| 91 |  | Helsinki, Finland | 35 | 74.3K followers |
| 92 |  | Auckland, New Zealand | 34 | 69.1K followers |
| 93 |  | Kyiv, Ukraine | 34 | 274.6K followers |
| 94 | | Minneapolis, USA | 32 | 16.7K followers |
| 95 |  | Astana, Kazakhstan | 31 | 26.5K followers |
| 96 | | Los Angeles, USA | 30 | 6.1M followers |
| 97 |  | Bern, Switzerland | 27 | 85.4K followers |
| 98 |  | Yangon, Myanmar | 27 | 24.5K followers |
| 99 |  | Prague, Czech Republic | 27 | 106.7K followers |
| 100 | | Denver, USA | 27 | 1.5M followers |
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