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2024
World Air Quality Report
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Unhealthy for sensitive groups
151-200
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201-300
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| Rank | Major city, country/region | AQI⁺ US | Followers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Wuhan, China | 157 | 439.2K followers |
| 2 |  | Kolkata, India | 156 | 1.4M followers |
| 3 |  | Lahore, Pakistan | 151 | 534.4K followers |
| 4 |  | Manama, Bahrain | 135 | 42K followers |
| 5 | | Chengdu, China | 134 | 2M followers |
| 6 |  | Lima, Peru | 132 | 45K followers |
| 7 |  | Jakarta, Indonesia | 124 | 1.8M followers |
| 8 |  | Santiago, Chile | 118 | 115.3K followers |
| 9 | | Chongqing, China | 112 | 242.6K followers |
| 10 |  | Dhaka, Bangladesh | 108 | 276.5K followers |
| 11 | | Delhi, India | 107 | 2.8M followers |
| 12 |  | Kathmandu, Nepal | 99 | 200.9K followers |
| 13 | | Hangzhou, China | 90 | 507.3K followers |
| 14 |  | Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel | 86 | 106.5K followers |
| 15 |  | Baghdad, Iraq | 85 | 85.8K followers |
| 16 | | Mumbai, India | 85 | 1.5M followers |
| 17 | | Medan, Indonesia | 82 | 1.4M followers |
| 18 |  | Tehran, Iran | 82 | 1.1M followers |
| 19 | | Karachi, Pakistan | 82 | 101.4K followers |
| 20 |  | Algiers, Algeria | 81 | 40.1K followers |
| 21 |  | Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo | 79 | 9.6K followers |
| 22 |  | Cairo, Egypt | 77 | 55.4K followers |
| 23 |  | Dakar, Senegal | 77 | 17.4K followers |
| 24 |  | Hanoi, Vietnam | 77 | 2.3M followers |
| 25 |  | Busan, South Korea | 77 | 376.1K followers |
| 26 | | Jerusalem, Israel | 76 | 69.5K followers |
| 27 |  | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | 75 | 544.5K followers |
| 28 |  | Manila, Philippines | 72 | 160.8K followers |
| 29 | | Shanghai, China | 71 | 2.6M followers |
| 30 |  | Kuwait City, Kuwait | 69 | 80K followers |
| 31 |  | Phnom Penh, Cambodia | 66 | 600.7K followers |
| 32 |  | Osaka, Japan | 65 | 147.3K followers |
| 33 |  | Kampala, Uganda | 64 | 13K followers |
| 34 |  | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 64 | 483.9K followers |
| 35 | | Kyoto, Japan | 64 | 113.1K followers |
| 36 |  | Johannesburg, South Africa | 63 | 71.7K followers |
| 37 | | Incheon, South Korea | 63 | 39.2K followers |
| 38 |  | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 62 | 122K followers |
| 39 |  | Munich, Germany | 62 | 429.7K followers |
| 40 |  | Milano, Italy | 62 | 206.7K followers |
| 41 | | Kobe, Japan | 60 | 35.9K followers |
| 42 | | Seoul, South Korea | 60 | 8.6M followers |
| 43 |  | Houston, USA | 59 | 50K followers |
| 44 |  | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | 58 | 19.6K followers |
| 45 |  | Paris, France | 58 | 7.6M followers |
| 46 |  | Wrocław, Poland | 57 | 273.9K followers |
| 47 |  | Kaohsiung, Taiwan | 57 | 788.2K followers |
| 48 |  | Doha, Qatar | 56 | 135.7K followers |
| 49 |  | Singapore, Singapore | 56 | 1M followers |
| 50 |  | Dublin, Ireland | 56 | 39K followers |
| 51 | | Guangzhou, China | 56 | 1.7M followers |
| 52 |  | London, United Kingdom | 56 | 505.2K followers |
| 53 |  | Brussels, Belgium | 55 | 176.9K followers |
| 54 |  | Bratislava, Slovakia | 55 | 46.1K followers |
| 55 | | Beijing, China | 55 | 9.6M followers |
| 56 |  | Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan | 54 | 91.6K followers |
| 57 |  | Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina | 53 | 109.7K followers |
| 58 |  | Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR | 53 | 879.6K followers |
| 59 | | Tokyo, Japan | 53 | 1.1M followers |
| 60 | | Kuching, Malaysia | 52 | 53.4K followers |
| 61 |  | Auckland, New Zealand | 51 | 103.6K followers |
| 62 |  | Bucharest, Romania | 51 | 90.5K followers |
| 63 |  | Budapest, Hungary | 50 | 49.5K followers |
| 64 |  | Prague, Czech Republic | 50 | 136.6K followers |
| 65 |  | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 50 | 247.6K followers |
| 66 |  | Vienna, Austria | 49 | 199.4K followers |
| 67 | | Chicago, USA | 49 | 78.8K followers |
| 68 |  | Montreal, Canada | 47 | 144.2K followers |
| 69 | | New York City, USA | 46 | 2.1M followers |
| 70 |  | Ljubljana, Slovenia | 44 | 40K followers |
| 71 | | Shenzhen, China | 44 | 542.3K followers |
| 72 |  | Sao Paulo, Brazil | 44 | 124.8K followers |
| 73 | | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | 44 | 2.3M followers |
| 74 | | Minneapolis, USA | 44 | 29.5K followers |
| 75 | | Nice, France | 43 | 504.4K followers |
| 76 | | Kraków, Poland | 43 | 353.1K followers |
| 77 |  | Almaty, Kazakhstan | 43 | 174K followers |
| 78 |  | Bern, Switzerland | 42 | 110.8K followers |
| 79 |  | Athens, Greece | 42 | 56.9K followers |
| 80 | | Berlin, Germany | 42 | 308.7K followers |
| 81 |  | Belgrade, Serbia | 42 | 448.9K followers |
| 82 |  | Bogota, Colombia | 41 | 92.7K followers |
| 83 | | Lyon, France | 41 | 546.2K followers |
| 84 |  | Melbourne, Australia | 41 | 399.9K followers |
| 85 | | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 40 | 314.9K followers |
| 86 |  | Baku, Azerbaijan | 39 | 21.6K followers |
| 87 |  | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 39 | 296.7K followers |
| 88 |  | Accra, Ghana | 39 | 11.8K followers |
| 89 |  | Barcelona, Spain | 39 | 386.2K followers |
| 90 |  | Oslo, Norway | 38 | 62.1K followers |
| 91 |  | Sofia, Bulgaria | 38 | 137.8K followers |
| 92 |  | Lisbon, Portugal | 36 | 49.3K followers |
| 93 | | Warsaw, Poland | 36 | 403.2K followers |
| 94 |  | Zagreb, Croatia | 36 | 41.3K followers |
| 95 | | Washington D.C., USA | 35 | 67.5K followers |
| 96 |  | Copenhagen, Denmark | 34 | 62.4K followers |
| 97 |  | Helsinki, Finland | 34 | 95.3K followers |
| 98 | | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 33 | 143.1K followers |
| 99 | | Madrid, Spain | 33 | 406K followers |
| 100 |  | Chiang Mai, Thailand | 33 | 12.4M followers |
| 101 | | Bangkok, Thailand | 33 | 7M followers |
| 102 |  | Skopje, North Macedonia | 32 | 41.9K followers |
| 103 | | Denver, USA | 32 | 1.7M followers |
| 104 | | Taipei, Taiwan | 31 | 1.1M followers |
| 105 |  | Stockholm, Sweden | 31 | 73K followers |
| 106 | | Rome, Italy | 29 | 125.7K followers |
| 107 |  | Krasnoyarsk, Russia | 28 | 116.7K followers |
| 108 |  | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia | 28 | 70.5K followers |
| 109 | | Los Angeles, USA | 28 | 8.4M followers |
| 110 | | Salt Lake City, USA | 27 | 87.1K followers |
| 111 |  | Pristina, Kosovo | 26 | 28.4K followers |
| 112 | | Toronto, Canada | 24 | 507.2K followers |
| 113 |  | Istanbul, Turkey | 22 | 282.7K followers |
| 114 | | Moscow, Russia | 22 | 1M followers |
| 115 |  | Nairobi, Kenya | 22 | 23K followers |
| 116 | | Sydney, Australia | 22 | 1.7M followers |
| 117 | | San Francisco, USA | 22 | 769.2K followers |
| 118 | | Detroit, USA | 21 | 31.3K followers |
| 119 | | Vancouver, Canada | 20 | 206.7K followers |
| 120 | | Seattle, USA | 20 | 420.7K followers |
| 121 |  | Yangon, Myanmar | 19 | 62.5K followers |
| 122 | | Portland, USA | 19 | 234.1K followers |
| 123 | | Canberra, Australia | 18 | 314.3K followers |
| 124 |  | Kabul, Afghanistan | 17 | 34.8K followers |
| 125 |  | Kyiv, Ukraine | 17 | 377.7K followers |
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