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Live most polluted major city ranking 
2024
World Air Quality Report
AQI⁺ US legend
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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 |  | Wuhan, China | 144 | 430.9K followers |
| 2 |  | Delhi, India | 137 | 2.8M followers |
| 3 |  | Dakar, Senegal | 132 | 17.1K followers |
| 4 |  | Kathmandu, Nepal | 129 | 199.5K followers |
| 5 |  | Kuwait City, Kuwait | 128 | 79K followers |
| 6 |  | Yangon, Myanmar | 118 | 61.3K followers |
| 7 | | Kolkata, India | 113 | 1.4M followers |
| 8 |  | Hanoi, Vietnam | 102 | 2.3M followers |
| 9 |  | Dhaka, Bangladesh | 99 | 274.3K followers |
| 10 |  | Karachi, Pakistan | 96 | 100.5K followers |
| 11 |  | Jakarta, Indonesia | 94 | 1.8M followers |
| 12 |  | Baku, Azerbaijan | 93 | 21.3K followers |
| 13 |  | Santiago, Chile | 88 | 114.3K followers |
| 14 | | Batam, Indonesia | 83 | 1.3M followers |
| 15 |  | Lima, Peru | 83 | 44.6K followers |
| 16 | | Chongqing, China | 81 | 238.7K followers |
| 17 |  | Jerusalem, Israel | 79 | 69.2K followers |
| 18 |  | Tehran, Iran | 79 | 1.1M followers |
| 19 |  | Manama, Bahrain | 79 | 41.5K followers |
| 20 | | Chengdu, China | 79 | 2M followers |
| 21 | | Medan, Indonesia | 78 | 1.4M followers |
| 22 |  | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 78 | 479.7K followers |
| 23 |  | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | 78 | 537.8K followers |
| 24 | | Shenzhen, China | 75 | 533.8K followers |
| 25 | | Shanghai, China | 75 | 2.6M followers |
| 26 |  | Chiang Mai, Thailand | 75 | 12.4M followers |
| 27 |  | London, United Kingdom | 74 | 495.7K followers |
| 28 |  | Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR | 73 | 871K followers |
| 29 |  | Paris, France | 72 | 7.6M followers |
| 30 | | Mumbai, India | 71 | 1.5M followers |
| 31 | | Lahore, Pakistan | 71 | 530.4K followers |
| 32 | | Guangzhou, China | 71 | 1.7M followers |
| 33 |  | Taipei, Taiwan | 69 | 1.1M followers |
| 34 |  | Baghdad, Iraq | 68 | 83.1K followers |
| 35 |  | Phnom Penh, Cambodia | 68 | 593.4K followers |
| 36 |  | Istanbul, Turkey | 68 | 280.9K followers |
| 37 | | Hangzhou, China | 68 | 498.2K followers |
| 38 | | Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel | 66 | 105.1K followers |
| 39 |  | Sao Paulo, Brazil | 66 | 123.9K followers |
| 40 |  | Tokyo, Japan | 66 | 1.1M followers |
| 41 |  | Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina | 64 | 108.3K followers |
| 42 |  | Doha, Qatar | 63 | 134K followers |
| 43 |  | Athens, Greece | 63 | 55.5K followers |
| 44 |  | Manila, Philippines | 62 | 158.9K followers |
| 45 | | Kaohsiung, Taiwan | 62 | 785K followers |
| 46 |  | Cairo, Egypt | 61 | 54.1K followers |
| 47 | | Osaka, Japan | 60 | 144.3K followers |
| 48 |  | Busan, South Korea | 59 | 370.8K followers |
| 49 |  | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 58 | 118.6K followers |
| 50 | | Kobe, Japan | 58 | 35.6K followers |
| 51 |  | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 58 | 243.3K followers |
| 52 |  | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | 57 | 19.4K followers |
| 53 |  | Almaty, Kazakhstan | 56 | 169.5K followers |
| 54 |  | Krasnoyarsk, Russia | 55 | 116.2K followers |
| 55 |  | Singapore, Singapore | 55 | 1M followers |
| 56 | | Kyoto, Japan | 55 | 111.8K followers |
| 57 | | Lyon, France | 53 | 544.6K followers |
| 58 |  | Accra, Ghana | 53 | 11.6K followers |
| 59 | | Incheon, South Korea | 53 | 38.7K followers |
| 60 |  | Prague, Czech Republic | 52 | 135.6K followers |
| 61 |  | Munich, Germany | 50 | 426.9K followers |
| 62 |  | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia | 45 | 69.9K followers |
| 63 |  | Bern, Switzerland | 44 | 109.7K followers |
| 64 |  | Kampala, Uganda | 44 | 12.8K followers |
| 65 |  | Sofia, Bulgaria | 44 | 136.8K followers |
| 66 |  | Detroit, USA | 44 | 31.1K followers |
| 67 | | Seoul, South Korea | 44 | 8.5M followers |
| 68 |  | Brussels, Belgium | 42 | 175.3K followers |
| 69 |  | Budapest, Hungary | 41 | 48.4K followers |
| 70 | | Beijing, China | 41 | 9.6M followers |
| 71 |  | Bratislava, Slovakia | 40 | 45.7K followers |
| 72 |  | Vienna, Austria | 40 | 197.4K followers |
| 73 | | Berlin, Germany | 40 | 304.2K followers |
| 74 |  | Copenhagen, Denmark | 39 | 61.3K followers |
| 75 |  | Johannesburg, South Africa | 39 | 71.4K followers |
| 76 |  | Wrocław, Poland | 39 | 273.3K followers |
| 77 |  | Milano, Italy | 39 | 204.1K followers |
| 78 |  | Belgrade, Serbia | 39 | 441.8K followers |
| 79 |  | Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan | 38 | 89.6K followers |
| 80 |  | Bucharest, Romania | 38 | 89.5K followers |
| 81 | | Washington D.C., USA | 38 | 66.5K followers |
| 82 | | Kuching, Malaysia | 37 | 53.3K followers |
| 83 | | Warsaw, Poland | 37 | 400.7K followers |
| 84 |  | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 36 | 142.3K followers |
| 85 |  | Stockholm, Sweden | 36 | 71.6K followers |
| 86 | | Salt Lake City, USA | 36 | 84.7K followers |
| 87 |  | Skopje, North Macedonia | 35 | 41.2K followers |
| 88 | | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 34 | 314.3K followers |
| 89 | | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 33 | 294.2K followers |
| 90 |  | Pristina, Kosovo | 33 | 27.9K followers |
| 91 | | Kraków, Poland | 33 | 351.8K followers |
| 92 | | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | 33 | 2.3M followers |
| 93 |  | Vancouver, Canada | 33 | 203.4K followers |
| 94 | | Houston, USA | 33 | 49.2K followers |
| 95 | | Bangkok, Thailand | 33 | 6.9M followers |
| 96 | | Denver, USA | 32 | 1.7M followers |
| 97 | | Nice, France | 31 | 503K followers |
| 98 |  | Ljubljana, Slovenia | 31 | 39.2K followers |
| 99 |  | Oslo, Norway | 31 | 61.1K followers |
| 100 |  | Barcelona, Spain | 31 | 384.4K followers |
| 101 |  | Zagreb, Croatia | 30 | 40.5K followers |
| 102 |  | Dublin, Ireland | 30 | 38.2K followers |
| 103 | | Toronto, Canada | 30 | 501.2K followers |
| 104 | | Madrid, Spain | 30 | 403.1K followers |
| 105 | | Minneapolis, USA | 29 | 28.7K followers |
| 106 | | Los Angeles, USA | 29 | 8.3M followers |
| 107 |  | Nairobi, Kenya | 28 | 22.7K followers |
| 108 | | New York City, USA | 28 | 2.1M followers |
| 109 |  | Helsinki, Finland | 27 | 94.5K followers |
| 110 |  | Lisbon, Portugal | 27 | 48.2K followers |
| 111 | | Seattle, USA | 25 | 417.1K followers |
| 112 | | Montreal, Canada | 24 | 142.9K followers |
| 113 |  | Algiers, Algeria | 22 | 40K followers |
| 114 | | Chicago, USA | 22 | 77.6K followers |
| 115 | | Portland, USA | 22 | 230.8K followers |
| 116 | | Rome, Italy | 20 | 123.3K followers |
| 117 |  | Bogota, Colombia | 19 | 92.3K followers |
| 118 |  | Canberra, Australia | 17 | 312.1K followers |
| 119 | | San Francisco, USA | 14 | 763.6K followers |
| 120 | | Melbourne, Australia | 13 | 395.8K followers |
| 121 |  | Kabul, Afghanistan | 11 | 34.5K followers |
| 122 | | Moscow, Russia | 11 | 1M followers |
| 123 | | Sydney, Australia | 9 | 1.7M followers |
| 124 |  | Kyiv, Ukraine | 7 | 374.8K followers |
| 125 |  | Auckland, New Zealand | 6 | 101.9K followers |
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