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AQI⁺ US legend
0-50Good
51-100Moderate
101-150Unhealthy for sensitive groups
151-200Unhealthy
201-300Very unhealthy
301+Hazardous
RankMajor city, country/regionAQI⁺ USFollowers
1
flagKinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
199
17.9K followers
2
flagKuching, Malaysia
176
84.8K followers
3
flagMedan, Indonesia
153
1.4M followers
4
flagKuala Lumpur, Malaysia
131
1.1M followers
5
flagJerusalem, Israel
130
98.3K followers
6
flagJakarta, Indonesia
121
2.2M followers
7
flagAddis Ababa, Ethiopia
120
36.2K followers
8
flagTel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
118
235K followers
9
flagDelhi, India
118
3.3M followers
10
flagLahore, Pakistan
108
1.1M followers
11
flagKampala, Uganda
97
39.2K followers
12
flagManila, Philippines
88
363K followers
13
flagDubai, United Arab Emirates
88
1.1M followers
14
flagManama, Bahrain
84
79.5K followers
15
flagSingapore, Singapore
84
1.3M followers
16
flagHo Chi Minh City, Vietnam
84
2.9M followers
17
flagBeijing, China
81
18.3M followers
18
flagKarachi, Pakistan
80
307.2K followers
19
flagCairo, Egypt
79
274.5K followers
20
flagBaghdad, Iraq
79
289.2K followers
21
flagGuangzhou, China
79
2M followers
22
flagKuwait City, Kuwait
77
171.1K followers
23
flagDoha, Qatar
73
328.1K followers
24
flagRiyadh, Saudi Arabia
69
391.6K followers
25
flagSantiago, Chile
68
177.4K followers
26
flagMinneapolis, USA
68
92.9K followers
27
flagKathmandu, Nepal
66
445.6K followers
28
flagAccra, Ghana
65
27.1K followers
29
flagIstanbul, Turkey
64
552.2K followers
30
flagChongqing, China
64
502.2K followers
31
flagHanoi, Vietnam
62
3.6M followers
32
flagChengdu, China
61
2.4M followers
33
flagBucharest, Romania
61
209.5K followers
34
flagMexico City, Mexico
60
617.1K followers
35
flagMumbai, India
60
1.8M followers
36
flagTehran, Iran
58
1.6M followers
37
flagDhaka, Bangladesh
58
489.8K followers
38
flagTokyo, Japan
58
1.7M followers
39
flagWuhan, China
56
638.9K followers
40
flagNairobi, Kenya
56
78.2K followers
41
flagAlgiers, Algeria
55
50K followers
42
flagShenzhen, China
55
857.8K followers
43
flagLima, Peru
55
67K followers
44
flagAthens, Greece
55
186.5K followers
45
flagKyoto, Japan
54
265.4K followers
46
flagBogota, Colombia
53
144.1K followers
47
flagSao Paulo, Brazil
53
180.6K followers
48
flagIncheon, South Korea
53
192.5K followers
49
flagBusan, South Korea
53
1.1M followers
50
flagShanghai, China
53
3.4M followers
51
flagSeoul, South Korea
53
17.5M followers
52
flagBrussels, Belgium
52
350K followers
53
flagDetroit, USA
52
75.8K followers
54
flagLos Angeles, USA
50
16.1M followers
55
flagBirmingham, United Kingdom
49
364.4K followers
56
flagMadrid, Spain
49
770.9K followers
57
flagRotterdam, Netherlands
48
188K followers
58
flagOsaka, Japan
47
656.4K followers
59
flagNice, France
46
597.4K followers
60
flagLjubljana, Slovenia
45
204.8K followers
61
flagMunich, Germany
44
693.6K followers
62
flagChiang Mai, Thailand
44
16M followers
63
flagYangon, Myanmar
43
228.9K followers
64
flagBishkek, Kyrgyzstan
42
605.8K followers
65
flagHouston, USA
42
133.2K followers
66
flagSarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina
41
776.7K followers
67
flagVienna, Austria
41
481K followers
68
flagHong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
41
1.2M followers
69
flagWrocław, Poland
40
442.3K followers
70
flagParis, France
40
15.2M followers
71
flagPrague, Czech Republic
40
286.2K followers
72
flagSalt Lake City, USA
40
262.7K followers
73
flagLondon, United Kingdom
40
1.2M followers
74
flagKabul, Afghanistan
39
62.3K followers
75
flagJohannesburg, South Africa
39
110.4K followers
76
flagDakar, Senegal
39
50.3K followers
77
flagAmsterdam, Netherlands
39
561.5K followers
78
flagLyon, France
39
699.4K followers
79
flagBudapest, Hungary
39
160.2K followers
80
flagHangzhou, China
39
785.6K followers
81
flagBelgrade, Serbia
39
1.3M followers
82
flagKobe, Japan
39
68K followers
83
flagChicago, USA
39
221.6K followers
84
flagTashkent, Uzbekistan
39
1.5M followers
85
flagBaku, Azerbaijan
36
85.4K followers
86
flagUlaanbaatar, Mongolia
34
132.5K followers
87
flagBratislava, Slovakia
33
87.1K followers
88
flagMilan, Italy
33
508.6K followers
89
flagRome, Italy
33
423K followers
90
flagZagreb, Croatia
33
268.9K followers
91
flagPhnom Penh, Cambodia
33
1.1M followers
92
flagKolkata, India
33
1.6M followers
93
flagNew York, USA
33
2.5M followers
94
flagBern, Switzerland
32
218K followers
95
flagSkopje, North Macedonia
32
248.5K followers
96
flagMontreal, Canada
31
346.4K followers
97
flagDenver, USA
31
2M followers
98
flagWashington D.C., USA
30
176.6K followers
99
flagCopenhagen, Denmark
29
204.9K followers
100
flagBerlin, Germany
28
850.1K followers
101
flagToronto, Canada
28
1.1M followers
102
flagBarcelona, Spain
28
616.6K followers
103
flagAlmaty, Kazakhstan
28
827.2K followers
104
flagHelsinki, Finland
27
221.1K followers
105
flagLisbon, Portugal
27
203.4K followers
106
flagMelbourne, Australia
27
851.1K followers
107
flagAuckland, New Zealand
26
251.1K followers
108
flagKaohsiung, Taiwan (China)
26
1.1M followers
109
flagSydney, Australia
26
1.8M followers
110
flagStockholm, Sweden
24
248.8K followers
111
flagOslo, Norway
24
191.2K followers
112
flagBangkok, Thailand
23
17.1M followers
113
flagSofia, Bulgaria
22
273.9K followers
114
flagTaipei, Taiwan (China)
21
1.5M followers
115
flagCanberra, Australia
20
490.9K followers
116
flagDublin, Ireland
19
122.8K followers
117
flagPristina, Kosovo
17
112.4K followers
118
flagKraków, Poland
17
602.1K followers
119
flagWarsaw, Poland
17
811.7K followers
120
flagSeattle, USA
17
780K followers
121
flagKyiv, Ukraine
16
663.1K followers
122
flagPortland, USA
16
435.3K followers
123
flagSan Francisco, USA
15
1.1M followers
124
flagMoscow, Russia
11
1.2M followers
125
flagVancouver, Canada
8
557.3K followers
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