Most Polluted Cities

Real-time air quality data from cities around the world
1
IN flag

Delhi

India

228

AQI

2
PK flag

Lahore

Pakistan

198

AQI

3
CN flag

Shanghai

China

198

AQI

4
MX flag

Iztapalapa

Mexico

178

AQI

5
CN flag

Beijing

China

169

AQI

6
BD flag

Khulna

Bangladesh

165

AQI

7
RU flag

Moscow

Russia

160

AQI

8
IN flag

Mumbai

India

159

AQI

9
ID flag

Surabaya

Indonesia

159

AQI

10
NG flag

Kano

Nigeria

158

AQI

11
BD flag

Dhaka

Bangladesh

158

AQI

12
CL flag

Santiago

Chile

154

AQI

13
MX flag

Mexico City

Mexico

143

AQI

14
IR flag

Isfahan

Iran

139

AQI

15
AE flag

Sharjah

United Arab Emirates

134

AQI

16
ID flag

Jakarta

Indonesia

132

AQI

17
ID flag

Bekasi

Indonesia

132

AQI

18
EG flag

Giza

Egypt

131

AQI

19
EG flag

Cairo

Egypt

131

AQI

20
UZ flag

Tashkent

Uzbekistan

128

AQI

21
IR flag

Mashhad

Iran

126

AQI

22
EG flag

Alexandria

Egypt

125

AQI

23
AE flag

Dubai

United Arab Emirates

123

AQI

24
NG flag

Abuja

Nigeria

122

AQI

25
PK flag

Karachi

Pakistan

122

AQI

26
MX flag

Puebla

Mexico

120

AQI

27
PK flag

Peshawar

Pakistan

119

AQI

28
BR flag

São Paulo

Brazil

117

AQI

29
NP flag

Kathmandu

Nepal

114

AQI

30
IR flag

Tehran

Iran

112

AQI

31
HT flag

Port-au-Prince

Haiti

107

AQI

32
KZ flag

Shymkent

Kazakhstan

105

AQI

33
AE flag

Abu Dhabi

United Arab Emirates

104

AQI

34
JP flag

Tokyo

Japan

101

AQI

35
ZA flag

Johannesburg

South Africa

101

AQI

36
JP flag

Yokohama

Japan

101

AQI

37
BD flag

Chattogram

Bangladesh

99

AQI

38
VN flag

Hanoi

Vietnam

99

AQI

39
TW flag

Kaohsiung

Taiwan

99

AQI

40
TR flag

Istanbul

Turkey

99

AQI

41
LB flag

Beirut

Lebanon

91

AQI

42
KZ flag

Almaty

Kazakhstan

89

AQI

43
US flag

New York City

United States

84

AQI

44
RO flag

Bucharest

Romania

82

AQI

45
PL flag

Warsaw

Poland

82

AQI

46
KR flag

Seoul

South Korea

82

AQI

47
KR flag

Incheon

South Korea

82

AQI

48
TH flag

Bangkok

Thailand

82

AQI

49
TR flag

Ankara

Turkey

82

AQI

50
HK flag

Hong Kong

Hong Kong

79

AQI

51
MM flag

Mandalay

Myanmar

78

AQI

52
JO flag

Amman

Jordan

78

AQI

53
AZ flag

Baku

Azerbaijan

76

AQI

54
MY flag

Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia

76

AQI

55
CN flag

Guangzhou

China

76

AQI

56
CO flag

Bogotá

Colombia

72

AQI

57
IQ flag

Baghdad

Iraq

72

AQI

58
BR flag

Belo Horizonte

Brazil

71

AQI

59
NG flag

Ibadan

Nigeria

69

AQI

60
KP flag

Pyongyang

North Korea

68

AQI

61
IT flag

Milan

Italy

68

AQI

62
SG flag

Singapore

Singapore

67

AQI

63
RW flag

Kigali

Rwanda

66

AQI

64
RU flag

Saint Petersburg

Russia

66

AQI

65
CG flag

Brazzaville

Republic of the Congo

66

AQI

66
ZA flag

Pretoria

South Africa

65

AQI

67
TW flag

Taipei

Taiwan

65

AQI

68
VN flag

Ho Chi Minh City

Vietnam

65

AQI

69
TW flag

New Taipei City

Taiwan

65

AQI

70
MM flag

Yangon

Myanmar

63

AQI

71
BY flag

Minsk

Belarus

63

AQI

72
SN flag

Dakar

Senegal

61

AQI

73
JP flag

Osaka

Japan

61

AQI

74
BR flag

Rio de Janeiro

Brazil

61

AQI

75
CZ flag

Prague

Czechia

59

AQI

76
BG flag

Sofia

Bulgaria

58

AQI

77
ET flag

Addis Ababa

Ethiopia

58

AQI

78
KE flag

Kakamega

Kenya

58

AQI

79
FR flag

Paris

France

57

AQI

80
RS flag

Belgrade

Serbia

57

AQI

81
AF flag

Kabul

Afghanistan

57

AQI

82
PH flag

Budta

Philippines

56

AQI

83
ML flag

Bamako

Mali

56

AQI

84
GH flag

Kumasi

Ghana

55

AQI

85
GN flag

Camayenne

Guinea

55

AQI

86
GN flag

Conakry

Guinea

55

AQI

87
IQ flag

Mosul

Iraq

55

AQI

88
UA flag

Kyiv

Ukraine

54

AQI

89
TD flag

N'Djamena

Chad

54

AQI

90
UG flag

Kampala

Uganda

54

AQI

91
UA flag

Kharkiv

Ukraine

53

AQI

92
PE flag

Lima

Peru

52

AQI

93
KE flag

Mombasa

Kenya

52

AQI

94
PE flag

Callao

Peru

52

AQI

95
TR flag

Bursa

Turkey

51

AQI

96
SD flag

Khartoum

Sudan

50

AQI

97
SD flag

Omdurman

Sudan

50

AQI

98
PH flag

Manila

Philippines

50

AQI

99
NE flag

Niamey

Niger

50

AQI

100
CM flag

Douala

Cameroon

49

AQI

101
CM flag

Yaoundé

Cameroon

49

AQI

102
AU flag

Sydney

Australia

48

AQI

103
YE flag

Sanaa

Yemen

48

AQI

104
AO flag

Luanda

Angola

47

AQI

105
KR flag

Busan

South Korea

47

AQI

106
GB flag

London

United Kingdom

46

AQI

107
KH flag

Phnom Penh

Cambodia

46

AQI

108
DE flag

Munich

Germany

46

AQI

109
LR flag

Monrovia

Liberia

45

AQI

110
KE flag

Nairobi

Kenya

45

AQI

111
EC flag

Quito

Ecuador

45

AQI

112
CA flag

Toronto

Canada

44

AQI

113
PY flag

Asunción

Paraguay

43

AQI

114
CI flag

Abobo

Ivory Coast

43

AQI

115
DE flag

Berlin

Germany

42

AQI

116
AT flag

Vienna

Austria

41

AQI

117
EC flag

Guayaquil

Ecuador

41

AQI

118
TZ flag

Dar es Salaam

Tanzania

40

AQI

119
DE flag

Hamburg

Germany

39

AQI

120
NZ flag

Auckland

New Zealand

39

AQI

121
GH flag

Accra

Ghana

39

AQI

122
US flag

Phoenix

United States

38

AQI

123
MA flag

Rabat

Morocco

37

AQI

124
CI flag

Abidjan

Ivory Coast

37

AQI

125
MA flag

Casablanca

Morocco

36

AQI

126
IT flag

Rome

Italy

36

AQI

127
MA flag

Fes

Morocco

36

AQI

128
ZA flag

Cape Town

South Africa

36

AQI

129
AR flag

Córdoba

Argentina

36

AQI

130
VE flag

Maracaibo

Venezuela

35

AQI

131
IQ flag

Erbil

Iraq

35

AQI

132
DZ flag

Algiers

Algeria

34

AQI

133
CO flag

Medellín

Colombia

34

AQI

134
IN flag

Bengaluru

India

34

AQI

135
DO flag

Santo Domingo

Dominican Republic

33

AQI

136
PH flag

Davao

Philippines

33

AQI

137
DO flag

Santiago de los Caballeros

Dominican Republic

31

AQI

138
RU flag

Novosibirsk

Russia

31

AQI

139
VE flag

Maracay

Venezuela

29

AQI

140
ES flag

Barcelona

Spain

29

AQI

141
CO flag

Cali

Colombia

28

AQI

142
HU flag

Budapest

Hungary

27

AQI

143
VE flag

Caracas

Venezuela

27

AQI

144
AU flag

Brisbane

Australia

26

AQI

145
UY flag

Montevideo

Uruguay

25

AQI

146
SE flag

Stockholm

Sweden

25

AQI

147
ES flag

Madrid

Spain

24

AQI

148
AU flag

Melbourne

Australia

23

AQI

149
AR flag

Buenos Aires

Argentina

23

AQI

150
DK flag

Copenhagen

Denmark

21

AQI

Understanding Air Quality Index

0-50

Good

Air quality is satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk.

51-100

Moderate

Air quality is acceptable. However, there may be a risk for some people.

101-150

Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups

Members of sensitive groups may experience health effects.

151-200

Unhealthy

Everyone may begin to experience health effects.

201-300

Very Unhealthy

Health alert: everyone may experience more serious health effects.

301+

Hazardous

Health warnings of emergency conditions. The entire population is likely to be affected.

The Air Quality Index (AQI) is a scale from 0 to 500 that measures air pollution levels. Poor air quality can cause respiratory issues, cardiovascular problems, and other health concerns. Rankings are updated hourly to help you stay informed.

Source: US EPA Air Quality Index

Last updated: about 1 hour ago