Most Polluted Cities

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

Johannesburg

South Africa

187

AQI

2
ID flag

Bekasi

Indonesia

178

AQI

3
ID flag

Jakarta

Indonesia

178

AQI

4
ZA flag

Pretoria

South Africa

165

AQI

5
IN flag

Delhi

India

161

AQI

6
CL flag

Santiago

Chile

159

AQI

7
AE flag

Dubai

United Arab Emirates

158

AQI

8
CN flag

Beijing

China

156

AQI

9
PK flag

Lahore

Pakistan

155

AQI

10
AE flag

Abu Dhabi

United Arab Emirates

153

AQI

11
AE flag

Sharjah

United Arab Emirates

151

AQI

12
HK flag

Hong Kong

Hong Kong

147

AQI

13
US flag

New York City

United States

133

AQI

14
MX flag

Mexico City

Mexico

133

AQI

15
CA flag

Toronto

Canada

124

AQI

16
PK flag

Peshawar

Pakistan

114

AQI

17
TW flag

New Taipei City

Taiwan

109

AQI

18
TW flag

Taipei

Taiwan

109

AQI

19
IR flag

Isfahan

Iran

109

AQI

20
NG flag

Kano

Nigeria

105

AQI

21
HT flag

Port-au-Prince

Haiti

105

AQI

22
CG flag

Brazzaville

Republic of the Congo

101

AQI

23
CN flag

Guangzhou

China

101

AQI

24
NP flag

Kathmandu

Nepal

100

AQI

25
AR flag

Buenos Aires

Argentina

100

AQI

26
VN flag

Hanoi

Vietnam

99

AQI

27
VN flag

Ho Chi Minh City

Vietnam

99

AQI

28
BR flag

São Paulo

Brazil

94

AQI

29
ID flag

Surabaya

Indonesia

94

AQI

30
KE flag

Nairobi

Kenya

93

AQI

31
MX flag

Iztapalapa

Mexico

92

AQI

32
IR flag

Tehran

Iran

91

AQI

33
RW flag

Kigali

Rwanda

87

AQI

34
IQ flag

Baghdad

Iraq

84

AQI

35
BR flag

Rio de Janeiro

Brazil

83

AQI

36
PK flag

Karachi

Pakistan

82

AQI

37
IT flag

Milan

Italy

79

AQI

38
UG flag

Kampala

Uganda

78

AQI

39
KE flag

Kakamega

Kenya

78

AQI

40
IN flag

Mumbai

India

77

AQI

41
US flag

Phoenix

United States

77

AQI

42
IQ flag

Erbil

Iraq

76

AQI

43
RU flag

Moscow

Russia

75

AQI

44
MX flag

Puebla

Mexico

75

AQI

45
PH flag

Budta

Philippines

74

AQI

46
MY flag

Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia

73

AQI

47
LB flag

Beirut

Lebanon

71

AQI

48
DO flag

Santo Domingo

Dominican Republic

71

AQI

49
EG flag

Giza

Egypt

70

AQI

50
EG flag

Cairo

Egypt

70

AQI

51
IT flag

Rome

Italy

70

AQI

52
UY flag

Montevideo

Uruguay

67

AQI

53
VE flag

Maracay

Venezuela

65

AQI

54
MM flag

Yangon

Myanmar

64

AQI

55
CO flag

Medellín

Colombia

64

AQI

56
UA flag

Kharkiv

Ukraine

63

AQI

57
NG flag

Abuja

Nigeria

63

AQI

58
AO flag

Luanda

Angola

62

AQI

59
NG flag

Ibadan

Nigeria

62

AQI

60
MM flag

Mandalay

Myanmar

62

AQI

61
BD flag

Dhaka

Bangladesh

62

AQI

62
SG flag

Singapore

Singapore

61

AQI

63
AZ flag

Baku

Azerbaijan

61

AQI

64
PH flag

Manila

Philippines

61

AQI

65
YE flag

Sanaa

Yemen

60

AQI

66
BD flag

Khulna

Bangladesh

60

AQI

67
DZ flag

Algiers

Algeria

60

AQI

68
ET flag

Addis Ababa

Ethiopia

59

AQI

69
PY flag

Asunción

Paraguay

59

AQI

70
IQ flag

Mosul

Iraq

59

AQI

71
DO flag

Santiago de los Caballeros

Dominican Republic

59

AQI

72
EG flag

Alexandria

Egypt

58

AQI

73
LR flag

Monrovia

Liberia

58

AQI

74
GN flag

Conakry

Guinea

56

AQI

75
GN flag

Camayenne

Guinea

56

AQI

76
CI flag

Abidjan

Ivory Coast

55

AQI

77
CM flag

Douala

Cameroon

55

AQI

78
CO flag

Bogotá

Colombia

55

AQI

79
PH flag

Davao

Philippines

54

AQI

80
NE flag

Niamey

Niger

53

AQI

81
TW flag

Kaohsiung

Taiwan

53

AQI

82
GH flag

Accra

Ghana

53

AQI

83
ML flag

Bamako

Mali

53

AQI

84
GB flag

London

United Kingdom

53

AQI

85
AF flag

Kabul

Afghanistan

52

AQI

86
BD flag

Chattogram

Bangladesh

51

AQI

87
VE flag

Caracas

Venezuela

51

AQI

88
TR flag

Ankara

Turkey

51

AQI

89
PE flag

Callao

Peru

50

AQI

90
AR flag

Córdoba

Argentina

50

AQI

91
GH flag

Kumasi

Ghana

50

AQI

92
PE flag

Lima

Peru

50

AQI

93
IR flag

Mashhad

Iran

50

AQI

94
CI flag

Abobo

Ivory Coast

49

AQI

95
JO flag

Amman

Jordan

46

AQI

96
TD flag

N'Djamena

Chad

46

AQI

97
VE flag

Maracaibo

Venezuela

45

AQI

98
TR flag

Bursa

Turkey

44

AQI

99
TR flag

Istanbul

Turkey

44

AQI

100
JP flag

Yokohama

Japan

43

AQI

101
JP flag

Tokyo

Japan

43

AQI

102
UZ flag

Tashkent

Uzbekistan

42

AQI

103
SN flag

Dakar

Senegal

42

AQI

104
JP flag

Osaka

Japan

42

AQI

105
ES flag

Barcelona

Spain

41

AQI

106
KZ flag

Almaty

Kazakhstan

41

AQI

107
RO flag

Bucharest

Romania

40

AQI

108
ES flag

Madrid

Spain

39

AQI

109
AT flag

Vienna

Austria

39

AQI

110
RS flag

Belgrade

Serbia

38

AQI

111
CN flag

Shanghai

China

38

AQI

112
MA flag

Rabat

Morocco

38

AQI

113
RU flag

Saint Petersburg

Russia

38

AQI

114
CZ flag

Prague

Czechia

37

AQI

115
MA flag

Casablanca

Morocco

37

AQI

116
UA flag

Kyiv

Ukraine

37

AQI

117
DE flag

Munich

Germany

37

AQI

118
FR flag

Paris

France

37

AQI

119
ZA flag

Cape Town

South Africa

36

AQI

120
KZ flag

Shymkent

Kazakhstan

36

AQI

121
BG flag

Sofia

Bulgaria

36

AQI

122
EC flag

Guayaquil

Ecuador

36

AQI

123
KR flag

Busan

South Korea

36

AQI

124
RU flag

Novosibirsk

Russia

36

AQI

125
SD flag

Khartoum

Sudan

35

AQI

126
BR flag

Belo Horizonte

Brazil

35

AQI

127
HU flag

Budapest

Hungary

35

AQI

128
SD flag

Omdurman

Sudan

35

AQI

129
DE flag

Berlin

Germany

35

AQI

130
KR flag

Incheon

South Korea

34

AQI

131
KR flag

Seoul

South Korea

34

AQI

132
MA flag

Fes

Morocco

34

AQI

133
TH flag

Bangkok

Thailand

33

AQI

134
DK flag

Copenhagen

Denmark

31

AQI

135
TZ flag

Dar es Salaam

Tanzania

30

AQI

136
KE flag

Mombasa

Kenya

30

AQI

137
KH flag

Phnom Penh

Cambodia

30

AQI

138
SE flag

Stockholm

Sweden

30

AQI

139
PL flag

Warsaw

Poland

29

AQI

140
DE flag

Hamburg

Germany

28

AQI

141
NZ flag

Auckland

New Zealand

28

AQI

142
IN flag

Bengaluru

India

27

AQI

143
BY flag

Minsk

Belarus

26

AQI

144
CM flag

Yaoundé

Cameroon

24

AQI

145
KP flag

Pyongyang

North Korea

24

AQI

146
CO flag

Cali

Colombia

24

AQI

147
EC flag

Quito

Ecuador

22

AQI

148
AU flag

Melbourne

Australia

20

AQI

149
AU flag

Brisbane

Australia

20

AQI

150
AU flag

Sydney

Australia

18

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

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