Air quality by city: measured PM2.5 averages
Measured annual averages from the WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. The WHO guideline is 5 µg/m³.
| Place | PM2.5 | Level |
|---|---|---|
| 1Maui United States | 2 µg/m³ 2021 | Meets the WHO guideline |
| 2Kiruna Sweden | 2.6 µg/m³ 2022 | Meets the WHO guideline |
| 3Algarve Portugal | 2.9 µg/m³ 2024 | Meets the WHO guideline |
| 4Faro Portugal | 2.9 µg/m³ 2024 | Meets the WHO guideline |
| 5Honolulu United States | 3 µg/m³ 2021 | Meets the WHO guideline |
| 6Nassau Bahamas | 3.2 µg/m³ 2020 | Meets the WHO guideline |
| 7Prince Edward Island Canada | 4 µg/m³ 2023 | Meets the WHO guideline |
| 8Uppsala Sweden | 4 µg/m³ 2020 | Meets the WHO guideline |
| 9Tallinn Estonia | 4 µg/m³ 2022 | Meets the WHO guideline |
| 10Edinburgh United Kingdom | 4.8 µg/m³ 2021 | Meets the WHO guideline |
| 11Hobart Australia | 4.9 µg/m³ 2024 | Meets the WHO guideline |
| 12Punta Arenas Chile | 5 µg/m³ 2019 | Meets the WHO guideline |
| 13Stockholm Sweden | 5 µg/m³ 2021 | Meets the WHO guideline |
| 14Trondheim Norway | 5 µg/m³ 2021 | Meets the WHO guideline |
| 15Tampere Finland | 5 µg/m³ 2021 | Meets the WHO guideline |
| 16Reykjavik Iceland | 5 µg/m³ 2020 | Meets the WHO guideline |
| 17Vilnius Lithuania | 5 µg/m³ 2022 | Meets the WHO guideline |
| 18Gran Canaria Spain | 5 µg/m³ 2013 | Meets the WHO guideline |
| 19Madeira Portugal | 5 µg/m³ 2020 | Meets the WHO guideline |
| 20Wellington New Zealand | 5 µg/m³ 2023 | Meets the WHO guideline |
| 21Jackson Hole United States | 5 µg/m³ 2021 | Meets the WHO guideline |
| 22Anchorage United States | 5 µg/m³ 2021 | Meets the WHO guideline |
| 23Whistler Canada | 5 µg/m³ 2023 | Meets the WHO guideline |
| 24Tartu Estonia | 5.3 µg/m³ 2025 | Fairly clean |
| 25Glasgow United Kingdom | 5.3 µg/m³ 2021 | Fairly clean |
| 26Boulder United States | 5.3 µg/m³ 2022 | Fairly clean |
| 27Sunshine Coast Australia | 5.5 µg/m³ 2023 | Fairly clean |
| 28Magnetic Island Australia | 5.6 µg/m³ 2024 | Fairly clean |
| 29Gold Coast Australia | 5.6 µg/m³ 2024 | Fairly clean |
| 30Cairns Australia | 5.8 µg/m³ 2024 | Fairly clean |
| 31Portland United States | 5.8 µg/m³ 2022 | Fairly clean |
| 32Fremantle Australia | 5.9 µg/m³ 2024 | Fairly clean |
| 33Edmonton Canada | 6 µg/m³ 2020 | Fairly clean |
| 34Poreč Croatia | 6 µg/m³ 2024 | Fairly clean |
| 35Gothenburg Sweden | 6 µg/m³ 2020 | Fairly clean |
| 36Bergen Norway | 6 µg/m³ 2021 | Fairly clean |
| 37Stavanger Norway | 6 µg/m³ 2020 | Fairly clean |
| 38Helsinki Finland | 6 µg/m³ 2021 | Fairly clean |
| 39Monaco Monaco | 6 µg/m³ 2021 | Fairly clean |
| 40Adelaide Australia | 6 µg/m³ 2019 | Fairly clean |
| 41Auckland New Zealand | 6 µg/m³ 2021 | Fairly clean |
| 42Denver United States | 6 µg/m³ 2022 | Fairly clean |
| 43Vancouver Canada | 6 µg/m³ 2023 | Fairly clean |
| 44Victoria Canada | 6 µg/m³ 2023 | Fairly clean |
| 45Halifax Canada | 6 µg/m³ 2020 | Fairly clean |
| 46Scottish Highlands United Kingdom | 6.1 µg/m³ 2013 | Fairly clean |
| 47Seattle United States | 6.1 µg/m³ 2022 | Fairly clean |
| 48Launceston Australia | 6.2 µg/m³ 2024 | Fairly clean |
| 49Miami United States | 6.2 µg/m³ 2022 | Fairly clean |
| 50Miami Beach United States | 6.2 µg/m³ 2022 | Fairly clean |
| 51Okinawa Japan | 6.3 µg/m³ 2019 | Fairly clean |
| 52Washington, D.C. United States | 6.3 µg/m³ 2022 | Fairly clean |
| 53Silver Coast Portugal | 6.4 µg/m³ 2024 | Fairly clean |
| 54Tromsø Norway | 6.4 µg/m³ 2017 | Fairly clean |
| 55Boston United States | 6.4 µg/m³ 2022 | Fairly clean |
| 56Minneapolis United States | 6.4 µg/m³ 2022 | Fairly clean |
| 57Visby Sweden | 6.6 µg/m³ 2021 | Fairly clean |
| 58Asheville United States | 6.6 µg/m³ 2022 | Fairly clean |
| 59Orlando United States | 6.7 µg/m³ 2022 | Fairly clean |
| 60Zell am See Austria | 6.8 µg/m³ 2024 | Fairly clean |
| 61Groningen Netherlands | 7 µg/m³ 2020 | Fairly clean |
| 62Black Forest Germany | 7 µg/m³ 2021 | Fairly clean |
| 63Heidelberg Germany | 7 µg/m³ 2024 | Fairly clean |
| 64Freiburg Germany | 7 µg/m³ 2021 | Fairly clean |
| 65Cork Ireland | 7 µg/m³ 2021 | Fairly clean |
| 66Killarney Ireland | 7 µg/m³ 2024 | Fairly clean |
| 67Montpellier France | 7 µg/m³ 2021 | Fairly clean |
| 68Lanzarote Spain | 7 µg/m³ 2021 | Fairly clean |
| 69Perth Australia | 7 µg/m³ 2019 | Fairly clean |
| 70Toronto Canada | 7 µg/m³ 2020 | Fairly clean |
| 71Montreal Canada | 7 µg/m³ 2020 | Fairly clean |
| 72Calgary Canada | 7 µg/m³ 2020 | Fairly clean |
| 73Oxford United Kingdom | 7.1 µg/m³ 2021 | Fairly clean |
| 74Newcastle United Kingdom | 7.1 µg/m³ 2021 | Fairly clean |
| 75New York City United States | 7.1 µg/m³ 2022 | Fairly clean |
| 76Bar Montenegro | 7.2 µg/m³ 2024 | Fairly clean |
| 77Dubrovnik Croatia | 7.2 µg/m³ 2024 | Fairly clean |
| 78Philadelphia United States | 7.2 µg/m³ 2022 | Fairly clean |
| 79Tampa United States | 7.2 µg/m³ 2022 | Fairly clean |
| 80St. Petersburg United States | 7.2 µg/m³ 2022 | Fairly clean |
| 81Sendai Japan | 7.3 µg/m³ 2019 | Fairly clean |
| 82Charleston United States | 7.3 µg/m³ 2022 | Fairly clean |
| 83Belfast United Kingdom | 7.4 µg/m³ 2021 | Fairly clean |
| 84Sintra Portugal | 7.4 µg/m³ 2024 | Fairly clean |
| 85Cascais Portugal | 7.4 µg/m³ 2024 | Fairly clean |
| 86Azores Portugal | 7.4 µg/m³ 2024 | Fairly clean |
| 87Rothenburg ob der Tauber Germany | 7.5 µg/m³ 2024 | Fairly clean |
| 88Cornwall United Kingdom | 7.5 µg/m³ 2021 | Fairly clean |
| 89Rotorua New Zealand | 7.5 µg/m³ 2023 | Fairly clean |
| 90Salt Lake City United States | 7.5 µg/m³ 2022 | Fairly clean |
| 91Opatija Croatia | 7.6 µg/m³ 2021 | Fairly clean |
| 92Rijeka Croatia | 7.6 µg/m³ 2022 | Fairly clean |
| 93Cotonou Benin | 7.7 µg/m³ 2020 | Fairly clean |
| 94Nashville United States | 7.7 µg/m³ 2022 | Fairly clean |
| 95Detroit United States | 7.9 µg/m³ 2022 | Fairly clean |
| 96Charlotte United States | 7.9 µg/m³ 2022 | Fairly clean |
| 97Sapporo Japan | 7.9 µg/m³ 2022 | Fairly clean |
| 98High Tatras Slovakia | 7.9 µg/m³ 2024 | Fairly clean |
| 99Birmingham United Kingdom | 7.9 µg/m³ 2021 | Fairly clean |
| 100Benidorm Spain | 7.9 µg/m³ 2013 | Fairly clean |
| 101Melbourne Australia | 7.9 µg/m³ 2024 | Fairly clean |
| 102Phoenix United States | 7.9 µg/m³ 2022 | Fairly clean |
| 103Costa del Sol Spain | 8 µg/m³ 2021 | Fairly clean |
| 104Innsbruck Austria | 8 µg/m³ 2021 | Fairly clean |
| 105Aarhus Denmark | 8 µg/m³ 2020 | Fairly clean |
| 106Sofia Bulgaria | 8 µg/m³ 2021 | Fairly clean |
| 107Dublin Ireland | 8 µg/m³ 2021 | Fairly clean |
| 108Málaga Spain | 8 µg/m³ 2021 | Fairly clean |
| 109Las Palmas Spain | 8 µg/m³ 2021 | Fairly clean |
| 110Salamanca Spain | 8 µg/m³ 2021 | Fairly clean |
| 111Torremolinos Spain | 8 µg/m³ 2021 | Fairly clean |
| 112Porto Portugal | 8 µg/m³ 2018 | Fairly clean |
| 113Kingston Jamaica | 8 µg/m³ 2021 | Fairly clean |
| 114Brisbane Australia | 8 µg/m³ 2019 | Fairly clean |
| 115Cuenca Ecuador | 8 µg/m³ 2020 | Fairly clean |
| 116Scottsdale United States | 8 µg/m³ 2021 | Fairly clean |
| 117Niagara Falls Canada | 8 µg/m³ 2023 | Fairly clean |
| 118Quebec City Canada | 8 µg/m³ 2023 | Fairly clean |
| 119York United Kingdom | 8.1 µg/m³ 2021 | Fairly clean |
| 120Suva Fiji | 8.1 µg/m³ 2015 | Fairly clean |
| 121Pittsburgh United States | 8.1 µg/m³ 2022 | Fairly clean |
| 122New Orleans United States | 8.2 µg/m³ 2022 | Fairly clean |
| 123San Diego United States | 8.2 µg/m³ 2022 | Fairly clean |
| 124Bristol United Kingdom | 8.3 µg/m³ 2021 | Fairly clean |
| 125Leeds United Kingdom | 8.3 µg/m³ 2021 | Fairly clean |
| 126Memphis United States | 8.4 µg/m³ 2022 | Fairly clean |
| 127Cardiff United Kingdom | 8.5 µg/m³ 2021 | Fairly clean |
| 128Cádiz Spain | 8.5 µg/m³ 2024 | Fairly clean |
| 129Atlanta United States | 8.5 µg/m³ 2022 | Fairly clean |
| 130Dallas United States | 8.5 µg/m³ 2022 | Fairly clean |
| 131Liverpool United Kingdom | 8.6 µg/m³ 2019 | Fairly clean |
| 132Tangier Morocco | 8.7 µg/m³ 2024 | Fairly clean |
| 133Gozo Malta | 8.7 µg/m³ 2024 | Fairly clean |
| 134Chicago United States | 8.7 µg/m³ 2022 | Fairly clean |
| 135Limerick Ireland | 8.8 µg/m³ 2022 | Fairly clean |
| 136Manchester United Kingdom | 8.8 µg/m³ 2021 | Fairly clean |
| 137Provence France | 9 µg/m³ 2021 | Fairly clean |
| 138Munich Germany | 9 µg/m³ 2021 | Fairly clean |
| 139Leipzig Germany | 9 µg/m³ 2021 | Fairly clean |
| 140Stuttgart Germany | 9 µg/m³ 2021 | Fairly clean |
| 141Luxembourg City Luxembourg | 9 µg/m³ 2020 | Fairly clean |
| 142Bern Switzerland | 9 µg/m³ 2021 | Fairly clean |
| 143Lausanne Switzerland | 9 µg/m³ 2021 | Fairly clean |
| 144Salzburg Austria | 9 µg/m³ 2021 | Fairly clean |
| 145Malmö Sweden | 9 µg/m³ 2020 | Fairly clean |
| 146Oslo Norway | 9 µg/m³ 2021 | Fairly clean |
| 147Aix-en-Provence France | 9 µg/m³ 2021 | Fairly clean |
| 148Tenerife Spain | 9 µg/m³ 2021 | Fairly clean |
| 149Santiago de Compostela Spain | 9 µg/m³ 2021 | Fairly clean |
| 150Lisbon Portugal | 9 µg/m³ 2020 | Fairly clean |
| 151Cinque Terre Italy | 9 µg/m³ 2021 | Fairly clean |
| 152Darwin Australia | 9 µg/m³ 2019 | Fairly clean |
| 153Taupo New Zealand | 9 µg/m³ 2023 | Fairly clean |
| 154Austin United States | 9 µg/m³ 2021 | Fairly clean |
| 155San Antonio United States | 9 µg/m³ 2022 | Fairly clean |
| 156Ottawa Canada | 9 µg/m³ 2023 | Fairly clean |
| 157Osaka Japan | 9.4 µg/m³ 2022 | Fairly clean |
| 158Nagoya Japan | 9.4 µg/m³ 2022 | Fairly clean |
| 159Klaipėda Lithuania | 9.5 µg/m³ 2024 | Fairly clean |
| 160Split Croatia | 9.6 µg/m³ 2023 | Fairly clean |
| 161Bath United Kingdom | 9.7 µg/m³ 2020 | Fairly clean |
| 162Las Vegas United States | 9.7 µg/m³ 2022 | Fairly clean |
| 163Toledo Spain | 9.8 µg/m³ 2024 | Fairly clean |
| 164Trogir Croatia | 9.9 µg/m³ 2024 | Fairly clean |
| 165Kelowna Canada | 10 µg/m³ 2023 | Fairly clean |
| 166Vlorë Albania | 10 µg/m³ 2019 | Fairly clean |
| 167Oradea Romania | 10 µg/m³ 2021 | Fairly clean |
| 168Calabria Italy | 10 µg/m³ 2021 | Fairly clean |
| 169Costa Blanca Spain | 10 µg/m³ 2013 | Fairly clean |
| 170French Riviera France | 10 µg/m³ 2021 | Fairly clean |
| 171Normandy France | 10 µg/m³ 2021 | Fairly clean |
| 172Brittany France | 10 µg/m³ 2021 | Fairly clean |
| 173Kep Cambodia | 10 µg/m³ 2021 | Fairly clean |
| 174Hamburg Germany | 10 µg/m³ 2021 | Fairly clean |
| 175Frankfurt Germany | 10 µg/m³ 2021 | Fairly clean |
| 176Cologne Germany | 10 µg/m³ 2021 | Fairly clean |
| 177Düsseldorf Germany | 10 µg/m³ 2021 | Fairly clean |
| 178Bremen Germany | 10 µg/m³ 2021 | Fairly clean |
| 179Bruges Belgium | 10 µg/m³ 2020 | Fairly clean |
| 180Zurich Switzerland | 10 µg/m³ 2021 | Fairly clean |
| 181Geneva Switzerland | 10 µg/m³ 2021 | Fairly clean |
| 182Lucerne Switzerland | 10 µg/m³ 2021 | Fairly clean |
| 183Sibiu Romania | 10 µg/m³ 2021 | Fairly clean |
| 184Nice France | 10 µg/m³ 2021 | Fairly clean |
| 185Bordeaux France | 10 µg/m³ 2021 | Fairly clean |
| 186Annecy France | 10 µg/m³ 2021 | Fairly clean |
| 187Toulouse France | 10 µg/m³ 2021 | Fairly clean |
| 188Loire Valley France | 10 µg/m³ 2021 | Fairly clean |
| 189Avignon France | 10 µg/m³ 2021 | Fairly clean |
| 190Antibes France | 10 µg/m³ 2021 | Fairly clean |
| 191Nantes France | 10 µg/m³ 2021 | Fairly clean |
| 192Madrid Spain | 10 µg/m³ 2021 | Fairly clean |
| 193Bilbao Spain | 10 µg/m³ 2021 | Fairly clean |
| 194Alicante Spain | 10 µg/m³ 2013 | Fairly clean |
| 195Fuerteventura Spain | 10 µg/m³ 2021 | Fairly clean |
| 196Syracuse Italy | 10 µg/m³ 2021 | Fairly clean |
| 197Queenstown New Zealand | 10 µg/m³ 2023 | Fairly clean |
| 198Christchurch New Zealand | 10 µg/m³ 2012 | Fairly clean |
| 199Buenos Aires Argentina | 10.1 µg/m³ 2014 | Moderate |
| 200Lake Maggiore Italy | 10.2 µg/m³ 2024 | Moderate |
| 201Lhasa China | 10.3 µg/m³ 2024 | Moderate |
| 202Piran Slovenia | 10.3 µg/m³ 2024 | Moderate |
| 203Los Angeles United States | 10.5 µg/m³ 2022 | Moderate |
| 204Palma Spain | 10.6 µg/m³ 2010 | Moderate |
| 205Mombasa Kenya | 10.8 µg/m³ 2019 | Moderate |
| 206Tokyo Japan | 10.8 µg/m³ 2019 | Moderate |
| 207Kyoto Japan | 10.8 µg/m³ 2019 | Moderate |
| 208Asunción Paraguay | 10.8 µg/m³ 2024 | Moderate |
| 209Golden Sands Bulgaria | 10.9 µg/m³ 2025 | Moderate |
| 210Yokohama Japan | 10.9 µg/m³ 2019 | Moderate |
| 211Kamakura Japan | 10.9 µg/m³ 2019 | Moderate |
| 212Varna Bulgaria | 10.9 µg/m³ 2025 | Moderate |
| 213Maribor Slovenia | 11 µg/m³ 2020 | Moderate |
| 214Umbria Italy | 11 µg/m³ 2021 | Moderate |
| 215Rabat Morocco | 11 µg/m³ 2024 | Moderate |
| 216Hiroshima Japan | 11 µg/m³ 2010 | Moderate |
| 217Kobe Japan | 11 µg/m³ 2010 | Moderate |
| 218Shangri-La China | 11 µg/m³ 2019 | Moderate |
| 219Dresden Germany | 11 µg/m³ 2021 | Moderate |
| 220Ghent Belgium | 11 µg/m³ 2020 | Moderate |
| 221Antwerp Belgium | 11 µg/m³ 2020 | Moderate |
| 222Leuven Belgium | 11 µg/m³ 2021 | Moderate |
| 223Basel Switzerland | 11 µg/m³ 2021 | Moderate |
| 224Lugano Switzerland | 11 µg/m³ 2021 | Moderate |
| 225Vienna Austria | 11 µg/m³ 2021 | Moderate |
| 226London United Kingdom | 11 µg/m³ 2019 | Moderate |
| 227Lyon France | 11 µg/m³ 2021 | Moderate |
| 228Marseille France | 11 µg/m³ 2021 | Moderate |
| 229Strasbourg France | 11 µg/m³ 2021 | Moderate |
| 230Seville Spain | 11 µg/m³ 2021 | Moderate |
| 231Valencia Spain | 11 µg/m³ 2021 | Moderate |
| 232Genoa Italy | 11 µg/m³ 2021 | Moderate |
| 233Crete Greece | 11 µg/m³ 2025 | Moderate |
| 234Guanajuato Mexico | 11 µg/m³ 2018 | Moderate |
| 235Sydney Australia | 11 µg/m³ 2019 | Moderate |
| 236Newcastle Australia | 11 µg/m³ 2019 | Moderate |
| 237Rio de Janeiro Brazil | 11 µg/m³ 2015 | Moderate |
| 238Jardín Colombia | 11.1 µg/m³ 2021 | Moderate |
| 239Houston United States | 11.1 µg/m³ 2022 | Moderate |
| 240Maspalomas Spain | 11.3 µg/m³ 2024 | Moderate |
| 241Sanya China | 11.4 µg/m³ 2024 | Moderate |
| 242Chania Greece | 11.4 µg/m³ 2025 | Moderate |
| 243Kyiv Ukraine | 11.6 µg/m³ 2024 | Moderate |
| 244Valletta Malta | 11.6 µg/m³ 2024 | Moderate |
| 245St. Julian's Malta | 11.6 µg/m³ 2024 | Moderate |
| 246Sliema Malta | 11.6 µg/m³ 2024 | Moderate |
| 247Brighton United Kingdom | 11.8 µg/m³ 2021 | Moderate |
| 248Jimbaran Indonesia | 11.9 µg/m³ 2021 | Moderate |
| 249Bali Indonesia | 11.9 µg/m³ 2021 | Moderate |
| 250Ubud Indonesia | 11.9 µg/m³ 2021 | Moderate |
| 251Canggu Indonesia | 11.9 µg/m³ 2021 | Moderate |
| 252Seminyak Indonesia | 11.9 µg/m³ 2021 | Moderate |
| 253Kuta Indonesia | 11.9 µg/m³ 2021 | Moderate |
| 254Nusa Dua Indonesia | 11.9 µg/m³ 2021 | Moderate |
| 255Sanur Indonesia | 11.9 µg/m³ 2021 | Moderate |
| 256Tuscany Italy | 12 µg/m³ 2021 | Moderate |
| 257Singapore Singapore | 12 µg/m³ 2021 | Moderate |
| 258Nuremberg Germany | 12 µg/m³ 2021 | Moderate |
| 259Copenhagen Denmark | 12 µg/m³ 2015 | Moderate |
| 260Cluj-Napoca Romania | 12 µg/m³ 2021 | Moderate |
| 261Constanța Romania | 12 µg/m³ 2021 | Moderate |
| 262Barcelona Spain | 12 µg/m³ 2021 | Moderate |
| 263Córdoba Spain | 12 µg/m³ 2021 | Moderate |
| 264Rome Italy | 12 µg/m³ 2021 | Moderate |
| 265Florence Italy | 12 µg/m³ 2021 | Moderate |
| 266Puglia Italy | 12 µg/m³ 2021 | Moderate |
| 267Bari Italy | 12 µg/m³ 2021 | Moderate |
| 268Gibraltar Gibraltar | 12 µg/m³ 2019 | Moderate |
| 269San Miguel de Allende Mexico | 12 µg/m³ 2018 | Moderate |
| 270Montevideo Uruguay | 12 µg/m³ 2018 | Moderate |
| 271Manado Indonesia | 12.1 µg/m³ 2021 | Moderate |
| 272Fes Morocco | 12.4 µg/m³ 2024 | Moderate |
| 273San Jose United States | 12.5 µg/m³ 2022 | Moderate |
| 274Durrës Albania | 12.6 µg/m³ 2024 | Moderate |
| 275Marbella Spain | 12.6 µg/m³ 2020 | Moderate |
| 276San Juan Puerto Rico | 12.6 µg/m³ 2018 | Moderate |
| 277Fukuoka Japan | 12.7 µg/m³ 2019 | Moderate |
| 278Gdansk Poland | 12.7 µg/m³ 2024 | Moderate |
| 279Amalfi Coast Italy | 12.8 µg/m³ 2024 | Moderate |
| 280Abruzzo Italy | 13 µg/m³ 2021 | Moderate |
| 281Udon Thani Thailand | 13 µg/m³ 2021 | Moderate |
| 282Kampot Cambodia | 13 µg/m³ 2021 | Moderate |
| 283Berlin Germany | 13 µg/m³ 2021 | Moderate |
| 284Utrecht Netherlands | 13 µg/m³ 2013 | Moderate |
| 285Bratislava Slovakia | 13 µg/m³ 2021 | Moderate |
| 286Mostar Bosnia and Herzegovina | 13 µg/m³ 2024 | Moderate |
| 287Paris France | 13 µg/m³ 2021 | Moderate |
| 288Lille France | 13 µg/m³ 2021 | Moderate |
| 289Granada Spain | 13 µg/m³ 2021 | Moderate |
| 290Sicily Italy | 13 µg/m³ 2021 | Moderate |
| 291Pisa Italy | 13 µg/m³ 2021 | Moderate |
| 292Palermo Italy | 13 µg/m³ 2021 | Moderate |
| 293Catania Italy | 13 µg/m³ 2021 | Moderate |
| 294Lecce Italy | 13 µg/m³ 2021 | Moderate |
| 295Larnaca Cyprus | 13 µg/m³ 2016 | Moderate |
| 296Querétaro Mexico | 13 µg/m³ 2018 | Moderate |
| 297Santa Marta Colombia | 13 µg/m³ 2018 | Moderate |
| 298Manali India | 13 µg/m³ 2021 | Moderate |
| 299Nairobi Kenya | 13.1 µg/m³ 2021 | Moderate |
| 300Sardinia Italy | 13.1 µg/m³ 2024 | Moderate |
| 301Cagliari Italy | 13.1 µg/m³ 2024 | Moderate |
| 302Meteora Greece | 13.1 µg/m³ 2025 | Moderate |
| 303Murcia Spain | 13.2 µg/m³ 2024 | Moderate |
| 304Kaunas Lithuania | 13.3 µg/m³ 2024 | Moderate |
| 305Port of Spain Trinidad and Tobago | 13.4 µg/m³ 2019 | Moderate |
| 306Lijiang China | 13.7 µg/m³ 2024 | Moderate |
| 307Valparaíso Chile | 13.7 µg/m³ 2019 | Moderate |
| 308Hue Vietnam | 13.8 µg/m³ 2020 | Moderate |
| 309Biarritz France | 13.8 µg/m³ 2010 | Moderate |
| 310Tobago Trinidad and Tobago | 13.8 µg/m³ 2022 | Moderate |
| 311Paphos Cyprus | 13.9 µg/m³ 2024 | Moderate |
| 312La Serena Chile | 14 µg/m³ 2019 | Moderate |
| 313Naoshima Japan | 14 µg/m³ 2019 | Moderate |
| 314Port Elizabeth South Africa | 14 µg/m³ 2021 | Moderate |
| 315The Hague Netherlands | 14 µg/m³ 2013 | Moderate |
| 316Riga Latvia | 14 µg/m³ 2021 | Moderate |
| 317Budapest Hungary | 14 µg/m³ 2020 | Moderate |
| 318Brașov Romania | 14 µg/m³ 2021 | Moderate |
| 319Timișoara Romania | 14 µg/m³ 2021 | Moderate |
| 320Minsk Belarus | 14 µg/m³ 2024 | Moderate |
| 321Moscow Russia | 14 µg/m³ 2016 | Moderate |
| 322Nicosia Cyprus | 14 µg/m³ 2021 | Moderate |
| 323Guatemala City Guatemala | 14 µg/m³ 2019 | Moderate |
| 324Panama City Panama | 14 µg/m³ 2013 | Moderate |
| 325Canberra Australia | 14 µg/m³ 2019 | Moderate |
| 326Viña del Mar Chile | 14 µg/m³ 2019 | Moderate |
| 327Kagoshima Japan | 14.3 µg/m³ 2019 | Moderate |
| 328Zakopane Poland | 14.3 µg/m³ 2024 | Moderate |
| 329Veliko Tarnovo Bulgaria | 14.3 µg/m³ 2024 | Moderate |
| 330Agadir Morocco | 14.6 µg/m³ 2024 | Moderate |
| 331Mérida Mexico | 14.6 µg/m³ 2015 | Moderate |
| 332Iași Romania | 14.7 µg/m³ 2024 | Moderate |
| 333Lake Como Italy | 14.8 µg/m³ 2024 | Moderate |
| 334Rimini Italy | 15 µg/m³ 2021 | Moderate |
| 335Kota Kinabalu Malaysia | 15 µg/m³ 2012 | Moderate |
| 336Amsterdam Netherlands | 15 µg/m³ 2013 | Moderate |
| 337Rotterdam Netherlands | 15 µg/m³ 2013 | Moderate |
| 338Graz Austria | 15 µg/m³ 2021 | Moderate |
| 339Torun Poland | 15 µg/m³ 2020 | Moderate |
| 340Pécs Hungary | 15 µg/m³ 2020 | Moderate |
| 341Bucharest Romania | 15 µg/m³ 2021 | Moderate |
| 342Naples Italy | 15 µg/m³ 2021 | Moderate |
| 343Bologna Italy | 15 µg/m³ 2021 | Moderate |
| 344Cuernavaca Mexico | 15.3 µg/m³ 2022 | Polluted |
| 345Montego Bay Jamaica | 15.3 µg/m³ 2021 | Polluted |
| 346Lublin Poland | 15.5 µg/m³ 2024 | Polluted |
| 347Poznan Poland | 15.8 µg/m³ 2024 | Polluted |
| 348Can Tho Vietnam | 16 µg/m³ 2020 | Polluted |
| 349Warsaw Poland | 16 µg/m³ 2020 | Polluted |
| 350Wroclaw Poland | 16 µg/m³ 2020 | Polluted |
| 351Brno Czech Republic | 16 µg/m³ 2021 | Polluted |
| 352Ljubljana Slovenia | 16 µg/m³ 2020 | Polluted |
| 353Zagreb Croatia | 16 µg/m³ 2020 | Polluted |
| 354Limassol Cyprus | 16 µg/m³ 2024 | Polluted |
| 355Bogotá Colombia | 16 µg/m³ 2021 | Polluted |
| 356Haifa Israel | 16 µg/m³ 2021 | Polluted |
| 357Morelia Mexico | 16.4 µg/m³ 2020 | Polluted |
| 358Tirana Albania | 16.6 µg/m³ 2013 | Polluted |
| 359Durban South Africa | 17 µg/m³ 2021 | Polluted |
| 360Phuket Thailand | 17 µg/m³ 2021 | Polluted |
| 361Patong Thailand | 17 µg/m³ 2021 | Polluted |
| 362Kanchanaburi Thailand | 17 µg/m³ 2021 | Polluted |
| 363Hat Yai Thailand | 17 µg/m³ 2021 | Polluted |
| 364Kata Beach Thailand | 17 µg/m³ 2021 | Polluted |
| 365Rawai Thailand | 17 µg/m³ 2021 | Polluted |
| 366Eindhoven Netherlands | 17 µg/m³ 2010 | Polluted |
| 367Lodz Poland | 17 µg/m³ 2020 | Polluted |
| 368Plovdiv Bulgaria | 17 µg/m³ 2021 | Polluted |
| 369São Paulo Brazil | 17 µg/m³ 2019 | Polluted |
| 370Barranquilla Colombia | 17 µg/m³ 2018 | Polluted |
| 371Jerusalem Israel | 17 µg/m³ 2021 | Polluted |
| 372Shenzhen China | 17.3 µg/m³ 2024 | Polluted |
| 373Dali China | 17.6 µg/m³ 2019 | Polluted |
| 374Antalya Turkey | 17.9 µg/m³ 2023 | Polluted |
| 375Prague Czech Republic | 18 µg/m³ 2013 | Polluted |
| 376Košice Slovakia | 18 µg/m³ 2021 | Polluted |
| 377Quito Ecuador | 18 µg/m³ 2013 | Polluted |
| 378Lake Garda Italy | 18.4 µg/m³ 2024 | Polluted |
| 379Xiamen China | 18.8 µg/m³ 2024 | Polluted |
| 380Ohrid North Macedonia | 18.8 µg/m³ 2025 | Polluted |
| 381Phnom Penh Cambodia | 19 µg/m³ 2021 | Polluted |
| 382Sihanoukville Cambodia | 19 µg/m³ 2021 | Polluted |
| 383Bergamo Italy | 19 µg/m³ 2021 | Polluted |
| 384Puebla Mexico | 19 µg/m³ 2018 | Polluted |
| 385Beirut Lebanon | 19 µg/m³ 2016 | Polluted |
| 386Jeju South Korea | 19.1 µg/m³ 2019 | Polluted |
| 387Seogwipo South Korea | 19.1 µg/m³ 2019 | Polluted |
| 388Kunming China | 19.6 µg/m³ 2024 | Polluted |
| 389Casablanca Morocco | 19.8 µg/m³ 2024 | Polluted |
| 390Cannes France | 19.9 µg/m³ 2010 | Polluted |
| 391Tabriz Iran | 20 µg/m³ 2020 | Polluted |
| 392Brussels Belgium | 20 µg/m³ 2010 | Polluted |
| 393Milan Italy | 20 µg/m³ 2021 | Polluted |
| 394Verona Italy | 20 µg/m³ 2021 | Polluted |
| 395Turin Italy | 20 µg/m³ 2021 | Polluted |
| 396Thessaloniki Greece | 20 µg/m³ 2021 | Polluted |
| 397Tijuana Mexico | 20 µg/m³ 2018 | Polluted |
| 398Medellín Colombia | 20 µg/m³ 2020 | Polluted |
| 399Pondicherry India | 20 µg/m³ 2021 | Polluted |
| 400Mysore India | 20 µg/m³ 2021 | Polluted |
| 401Almaty Kazakhstan | 20 µg/m³ 2024 | Polluted |
| 402Tbilisi Georgia | 20 µg/m³ 2017 | Polluted |
| 403Addis Ababa Ethiopia | 20.5 µg/m³ 2019 | Polluted |
| 404Cartagena Colombia | 20.6 µg/m³ 2016 | Polluted |
| 405Villa de Leyva Colombia | 20.6 µg/m³ 2019 | Polluted |
| 406Huangshan China | 20.7 µg/m³ 2024 | Polluted |
| 407Ajman United Arab Emirates | 21 µg/m³ 2021 | Polluted |
| 408Penang Malaysia | 21 µg/m³ 2019 | Polluted |
| 409Busan South Korea | 21 µg/m³ 2019 | Polluted |
| 410Guangzhou China | 21.1 µg/m³ 2024 | Polluted |
| 411Belgrade Serbia | 21.3 µg/m³ 2024 | Polluted |
| 412Algiers Algeria | 21.5 µg/m³ 2019 | Polluted |
| 413Katowice Poland | 22 µg/m³ 2020 | Polluted |
| 414Makati Philippines | 22 µg/m³ 2016 | Polluted |
| 415Krakow Poland | 22 µg/m³ 2020 | Polluted |
| 416Venice Italy | 22 µg/m³ 2021 | Polluted |
| 417Mexico City Mexico | 22 µg/m³ 2016 | Polluted |
| 418Oaxaca Mexico | 22 µg/m³ 2018 | Polluted |
| 419Dharamshala India | 22 µg/m³ 2021 | Polluted |
| 420Shimla India | 22 µg/m³ 2021 | Polluted |
| 421Bishkek Kyrgyzstan | 22 µg/m³ 2024 | Polluted |
| 422Ashgabat Turkmenistan | 22.1 µg/m³ 2019 | Polluted |
| 423Lima Peru | 22.2 µg/m³ 2024 | Polluted |
| 424Johannesburg South Africa | 22.7 µg/m³ 2018 | Polluted |
| 425Incheon South Korea | 22.7 µg/m³ 2019 | Polluted |
| 426Daegu South Korea | 22.9 µg/m³ 2019 | Polluted |
| 427Skopje North Macedonia | 22.9 µg/m³ 2025 | Polluted |
| 428BGC Philippines | 23 µg/m³ 2016 | Polluted |
| 429Bangkok Thailand | 23 µg/m³ 2021 | Polluted |
| 430Monterrey Mexico | 23 µg/m³ 2018 | Polluted |
| 431Cali Colombia | 23 µg/m³ 2018 | Polluted |
| 432Bhaktapur Nepal | 23 µg/m³ 2019 | Polluted |
| 433Tel Aviv Israel | 23 µg/m³ 2019 | Polluted |
| 434San Salvador El Salvador | 23.3 µg/m³ 2024 | Polluted |
| 435Colombo Sri Lanka | 23.6 µg/m³ 2019 | Polluted |
| 436Trabzon Turkey | 24 µg/m³ 2020 | Polluted |
| 437Izmir Turkey | 24.2 µg/m³ 2023 | Polluted |
| 438Yellowknife Canada | 25 µg/m³ 2023 | Polluted |
| 439Madurai India | 25 µg/m³ 2021 | Polluted |
| 440Malacca Malaysia | 25 µg/m³ 2019 | Polluted |
| 441Guadalajara Mexico | 25 µg/m³ 2018 | Polluted |
| 442Santiago Chile | 25 µg/m³ 2019 | Polluted |
| 443Shiraz Iran | 25 µg/m³ 2020 | Polluted |
| 444Ankara Turkey | 25.3 µg/m³ 2025 | Very polluted |
| 445Seoul South Korea | 25.4 µg/m³ 2019 | Very polluted |
| 446Vientiane Laos | 25.8 µg/m³ 2019 | Very polluted |
| 447Jeonju South Korea | 26 µg/m³ 2019 | Very polluted |
| 448Goa India | 26 µg/m³ 2021 | Very polluted |
| 449Chennai India | 26 µg/m³ 2021 | Very polluted |
| 450Chiang Mai Thailand | 26.5 µg/m³ 2021 | Very polluted |
| 451Qingdao China | 26.7 µg/m³ 2024 | Very polluted |
| 452Guilin China | 26.9 µg/m³ 2024 | Very polluted |
| 453Lagos Nigeria | 27 µg/m³ 2010 | Very polluted |
| 454Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam | 27 µg/m³ 2019 | Very polluted |
| 455Puerto Varas Chile | 27 µg/m³ 2016 | Very polluted |
| 456Yangon Myanmar | 28 µg/m³ 2021 | Very polluted |
| 457Darjeeling India | 28 µg/m³ 2020 | Very polluted |
| 458Kuala Lumpur Malaysia | 28.3 µg/m³ 2019 | Very polluted |
| 459Shanghai China | 28.4 µg/m³ 2024 | Very polluted |
| 460Nanjing China | 28.5 µg/m³ 2024 | Very polluted |
| 461Manila Philippines | 29 µg/m³ 2016 | Very polluted |
| 462San José Costa Rica | 29 µg/m³ 2020 | Very polluted |
| 463Amman Jordan | 29 µg/m³ 2021 | Very polluted |
| 464Yazd Iran | 29 µg/m³ 2020 | Very polluted |
| 465Mashhad Iran | 29 µg/m³ 2020 | Very polluted |
| 466Fujairah United Arab Emirates | 29.2 µg/m³ 2024 | Very polluted |
| 467Sharjah United Arab Emirates | 29.4 µg/m³ 2024 | Very polluted |
| 468Zhangjiajie China | 29.6 µg/m³ 2024 | Very polluted |
| 469Isfahan Iran | 29.9 µg/m³ 2016 | Very polluted |
| 470Khon Kaen Thailand | 30 µg/m³ 2021 | Very polluted |
| 471Kochi India | 30 µg/m³ 2021 | Very polluted |
| 472Belo Horizonte Brazil | 30.1 µg/m³ 2024 | Very polluted |
| 473Hangzhou China | 30.2 µg/m³ 2024 | Very polluted |
| 474Zlatibor Serbia | 30.5 µg/m³ 2024 | Very polluted |
| 475Beijing China | 31 µg/m³ 2024 | Very polluted |
| 476Bangalore India | 31 µg/m³ 2021 | Very polluted |
| 477Tehran Iran | 31 µg/m³ 2020 | Very polluted |
| 478Antananarivo Madagascar | 32 µg/m³ 2020 | Very polluted |
| 479Chiang Rai Thailand | 32 µg/m³ 2021 | Very polluted |
| 480Chengdu China | 32 µg/m³ 2024 | Very polluted |
| 481Banja Luka Bosnia and Herzegovina | 32.3 µg/m³ 2024 | Very polluted |
| 482Islamabad Pakistan | 32.3 µg/m³ 2020 | Very polluted |
| 483Bandung Indonesia | 33 µg/m³ 2014 | Very polluted |
| 484Chongqing China | 33.2 µg/m³ 2024 | Very polluted |
| 485Suzhou China | 33.2 µg/m³ 2024 | Very polluted |
| 486Jakarta Indonesia | 33.8 µg/m³ 2021 | Very polluted |
| 487Kovalam India | 35 µg/m³ 2016 | Very polluted |
| 488Battambang Cambodia | 35 µg/m³ 2021 | Very polluted |
| 489Havana Cuba | 35 µg/m³ 2015 | Very polluted |
| 490Wuhan China | 35.8 µg/m³ 2024 | Severely polluted |
| 491Pokhara Nepal | 36.1 µg/m³ 2020 | Severely polluted |
| 492Patan Nepal | 37 µg/m³ 2020 | Severely polluted |
| 493Siem Reap Cambodia | 37 µg/m³ 2021 | Severely polluted |
| 494Kathmandu Nepal | 37 µg/m³ 2020 | Severely polluted |
| 495Marrakech Morocco | 38 µg/m³ 2024 | Severely polluted |
| 496Doha Qatar | 38 µg/m³ 2021 | Severely polluted |
| 497Tianjin China | 38.4 µg/m³ 2024 | Severely polluted |
| 498Mecca Saudi Arabia | 38.4 µg/m³ 2022 | Severely polluted |
| 499Hyderabad India | 39 µg/m³ 2021 | Severely polluted |
| 500Changsha China | 39.2 µg/m³ 2024 | Severely polluted |
| 501Harbin China | 40.3 µg/m³ 2024 | Severely polluted |
| 502Riyadh Saudi Arabia | 41.6 µg/m³ 2022 | Severely polluted |
| 503Dakar Senegal | 42 µg/m³ 2018 | Severely polluted |
| 504Tashkent Uzbekistan | 42 µg/m³ 2019 | Severely polluted |
| 505Gaziantep Turkey | 43.1 µg/m³ 2023 | Severely polluted |
| 506Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates | 43.7 µg/m³ 2022 | Severely polluted |
| 507Xi'an China | 44 µg/m³ 2024 | Severely polluted |
| 508Karachi Pakistan | 44.3 µg/m³ 2019 | Severely polluted |
| 509Medina Saudi Arabia | 44.5 µg/m³ 2022 | Severely polluted |
| 510Pushkar India | 45 µg/m³ 2021 | Severely polluted |
| 511Pune India | 45 µg/m³ 2021 | Severely polluted |
| 512Ahmedabad India | 46 µg/m³ 2021 | Severely polluted |
| 513Kuwait City Kuwait | 47 µg/m³ 2019 | Severely polluted |
| 514Pereira Colombia | 47.7 µg/m³ 2021 | Severely polluted |
| 515Hanoi Vietnam | 47.9 µg/m³ 2016 | Severely polluted |
| 516Kolkata India | 48 µg/m³ 2021 | Severely polluted |
| 517Dammam Saudi Arabia | 48.2 µg/m³ 2022 | Severely polluted |
| 518Baghdad Iraq | 48.5 µg/m³ 2021 | Severely polluted |
| 519Manama Bahrain | 49 µg/m³ 2019 | Severely polluted |
| 520Mumbai India | 49.5 µg/m³ 2021 | Severely polluted |
| 521Istanbul Turkey | 50.5 µg/m³ 2025 | Severely polluted |
| 522Dubai United Arab Emirates | 50.8 µg/m³ 2022 | Severely polluted |
| 523Amritsar India | 51 µg/m³ 2021 | Severely polluted |
| 524Bodh Gaya India | 52 µg/m³ 2021 | Severely polluted |
| 525Udaipur India | 55 µg/m³ 2021 | Severely polluted |
| 526Santo Domingo Dominican Republic | 56 µg/m³ 2021 | Severely polluted |
| 527Jaipur India | 58 µg/m³ 2021 | Severely polluted |
| 528Ulaanbaatar Mongolia | 60 µg/m³ 2019 | Severely polluted |
| 529Varanasi India | 60 µg/m³ 2021 | Severely polluted |
| 530Astana Kazakhstan | 60 µg/m³ 2024 | Severely polluted |
| 531Kampala Uganda | 60.1 µg/m³ 2019 | Severely polluted |
| 532Sosúa Dominican Republic | 66 µg/m³ 2021 | Severely polluted |
| 533Puerto Plata Dominican Republic | 66 µg/m³ 2021 | Severely polluted |
| 534Dushanbe Tajikistan | 71.5 µg/m³ 2019 | Severely polluted |
| 535Jodhpur India | 75 µg/m³ 2021 | Severely polluted |
| 536Agra India | 85 µg/m³ 2021 | Severely polluted |
| 537Dhaka Bangladesh | 86 µg/m³ 2019 | Severely polluted |
| 538Kashgar China | 90.2 µg/m³ 2019 | Severely polluted |
| 539Delhi India | 107 µg/m³ 2021 | Severely polluted |
| 540Srinagar India | 113 µg/m³ 2016 | Severely polluted |
| 541Kabul Afghanistan | 119.8 µg/m³ 2019 | Severely polluted |
| 542Gurgaon India | 120 µg/m³ 2016 | Severely polluted |
| 543Lahore Pakistan | 124 µg/m³ 2019 | Severely polluted |
| 544Aswan Egypt | 313 µg/m³ 2016 | Severely polluted |