All 2,894 cities by PM2.5, last 7 days

Every city with enough measurements in this window, worst first.

CPCB in India: no readings since 12 Oct (488 monitors). EEA and Catalonia Medi Ambient I Sostenibilitat in Spain: no readings since 13 Oct (336 monitors). Their cities show older figures or are missing from this board, not clean.

Hide the 288 cities with only 1–2 sensors

These cities have only one or two low-cost sensors, and one cheap unit can read well off, so they take no rank. They sit at their place by value, marked –, and every ranked city keeps its number.

not rankedManausAmazonas, Brazil 181 US AQI
1Kuala LumpurKuala Lumpur, Malaysia 177 US AQI
2SingaporeSingapore 176 US AQI▲2
not rankedKhurarianwalaPunjab, Pakistan 169 US AQI
3DhakaDhaka Division, Bangladesh 169 US AQI
not rankedDepokWest Java, Indonesia 169 US AQI
4FaisalabadPunjab, Pakistan 166 US AQI▲5
5KasurPunjab, Pakistan 166 US AQI▲1
6GujranwalaPunjab, Pakistan 164 US AQI▼1
not rankedSeri KembanganSelangor, Malaysia 163 US AQI
7LahorePunjab, Pakistan 162 US AQI▲3
8PeshawarKhyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan 161 US AQI
not rankedKhulnaKhulna Division, Bangladesh 158 US AQI
9MultanPunjab, Pakistan 158 US AQI▲4
not rankedKampung Baru SubangSelangor, Malaysia 158 US AQI
not rankedKolweziLualaba, Democratic Republic of the Congo 157 US AQI
not rankedCyberjayaSelangor, Malaysia 156 US AQI
10JakartaJakarta, Indonesia 155 US AQI▲2
11HanoiHanoi, Vietnam 154 US AQI▲6
not rankedPasrurPunjab, Pakistan 154 US AQI
12Rahim Yar KhanPunjab, Pakistan 154 US AQI▲2
13NukusKarakalpakstan, Uzbekistan 153 US AQI
14IslamabadIslamabad, Pakistan 153 US AQI▼3
15LilongweCentral Region, Malawi 152 US AQI▲3
not rankedZafarwalPunjab, Pakistan 152 US AQI
16eManzimtotiKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa 151 US AQI▲3
17JammuJammu and Kashmir, India 150 US AQI▼2
not rankedSambrialPunjab, Pakistan 147 US AQI
not rankedSāmbaJammu and Kashmir, India 143 US AQI
not rankedDodaJammu and Kashmir, India 141 US AQI
18BahawalpurPunjab, Pakistan 141 US AQI▲5
19RawalpindiPunjab, Pakistan 140 US AQI▼3
not rankedCherpulasseryKerala, India 139 US AQI
not rankedPorto VelhoRondônia, Brazil 136 US AQI
not rankedMithiSindh, Pakistan 135 US AQI
=20BlantyreSouthern Region, Malawi 135 US AQI▲2
=20SialkotPunjab, Pakistan 135 US AQI▲1
not rankedBirgañjMadhesh, Nepal 134 US AQI
=22ZombaSouthern Region, Malawi 132 US AQI▲2
=22KinshasaKinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo 132 US AQI▼2
24ChangchunJilin, China 129 US AQI▲1
not rankedAjmanAjman, United Arab Emirates 127 US AQI
not rankedMalangEast Java, Indonesia 127 US AQI
not rankedLábreaAmazonas, Brazil 126 US AQI
25KarongaNorthern Region, Malawi 122 US AQI▲5
not rankedMadīnat ḨamadNorthern, Bahrain 121 US AQI
not rankedDhahranEastern Province, Saudi Arabia 119 US AQI
not rankedKhobarEastern Province, Saudi Arabia 118 US AQI
26BurundayAlmaty Region, Kazakhstan 117 US AQI▲1
not rankedXam NuaHouaphan, Laos 116 US AQI
27DubaiDubai, United Arab Emirates 116 US AQI▲1
28MzuzuNorthern Region, Malawi 114 US AQI▲4
not rankedDammamEastern Province, Saudi Arabia 114 US AQI
=29DushanbeDushanbe, Tajikistan 111 US AQI▼3
=29TabananBali, Indonesia 111 US AQI▲4
=29VientianeVientiane Prefecture, Laos 111 US AQI▲7
32MurreePunjab, Pakistan 110 US AQI▼3
not rankedKuala BelaitBelait, Brunei 110 US AQI
not rankedShanghaiShanghai, China 110 US AQI
33OuagadougouCentre, Burkina Faso 108 US AQI▲53
not rankedBacolod CityWestern Visayas, Philippines 108 US AQI
not rankedTrelleborgSkåne, Sweden 107 US AQI
34Otegen BatyraAlmaty Region, Kazakhstan 107 US AQI▼3
35VereenigingGauteng, South Africa 104 US AQI▼1
36BukharaBukhara, Uzbekistan 102 US AQI
not rankedChisankaneLusaka Province, Zambia 101 US AQI
37UbudBali, Indonesia 101 US AQI▲8
not rankedBandipuraJammu and Kashmir, India 99 US AQI
38JizzaxJizzakh Region, Uzbekistan 98 US AQI
39DalungBali, Indonesia 97 US AQI▲7
40ButwālLumbini Province, Nepal 97 US AQI▼5
not rankedMuang XayOudômxai, Laos 97 US AQI
not rankedThe Palm JumeirahDubai, United Arab Emirates 97 US AQI
41KampalaCentral Region, Uganda 96 US AQI▼3
not rankedOqtoshSamarqand Region, Uzbekistan 96 US AQI
not rankedMuang PhônsavanXiangkhoang, Laos 96 US AQI
not rankedBan KhoanBokeo, Laos 96 US AQI
not rankedTha BoNong Khai, Thailand 96 US AQI
42TashkentTashkent, Uzbekistan 96 US AQI
not rankedThakhèkKhammouane Province, Laos 95 US AQI
43Samut SakhonSamut Sakhon, Thailand 95 US AQI
not rankedDiscovery BayIslands, Hong Kong 95 US AQI
44KarachiSindh, Pakistan 94 US AQI▲4
not rankedTyreSouth Governorate, Lebanon 93 US AQI
=45HyderabadSindh, Pakistan 93 US AQI▲14
=45IbadanOyo State, Nigeria 93 US AQI▼4
not rankedPančevoVojvodina, Serbia 93 US AQI
=47Dhangaḍhi̇̄Sudurpashchim Pradesh, Nepal 93 US AQI
=47OsornoLos Lagos Region, Chile 93 US AQI▼7
49DurbanKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa 92 US AQI▼10
not rankedYangonYangon, Myanmar 92 US AQI
50CoyhaiqueAysén, Chile 91 US AQI▼13
=51SalorTashkent Region, Uzbekistan 91 US AQI
=51DenpasarBali, Indonesia 91 US AQI▲10
53KanchanaburiKanchanaburi, Thailand 91 US AQI▼4
not rankedLuang PrabangLuang Prabang Province, Laos 91 US AQI
not rankedGwadarBalochistan, Pakistan 90 US AQI
54SasolburgFree State, South Africa 90 US AQI▼3
55LagosLagos, Nigeria 90 US AQI▼13
not rankedTripoliNorth Lebanon, Lebanon 89 US AQI

What stands behind each figure: Checked at 2+ sites One reference monitor Low-cost sensors 1–2 sensors, not ranked About these marks

Low-cost sensors: consumer units, counted only in cities with no government-grade monitor; they read close to reference monitors on the whole, but 15 to 25% high in humid air. How we use them.

Good0–50

Moderate51–100

Unhealthy for sensitive groups101–150

Unhealthy151–200

Very unhealthy201–300

Hazardous301+

The US EPA's Air Quality Index for PM2.5 (2024 breakpoints). Show values as: µg/m³ · US AQI · India AQI · China AQI · European AQI · UK DAQI · Canada AQHI+. About the scales

Not covered: the government monitoring networks of China, Turkey and Iran, which publish only on their own websites. We are building the reader for China's network. The networks of Turkey and Iran don't answer requests from outside their countries, so we can't read them. Most cities there are missing from this board, not clean. Why.

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SmogRank, all cities ranked by mean PM2.5 (µg/m³), last 7 days to 14 Oct 2026, 05:00 UTC: each city's mean of its daily means, cities measured on 5 or more of the 7 days. Monitor data from national networks via OpenAQ and the publishers listed at smogrank.com/sources. smogrank.com/rankings?w=7d. Ranked on low-cost sensors, with no reference monitor in the city: #1 Kuala Lumpur, #3 Dhaka, #4 Faisalabad, #5 Kasur, #6 Gujranwala, #7 Lahore, #8 Peshawar, #9 Multan and #10 Jakarta. Some readings from Vietnam's government monitors; Uzhydromet (Uzbekistan's Hydrometeorological Service); Aurassure; Department of Environment, Nepal; RMCAB (Secretaría Distrital de Ambiente, Bogotá); Love My Air (City and County of Denver); Umhverfisstofnun (Environment Agency of Iceland), no reuse terms published.

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Updated 2026-10-14 05:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors, as the US AQI PM2.5 sub-index. Some readings: Vietnam's government monitors; Uzhydromet (Uzbekistan's Hydrometeorological Service); Aurassure; Department of Environment, Nepal; RMCAB (Secretaría Distrital de Ambiente, Bogotá); Love My Air (City and County of Denver); Umhverfisstofnun (Environment Agency of Iceland), no reuse terms published (why we use them).