Cities With the Highest US AQI Right Now

Jakarta has the highest PM2.5-based US Air Quality Index in our major-city sample right now, at about 233.

Updated hourly. Last updated Sep 14, 2026, 1:05:08 AM UTC.

Cities with at least 200,000 residents; 100 cities shown.

Top Cities Ranked by US AQI

#	City	Country	Category	PM2.5	US AQI
🥇	Jakarta	Indonesia	Very Unhealthy	157.9 µg/m³	233
=2	Bekasi	Indonesia	Unhealthy	91.0 µg/m³	176
=2	Depok	Indonesia	Unhealthy	91.0 µg/m³	176
=2	South Tangerang	Indonesia	Unhealthy	91.0 µg/m³	176
=2	Xuzhou	China	Unhealthy	91.5 µg/m³	176
🥉	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	Unhealthy	86.8 µg/m³	173
4	Bandung	Indonesia	Unhealthy	84.8 µg/m³	172
5	Kano	Nigeria	Unhealthy	84.3 µg/m³	171
6	Chengdu	China	Unhealthy	79.9 µg/m³	168
7	Tangerang	Indonesia	Unhealthy	69.4 µg/m³	161
8	Fuyang	China	Unhealthy	65.4 µg/m³	158
=9	Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates	Unhealthy	64.7 µg/m³	157
=9	Peshawar	Pakistan	Unhealthy	64.3 µg/m³	157
10	Sharjah	United Arab Emirates	Unhealthy	62.9 µg/m³	156
11	Bozhou	China	Unhealthy	59.6 µg/m³	154
=12	Semarang	Indonesia	Unhealthy	57.9 µg/m³	153
=12	Mianyang	China	Unhealthy	58.7 µg/m³	153
13	Chongqing	China	Unhealthy	57.3 µg/m³	152
14	Luoyang	China	Unhealthy	56.2 µg/m³	151
=15	Ürümqi	China	Unhealthy (Sensitive)	54.8 µg/m³	149
=15	Ürümqi	China	Unhealthy (Sensitive)	54.8 µg/m³	149
16	Huainan	China	Unhealthy (Sensitive)	53.4 µg/m³	145
17	Shangqiu	China	Unhealthy (Sensitive)	53.0 µg/m³	144
18	Doha	Qatar	Unhealthy (Sensitive)	51.5 µg/m³	140
19	Riyadh	Saudi Arabia	Unhealthy (Sensitive)	51.0 µg/m³	139
=20	Nanyang	China	Unhealthy (Sensitive)	50.1 µg/m³	137
=20	Gujranwala	Pakistan	Unhealthy (Sensitive)	50.1 µg/m³	137
21	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	Unhealthy (Sensitive)	49.8 µg/m³	136
=22	Luohe	China	Unhealthy (Sensitive)	48.2 µg/m³	132
=22	Jining	China	Unhealthy (Sensitive)	48.0 µg/m³	132
=22	Xinyang	China	Unhealthy (Sensitive)	48.0 µg/m³	132
=23	Xi’an	China	Unhealthy (Sensitive)	47.6 µg/m³	131
=23	Suqian	China	Unhealthy (Sensitive)	47.6 µg/m³	131
24	Jinan	China	Unhealthy (Sensitive)	46.9 µg/m³	129
25	Kuwait City	Kuwait	Unhealthy (Sensitive)	45.8 µg/m³	126
26	Lahore	Pakistan	Unhealthy (Sensitive)	45.2 µg/m³	125
27	Tehran	Iran	Unhealthy (Sensitive)	44.9 µg/m³	124
28	Heze	China	Unhealthy (Sensitive)	44.2 µg/m³	122
=29	Ho Chi Minh City	Vietnam	Unhealthy (Sensitive)	43.3 µg/m³	120
=29	Liaocheng	China	Unhealthy (Sensitive)	43.2 µg/m³	120
=30	Kinshasa	Democratic Republic of Congo	Unhealthy (Sensitive)	41.9 µg/m³	117
=30	Brazzaville	Congo	Unhealthy (Sensitive)	41.9 µg/m³	117
=30	Dammam	Saudi Arabia	Unhealthy (Sensitive)	42.0 µg/m³	117
31	Karbala	Iraq	Unhealthy (Sensitive)	41.3 µg/m³	115
=32	Al Başrah al Qadīmah	Iraq	Unhealthy (Sensitive)	40.5 µg/m³	113
=32	Basrah	Iraq	Unhealthy (Sensitive)	40.5 µg/m³	113
=32	Shiraz	Iran	Unhealthy (Sensitive)	40.4 µg/m³	113
33	Shijiazhuang	China	Unhealthy (Sensitive)	39.9 µg/m³	112
34	Medina	Saudi Arabia	Unhealthy (Sensitive)	39.6 µg/m³	111
35	Surabaya	Indonesia	Unhealthy (Sensitive)	38.8 µg/m³	109
36	Lu’an	China	Unhealthy (Sensitive)	38.5 µg/m³	108
=37	Singapore	Singapore	Unhealthy (Sensitive)	37.8 µg/m³	107
=37	Singapore	Singapore	Unhealthy (Sensitive)	37.8 µg/m³	107
=37	Mecca	Saudi Arabia	Unhealthy (Sensitive)	38.1 µg/m³	107
38	Baoji	China	Unhealthy (Sensitive)	37.7 µg/m³	106
39	Rawalpindi	Pakistan	Unhealthy (Sensitive)	37.0 µg/m³	105
40	Jepara	Indonesia	Unhealthy (Sensitive)	36.8 µg/m³	104
41	Lianyungang	China	Unhealthy (Sensitive)	36.4 µg/m³	103
=42	Milan	Italy	Unhealthy (Sensitive)	35.9 µg/m³	102
=42	Kananga	Democratic Republic of Congo	Unhealthy (Sensitive)	36.0 µg/m³	102
43	Zigong	China	Moderate	35.4 µg/m³	100
=44	Ludhiāna	India	Moderate	34.7 µg/m³	99
=44	Neijiang	China	Moderate	34.9 µg/m³	99
=45	Beijing	China	Moderate	33.6 µg/m³	97
=45	Guangzhou	China	Moderate	33.8 µg/m³	97
=45	Foshan	China	Moderate	33.8 µg/m³	97
=45	Faisalabad	Pakistan	Moderate	33.6 µg/m³	97
=45	Nanchong	China	Moderate	33.6 µg/m³	97
=45	Mandalay	Myanmar	Moderate	33.6 µg/m³	97
=46	Dhaka	Bangladesh	Moderate	32.8 µg/m³	95
=46	Kathmandu	Nepal	Moderate	32.6 µg/m³	95
=47	Hefei	China	Moderate	32.0 µg/m³	94
=47	Huai'an	China	Moderate	32.0 µg/m³	94
=48	Wuhan	China	Moderate	31.9 µg/m³	93
=48	Nanchang	China	Moderate	31.8 µg/m³	93
=49	Taiyuan	China	Moderate	30.9 µg/m³	92
=49	Palembang	Indonesia	Moderate	31.3 µg/m³	92
=50	Santiago	Chile	Moderate	30.7 µg/m³	91
=50	Kampala	Uganda	Moderate	30.7 µg/m³	91
=50	Xining	China	Moderate	30.4 µg/m³	91
=50	Handan	China	Moderate	30.5 µg/m³	91
51	Shiyan	China	Moderate	30.2 µg/m³	90
=52	Zibo	China	Moderate	29.4 µg/m³	89
=52	Port Harcourt	Nigeria	Moderate	29.3 µg/m³	89
=52	Patna	India	Moderate	29.6 µg/m³	89
=52	Xuchang	China	Moderate	29.6 µg/m³	89
=53	Nanjing	China	Moderate	29.1 µg/m³	88
=53	Hangzhou	China	Moderate	28.7 µg/m³	88
=53	Addis Ababa	Ethiopia	Moderate	28.9 µg/m³	88
=53	Kolkata	India	Moderate	28.8 µg/m³	88
=53	Yichang	China	Moderate	28.9 µg/m³	88
=54	Lubumbashi	Democratic Republic of Congo	Moderate	28.4 µg/m³	87
=54	Kallakurichi	India	Moderate	28.2 µg/m³	87
=55	Zhengzhou	China	Moderate	28.1 µg/m³	86
=55	Medan	Indonesia	Moderate	28.1 µg/m³	86
=55	Khulna	Bangladesh	Moderate	28.1 µg/m³	86
=56	Moscow	Russia	Moderate	27.2 µg/m³	85
=56	Karaj	Iran	Moderate	27.1 µg/m³	85
57	Nowrangapur	India	Moderate	26.5 µg/m³	83
58	Delhi	India	Moderate	25.7 µg/m³	82

Methodology: Current pollutant concentrations are sampled from WeatherAPI for up to 400 large cities; US AQI values are calculated from PM2.5 using EPA breakpoints.

Why Is the AQI So High in These Cities?

The US Air Quality Index translates pollutant concentration into a health scale from 0 to 500. This list uses the same PM2.5-based AQI calculation as Time.now's city air-quality pages so the score and health category remain consistent.

Frequently Asked Questions: Cities With the Highest US AQI Right Now

Which city has the highest AQI right now?

Among the major cities we track, Jakarta has the highest current PM2.5-based US AQI at about 233 (as of September 14, 2026).

How is the AQI calculated here?

We convert the current PM2.5 concentration through the US EPA breakpoint scale to produce a comparable 0-to-500 score.

Cities With the Highest US AQI Right Now

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Why Is the AQI So High in These Cities?

Frequently Asked Questions: Cities With the Highest US AQI Right Now

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