Air quality in January: cleanest & most polluted destinations
Where the air is cleanest — and worst — to travel in January, ranked by the monthly-mean US Air Quality Index (AQI) across 600+ destinations. Lower is better: 0–50 is good, 100+ starts to bite, 150+ is unhealthy. Tap any place for its full January weather and air-quality breakdown.
Worst air quality in January
- 1Lahore, PakistanVery unhealthy201AQI
- 2Amritsar, IndiaUnhealthy190AQI
- 3Delhi, IndiaUnhealthy186AQI
- 4Agra, IndiaUnhealthy186AQI
- 5Kolkata, IndiaUnhealthy184AQI
- 6Varanasi, IndiaUnhealthy176AQI
- 7Dhaka, BangladeshUnhealthy170AQI
- 8Beijing, ChinaUnhealthy169AQI
- 9Mumbai, IndiaUnhealthy159AQI
- 10Chengdu, ChinaUnhealthy157AQI
- 11Ürümqi, ChinaUnhealthy156AQI
- 12Xi'an, ChinaUnhealthy154AQI
- 13Chongqing, ChinaUnhealthy154AQI
- 14Bangkok, ThailandUnhealthy154AQI
- 15Jaipur, IndiaUnhealthy152AQI
Cleanest air in January
- 1Farellones, ChileGood11AQI
- 2Honiara, Solomon IslandsGood11AQI
- 3Puerto Natales, ChileGood11AQI
- 4El Calafate, ArgentinaGood12AQI
- 5Ushuaia, ArgentinaGood12AQI
- 6Nadi, FijiGood13AQI
- 7Queenstown, New ZealandGood15AQI
- 8Wānaka, New ZealandGood15AQI
- 9Cairns, AustraliaGood17AQI
- 10San Carlos de Bariloche, ArgentinaGood17AQI
- 11Suva, FijiGood17AQI
- 12Hobart, AustraliaGood18AQI
- 13Cochabamba, BoliviaGood20AQI
- 14Falls Creek, AustraliaGood20AQI
- 15Mount Buller, AustraliaGood20AQI