New Study Reveals The Cities With The Bluest Skies. Any Guesses?

One of the markers of a beautiful vacation is exploring a place with clear blue skies and clean air. This study makes it easier to hunt down some of the bluest skies in the world. By Bayar Jain

 

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Not all blues are equal. Some skies reveal whiteish hues every now and then, while some others unravel dark skies spotted with grey undertones. This level of ‘blueness’ depends upon many factors—the angle of the sun, cloud cover, and air pollution—each of which can seem too complicated for laymen to decipher. Cue in S Money, an Australia-based currency exchange service, that collaborated with a data scientist to study images of the sky from every nation’s capital. The result? A ranking of the cities with the bluest skies. Plus, the team together also created colour swatches to show the bluest skies in each continent, as well as an interactive tool to compare skies around the world.

 

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According to the findings, Fiji’s capital Suva emerged victorious with a pollution level of 4.1 and air quality index (AQI) 17. In second place is Nassau in Bahamas, followed by Phnom Penh in Cambodia which has an AQI of 133. San Jose in Costa Rica and Paris in France complete the top five positions. India’s capital, New Delhi, ranks 114th worldwide with an AQI of 181. According to World Health Organization’s (WHO) standards, this high number puts the landlocked Indian city in the red or unhealthy category implying the air is unsafe.

Taken continent-wise, Nassau in the Bahamas clinches the top spot in the Americas while France’s Paris does so in Europe. Phnom Penh in Cambodia in Asia, South Africa’s Cape Town in Africa, and Fiji’s Suva in Oceania claim the highest position in their respective continents.

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