Live cleanest global major city ranking
The hourly major city ranking compares AQI⁺ values for more than 100 global cities. Click to learn more.

2025

World Air Quality Report

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AQI⁺ US legend

0-50Good

51-100Moderate

101-150Unhealthy for sensitive groups

151-200Unhealthy

201-300Very unhealthy

301+Hazardous

Rank	Major city, country/region	AQI⁺ US	Followers
1	Melbourne, Australia	12	265.4K followers
2	Canberra, Australia	13	152.7K followers
3	Oslo, Norway	14	59.3K followers
4	Sydney, Australia	15	1.2M followers
5	Dublin, Ireland	15	38.1K followers
6	Vancouver, Canada	18	166.6K followers
7	Houston, USA	19	41.1K followers
8	Bratislava, Slovakia	19	27.3K followers
9	Bern, Switzerland	21	67.5K followers
10	Chiang Mai, Thailand	22	15.2M followers
11	Baku, Azerbaijan	22	26.7K followers
12	Brussels, Belgium	22	109.4K followers
13	San Francisco, USA	23	359.7K followers
14	Portland, USA	24	122.5K followers
15	Detroit, USA	24	22.7K followers
16	Zagreb, Croatia	24	84.2K followers
17	Stockholm, Sweden	24	77.4K followers
18	Kyoto, Japan	25	83.3K followers
19	Budapest, Hungary	25	49.7K followers
20	Seattle, USA	26	230.3K followers
21	Madrid, Spain	26	238.3K followers
22	Birmingham, United Kingdom	26	115.3K followers
23	New York, USA	27	1.8M followers
24	Paris, France	27	14.3M followers
25	Almaty, Kazakhstan	28	259.7K followers
26	Vienna, Austria	28	150.3K followers
27	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	28	364.7K followers
28	Ljubljana, Slovenia	28	64.2K followers
29	Lisbon, Portugal	28	62.9K followers
30	Amsterdam, Netherlands	28	175.2K followers
31	Yangon, Myanmar	28	71.3K followers
32	Kraków, Poland	29	189.9K followers
33	Bangkok, Thailand	31	16.3M followers
34	London, United Kingdom	31	498.3K followers
35	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	31	41.3K followers
36	Munich, Germany	31	218.2K followers
37	Rome, Italy	31	130.7K followers
38	Minneapolis, USA	32	27.5K followers
39	Tokyo, Japan	33	1M followers
40	Berlin, Germany	33	263.6K followers
41	Milan, Italy	33	158.7K followers
42	Manila, Philippines	33	113.2K followers
43	Kuching, Malaysia	34	24.6K followers
44	Denver, USA	35	1.3M followers
45	Washington D.C., USA	35	53.6K followers
46	Salt Lake City, USA	36	76.7K followers
47	Wrocław, Poland	36	140.1K followers
48	Kobe, Japan	39	21.4K followers
49	Barcelona, Spain	39	193.4K followers
50	Los Angeles, USA	40	15.2M followers
51	Beijing, China	41	17.3M followers
52	Taipei, Taiwan	41	776.4K followers
53	Helsinki, Finland	41	69.4K followers
54	Athens, Greece	43	57.3K followers
55	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	44	2.2M followers
56	Osaka, Japan	44	205K followers
57	Kyiv, Ukraine	44	203.6K followers
58	Warsaw, Poland	44	254.6K followers
59	Kabul, Afghanistan	44	19.5K followers
60	Montreal, Canada	47	104.5K followers
61	Pristina, Kosovo	47	35.1K followers
62	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	48	377K followers
63	Prague, Czech Republic	50	89.5K followers
64	Rotterdam, Netherlands	51	59.1K followers
65	Moscow, Russia	52	554.2K followers
66	Tehran, Iran	53	906.4K followers
67	Medan, Indonesia	54	716.1K followers
68	Guangzhou, China	55	1.3M followers
69	Bucharest, Romania	55	65.2K followers
70	Sofia, Bulgaria	55	85.3K followers
71	Istanbul, Turkey	55	173.2K followers
72	Skopje, North Macedonia	55	78.1K followers
73	Auckland, New Zealand	55	77.9K followers
74	Belgrade, Serbia	56	638.9K followers
75	Toronto, Canada	56	354.1K followers
76	Singapore, Singapore	56	620.3K followers
77	Algiers, Algeria	56	15.8K followers
78	Bogota, Colombia	57	45.1K followers
79	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	58	548.6K followers
80	Lima, Peru	58	20.9K followers
81	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	58	244.7K followers
82	Doha, Qatar	58	102.7K followers
83	Hanoi, Vietnam	59	2.9M followers
84	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	59	360.5K followers
85	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	60	190.7K followers
86	Manama, Bahrain	60	24.8K followers
87	Mumbai, India	62	1.1M followers
88	Chicago, USA	63	64.9K followers
89	Mexico City, Mexico	64	192.8K followers
90	Shenzhen, China	65	265.1K followers
91	Baghdad, Iraq	66	90.1K followers
92	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	67	833.2K followers
93	Dakar, Senegal	67	15.7K followers
94	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	69	122.1K followers
95	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	73	458.2K followers
96	Nairobi, Kenya	74	24.5K followers
97	Chongqing, China	75	157.8K followers
98	Accra, Ghana	76	8.4K followers
99	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	81	11.3K followers
100	Kuwait City, Kuwait	87	53.6K followers
101	Santiago, Chile	93	55.1K followers
102	Kampala, Uganda	93	12.3K followers
103	Johannesburg, South Africa	94	34.7K followers
104	Shanghai, China	101	2.7M followers
105	Karachi, Pakistan	101	96.5K followers
106	Chengdu, China	102	1.7M followers
107	Busan, South Korea	104	430.5K followers
108	Dhaka, Bangladesh	106	153.8K followers
109	Incheon, South Korea	107	60.4K followers
110	Seoul, South Korea	108	16.6M followers
111	Kathmandu, Nepal	108	139.7K followers
112	Hangzhou, China	109	244.8K followers
113	Sao Paulo, Brazil	109	56.5K followers
114	Delhi, India	113	2.6M followers
115	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	115	73.3K followers
116	Wuhan, China	120	199.7K followers
117	Jerusalem, Israel	123	30.9K followers
118	Kolkata, India	127	902.4K followers
119	Cairo, Egypt	153	85.4K followers
120	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	166	5.5K followers
121	Jakarta, Indonesia	168	1.5M followers
122	Lahore, Pakistan	200	447.7K followers