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	Auckland, New Zealand	8	251.4K followers
2	Vancouver, Canada	12	558.2K followers
3	San Francisco, USA	17	1.1M followers
4	Melbourne, Australia	17	852K followers
5	Toronto, Canada	17	1.1M followers
6	Canberra, Australia	17	491.7K followers
7	Seattle, USA	19	781.1K followers
8	Portland, USA	20	436.5K followers
9	Houston, USA	20	133.4K followers
10	Sydney, Australia	21	1.8M followers
11	Busan, South Korea	22	1.1M followers
12	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	22	1.1M followers
13	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	25	132.6K followers
14	Bogota, Colombia	25	144.2K followers
15	Lisbon, Portugal	25	203.7K followers
16	Lyon, France	25	699.8K followers
17	Madrid, Spain	27	771.6K followers
18	Nice, France	27	597.6K followers
19	Bangkok, Thailand	28	17.1M followers
20	Detroit, USA	28	75.8K followers
21	Paris, France	32	15.2M followers
22	London, United Kingdom	33	1.2M followers
23	Chiang Mai, Thailand	33	16M followers
24	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	33	606.1K followers
25	Barcelona, Spain	33	617K followers
26	Budapest, Hungary	33	160.5K followers
27	Denver, USA	34	2M followers
28	Kyiv, Ukraine	34	664K followers
29	Kyoto, Japan	36	265.6K followers
30	Copenhagen, Denmark	37	205.2K followers
31	Almaty, Kazakhstan	38	828K followers
32	Washington D.C., USA	39	176.9K followers
33	Zagreb, Croatia	39	269.2K followers
34	Hangzhou, China	39	786.5K followers
35	Stockholm, Sweden	39	249.2K followers
36	Tehran, Iran	39	1.6M followers
37	Kabul, Afghanistan	39	62.3K followers
38	Oslo, Norway	40	191.5K followers
39	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	41	2.9M followers
40	Lima, Peru	41	67.1K followers
41	Santiago, Chile	42	177.6K followers
42	Moscow, Russia	42	1.2M followers
43	Birmingham, United Kingdom	42	364.6K followers
44	Salt Lake City, USA	43	263K followers
45	Montreal, Canada	43	346.9K followers
46	Tokyo, Japan	44	1.7M followers
47	Kobe, Japan	44	68K followers
48	Vienna, Austria	44	481.4K followers
49	Warsaw, Poland	44	812.3K followers
50	Baku, Azerbaijan	44	85.5K followers
51	Algiers, Algeria	44	50.1K followers
52	Chicago, USA	45	222K followers
53	Helsinki, Finland	46	221.3K followers
54	Bucharest, Romania	47	209.8K followers
55	Osaka, Japan	47	657.1K followers
56	Brussels, Belgium	47	350.3K followers
57	Los Angeles, USA	52	16.1M followers
58	Minneapolis, USA	52	93.1K followers
59	New York, USA	52	2.5M followers
60	Kathmandu, Nepal	52	445.9K followers
61	Dublin, Ireland	52	122.9K followers
62	Guangzhou, China	52	2M followers
63	Hanoi, Vietnam	53	3.6M followers
64	Mumbai, India	53	1.8M followers
65	Shanghai, China	53	3.4M followers
66	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	54	1.5M followers
67	Mexico City, Mexico	54	617.7K followers
68	Seoul, South Korea	55	17.5M followers
69	Beijing, China	55	18.3M followers
70	Taipei, Taiwan	55	1.5M followers
71	Pristina, Kosovo	55	112.5K followers
72	Ljubljana, Slovenia	56	205K followers
73	Belgrade, Serbia	58	1.3M followers
74	Berlin, Germany	58	851K followers
75	Sao Paulo, Brazil	58	180.8K followers
76	Chengdu, China	58	2.4M followers
77	Bratislava, Slovakia	58	87.2K followers
78	Dakar, Senegal	58	50.4K followers
79	Yangon, Myanmar	58	229.2K followers
80	Chongqing, China	60	502.7K followers
81	Sofia, Bulgaria	60	274K followers
82	Athens, Greece	60	186.8K followers
83	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	60	1.2M followers
84	Prague, Czech Republic	60	286.5K followers
85	Rome, Italy	61	423.6K followers
86	Manila, Philippines	61	363.5K followers
87	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	62	1.1M followers
88	Bern, Switzerland	62	218.3K followers
89	Nairobi, Kenya	63	78.3K followers
90	Accra, Ghana	64	27.1K followers
91	Johannesburg, South Africa	64	110.5K followers
92	Istanbul, Turkey	66	552.7K followers
93	Shenzhen, China	66	858.8K followers
94	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	66	777.2K followers
95	Kraków, Poland	66	602.4K followers
96	Milan, Italy	66	509.2K followers
97	Wrocław, Poland	67	442.5K followers
98	Baghdad, Iraq	67	289.6K followers
99	Incheon, South Korea	70	192.7K followers
100	Skopje, North Macedonia	70	249.1K followers
101	Kuwait City, Kuwait	71	171.2K followers
102	Wuhan, China	73	639.5K followers
103	Karachi, Pakistan	81	307.5K followers
104	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	82	392.1K followers
105	Amsterdam, Netherlands	84	562K followers
106	Munich, Germany	90	694K followers
107	Kampala, Uganda	90	39.3K followers
108	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	97	1.2M followers
109	Jakarta, Indonesia	102	2.2M followers
110	Singapore, Singapore	105	1.3M followers
111	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	105	36.2K followers
112	Kolkata, India	107	1.6M followers
113	Rotterdam, Netherlands	107	188.1K followers
114	Medan, Indonesia	110	1.4M followers
115	Jerusalem, Israel	113	98.3K followers
116	Dhaka, Bangladesh	114	490.1K followers
117	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	117	235.3K followers
118	Lahore, Pakistan	124	1.1M followers
119	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	130	18K followers
120	Doha, Qatar	151	328.5K followers
121	Manama, Bahrain	155	79.6K followers
122	Cairo, Egypt	157	275K followers
123	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	163	1.1M followers
124	Kuching, Malaysia	176	85.8K followers
125	Delhi, India	503	3.3M followers