Live most polluted 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	Lahore, Pakistan	172	448.9K followers
2	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	141	5.5K followers
3	Kampala, Uganda	140	12.4K followers
4	Kolkata, India	137	903.1K followers
5	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	113	73.7K followers
6	Jakarta, Indonesia	110	1.5M followers
7	Incheon, South Korea	106	60.7K followers
8	Cairo, Egypt	96	85.9K followers
9	Delhi, India	96	2.6M followers
10	Seoul, South Korea	93	16.7M followers
11	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	92	11.3K followers
12	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	90	122.7K followers
13	Santiago, Chile	90	55.6K followers
14	Jerusalem, Israel	87	31K followers
15	Bratislava, Slovakia	85	27.4K followers
16	Mexico City, Mexico	84	193.7K followers
17	Karachi, Pakistan	84	96.9K followers
18	Sao Paulo, Brazil	84	56.8K followers
19	Manama, Bahrain	82	24.9K followers
20	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	82	837.4K followers
21	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	81	362.2K followers
22	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	77	460.9K followers
23	Chengdu, China	75	1.7M followers
24	Kuwait City, Kuwait	73	53.8K followers
25	Osaka, Japan	72	206.2K followers
26	Kyoto, Japan	71	83.7K followers
27	Kathmandu, Nepal	71	140.3K followers
28	Beijing, China	71	17.4M followers
29	Kabul, Afghanistan	69	19.6K followers
30	Tehran, Iran	69	908.9K followers
31	Chongqing, China	69	158.5K followers
32	Tokyo, Japan	69	1M followers
33	Kraków, Poland	68	190.5K followers
34	Dhaka, Bangladesh	68	154.4K followers
35	Johannesburg, South Africa	67	34.8K followers
36	Budapest, Hungary	66	50.1K followers
37	Prague, Czech Republic	65	90K followers
38	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	65	245.5K followers
39	Belgrade, Serbia	64	641.6K followers
40	Kobe, Japan	64	21.5K followers
41	Istanbul, Turkey	63	173.9K followers
42	Toronto, Canada	63	357.1K followers
43	Wrocław, Poland	62	140.3K followers
44	Montreal, Canada	62	105.4K followers
45	Accra, Ghana	61	8.4K followers
46	Athens, Greece	61	57.8K followers
47	Detroit, USA	61	22.8K followers
48	Milan, Italy	60	159.7K followers
49	Moscow, Russia	60	557.7K followers
50	Hanoi, Vietnam	60	2.9M followers
51	Vienna, Austria	59	151.2K followers
52	Baghdad, Iraq	58	90.7K followers
53	Minneapolis, USA	58	27.7K followers
54	Kyiv, Ukraine	57	206K followers
55	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	57	41.5K followers
56	Lima, Peru	57	21K followers
57	Wuhan, China	56	200.9K followers
58	Bucharest, Romania	56	65.6K followers
59	Guangzhou, China	56	1.3M followers
60	Algiers, Algeria	55	15.8K followers
61	Nice, France	55	188.9K followers
62	Doha, Qatar	55	103.2K followers
63	Dakar, Senegal	55	15.8K followers
64	Ljubljana, Slovenia	55	64.5K followers
65	Shanghai, China	55	2.7M followers
66	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	54	378.3K followers
67	Yangon, Myanmar	53	71.7K followers
68	Mumbai, India	53	1.1M followers
69	Madrid, Spain	53	239.5K followers
70	Sofia, Bulgaria	53	85.7K followers
71	Chicago, USA	53	65.5K followers
72	Salt Lake City, USA	53	80.3K followers
73	Singapore, Singapore	52	622.8K followers
74	Rome, Italy	51	131.7K followers
75	Barcelona, Spain	51	194.2K followers
76	Skopje, North Macedonia	50	78.4K followers
77	New York, USA	49	1.8M followers
78	Taipei, Taiwan	47	779.4K followers
79	Munich, Germany	47	218.9K followers
80	Zagreb, Croatia	47	84.6K followers
81	Pristina, Kosovo	44	35.3K followers
82	Nairobi, Kenya	42	24.6K followers
83	Denver, USA	42	1.3M followers
84	Washington D.C., USA	42	54K followers
85	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	42	2.2M followers
86	Kuching, Malaysia	40	24.6K followers
87	Bern, Switzerland	40	68K followers
88	Berlin, Germany	39	265.5K followers
89	Busan, South Korea	39	432.7K followers
90	Los Angeles, USA	39	15.2M followers
91	Lyon, France	38	220.9K followers
92	Rotterdam, Netherlands	37	59.4K followers
93	Oslo, Norway	36	59.8K followers
94	Paris, France	36	14.3M followers
95	San Francisco, USA	36	362.2K followers
96	Amsterdam, Netherlands	34	176.1K followers
97	Warsaw, Poland	34	255.8K followers
98	Medan, Indonesia	33	716.9K followers
99	Shenzhen, China	33	267.6K followers
100	Chiang Mai, Thailand	33	15.2M followers
101	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	32	550.9K followers
102	Portland, USA	27	124.3K followers
103	Seattle, USA	27	232.3K followers
104	Bangkok, Thailand	27	16.3M followers
105	Copenhagen, Denmark	26	64.2K followers
106	Lisbon, Portugal	26	63.4K followers
107	Houston, USA	26	41.4K followers
108	Bogota, Colombia	24	45.2K followers
109	Almaty, Kazakhstan	24	260.7K followers
110	Hangzhou, China	23	246.6K followers
111	Baku, Azerbaijan	22	26.8K followers
112	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	22	191.3K followers
113	Vancouver, Canada	22	168K followers
114	London, United Kingdom	22	501.8K followers
115	Brussels, Belgium	20	109.9K followers
116	Auckland, New Zealand	19	78.5K followers
117	Dublin, Ireland	19	38.4K followers
118	Helsinki, Finland	18	69.7K followers
119	Stockholm, Sweden	17	77.9K followers
120	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	17	366.4K followers
121	Birmingham, United Kingdom	14	115.5K followers
122	Canberra, Australia	13	153.6K followers
123	Sydney, Australia	13	1.2M followers
124	Melbourne, Australia	11	267K followers