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	Dublin, Ireland	15	38.1K followers
4	Chiang Mai, Thailand	17	15.2M followers
5	Yangon, Myanmar	17	71.3K followers
6	Vancouver, Canada	19	166.6K followers
7	Bogota, Colombia	20	45.1K followers
8	Tokyo, Japan	22	1M followers
9	Sydney, Australia	22	1.2M followers
10	Baku, Azerbaijan	22	26.7K followers
11	Portland, USA	24	122.5K followers
12	Stockholm, Sweden	24	77.4K followers
13	Bangkok, Thailand	25	16.3M followers
14	San Francisco, USA	25	359.7K followers
15	Kyoto, Japan	25	83.3K followers
16	Kyiv, Ukraine	25	203.6K followers
17	Seattle, USA	26	230.3K followers
18	New York, USA	26	1.8M followers
19	Rome, Italy	26	130.7K followers
20	Birmingham, United Kingdom	26	115.3K followers
21	Houston, USA	27	41.1K followers
22	Amsterdam, Netherlands	27	175.2K followers
23	London, United Kingdom	28	498.3K followers
24	Barcelona, Spain	28	193.4K followers
25	Vienna, Austria	28	150.4K followers
26	Ljubljana, Slovenia	28	64.2K followers
27	Zagreb, Croatia	28	84.2K followers
28	Moscow, Russia	28	554.2K followers
29	Pristina, Kosovo	28	35.1K followers
30	Bratislava, Slovakia	28	27.3K followers
31	Minneapolis, USA	29	27.5K followers
32	Paris, France	29	14.3M followers
33	Oslo, Norway	29	59.3K followers
34	Bern, Switzerland	29	67.5K followers
35	Brussels, Belgium	29	109.4K followers
36	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	32	41.3K followers
37	Munich, Germany	32	218.2K followers
38	Wrocław, Poland	32	140.1K followers
39	Almaty, Kazakhstan	33	259.8K followers
40	Salt Lake City, USA	33	76.7K followers
41	Osaka, Japan	33	205K followers
42	Lisbon, Portugal	33	62.9K followers
43	Warsaw, Poland	33	254.6K followers
44	Rotterdam, Netherlands	33	59.1K followers
45	Kuching, Malaysia	33	24.6K followers
46	Budapest, Hungary	35	49.7K followers
47	Taipei, Taiwan	35	776.4K followers
48	Washington D.C., USA	37	53.6K followers
49	Beijing, China	38	17.3M followers
50	Denver, USA	38	1.3M followers
51	Helsinki, Finland	38	69.4K followers
52	Los Angeles, USA	39	15.2M followers
53	Sofia, Bulgaria	39	85.3K followers
54	Berlin, Germany	39	263.7K followers
55	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	39	360.5K followers
56	Madrid, Spain	41	238.3K followers
57	Athens, Greece	41	57.3K followers
58	Kobe, Japan	42	21.4K followers
59	Milan, Italy	44	158.7K followers
60	Kabul, Afghanistan	44	19.5K followers
61	Manila, Philippines	44	113.2K followers
62	Singapore, Singapore	46	620.3K followers
63	Prague, Czech Republic	49	89.5K followers
64	Belgrade, Serbia	50	638.9K followers
65	Detroit, USA	51	22.7K followers
66	Bucharest, Romania	52	65.2K followers
67	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	52	377K followers
68	Skopje, North Macedonia	52	78.1K followers
69	Kraków, Poland	52	189.9K followers
70	Tehran, Iran	52	906.4K followers
71	Montreal, Canada	53	104.5K followers
72	Istanbul, Turkey	54	173.2K followers
73	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	55	2.2M followers
74	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	55	244.7K followers
75	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	55	190.7K followers
76	Algiers, Algeria	55	15.8K followers
77	Guangzhou, China	56	1.3M followers
78	Doha, Qatar	56	102.7K followers
79	Baghdad, Iraq	56	90.1K followers
80	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	57	548.6K followers
81	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	57	364.7K followers
82	Auckland, New Zealand	57	77.9K followers
83	Medan, Indonesia	58	716.1K followers
84	Mexico City, Mexico	60	192.9K followers
85	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	61	833.2K followers
86	Hanoi, Vietnam	61	2.9M followers
87	Chicago, USA	61	64.9K followers
88	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	62	122.1K followers
89	Manama, Bahrain	62	24.8K followers
90	Toronto, Canada	64	354.1K followers
91	Shenzhen, China	64	265.1K followers
92	Kuwait City, Kuwait	64	53.6K followers
93	Lima, Peru	65	20.9K followers
94	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	68	458.2K followers
95	Accra, Ghana	68	8.4K followers
96	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	71	11.3K followers
97	Mumbai, India	72	1.1M followers
98	Chongqing, China	73	157.8K followers
99	Nairobi, Kenya	77	24.5K followers
100	Kampala, Uganda	77	12.3K followers
101	Dakar, Senegal	83	15.7K followers
102	Johannesburg, South Africa	88	34.7K followers
103	Kathmandu, Nepal	90	139.7K followers
104	Kolkata, India	92	902.4K followers
105	Cairo, Egypt	92	85.4K followers
106	Karachi, Pakistan	93	96.5K followers
107	Santiago, Chile	95	55.1K followers
108	Shanghai, China	103	2.7M followers
109	Dhaka, Bangladesh	103	153.8K followers
110	Seoul, South Korea	104	16.6M followers
111	Chengdu, China	105	1.7M followers
112	Incheon, South Korea	106	60.4K followers
113	Hangzhou, China	108	244.8K followers
114	Busan, South Korea	109	430.5K followers
115	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	109	73.3K followers
116	Wuhan, China	112	199.7K followers
117	Sao Paulo, Brazil	120	56.5K followers
118	Jerusalem, Israel	124	30.9K followers
119	Jakarta, Indonesia	135	1.5M followers
120	Delhi, India	151	2.6M followers
121	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	160	5.5K followers
122	Lahore, Pakistan	180	447.7K followers