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	Kraków, Poland	11	605.8K followers
2	Portland, USA	14	443.7K followers
3	Prague, Czech Republic	14	289.2K followers
4	Montreal, Canada	15	350.7K followers
5	Auckland, New Zealand	15	256.9K followers
6	Melbourne, Australia	16	862K followers
7	Vancouver, Canada	16	564.3K followers
8	Rome, Italy	17	430.5K followers
9	Canberra, Australia	18	500.3K followers
10	Seattle, USA	19	788.8K followers
11	Detroit, USA	19	76.5K followers
12	Dublin, Ireland	19	124.6K followers
13	Bogota, Colombia	19	145.2K followers
14	Toronto, Canada	20	1.1M followers
15	Lyon, France	20	702.9K followers
16	Rotterdam, Netherlands	20	188.9K followers
17	Kyiv, Ukraine	21	673.2K followers
18	Oslo, Norway	21	194K followers
19	Sofia, Bulgaria	22	276.3K followers
20	Helsinki, Finland	22	223.1K followers
21	Wrocław, Poland	22	443.9K followers
22	Sydney, Australia	23	1.9M followers
23	Amsterdam, Netherlands	23	567.2K followers
24	New York, USA	24	2.6M followers
25	San Francisco, USA	25	1.1M followers
26	Bern, Switzerland	25	221.3K followers
27	Brussels, Belgium	25	352.8K followers
28	Berlin, Germany	26	860.9K followers
29	Stockholm, Sweden	26	252.4K followers
30	Munich, Germany	26	698.1K followers
31	Vienna, Austria	28	485.6K followers
32	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	28	1.1M followers
33	Copenhagen, Denmark	28	207.7K followers
34	London, United Kingdom	29	1.2M followers
35	Chicago, USA	29	225.6K followers
36	Paris, France	29	15.3M followers
37	Bratislava, Slovakia	30	88K followers
38	Denver, USA	31	2M followers
39	Budapest, Hungary	31	162.8K followers
40	Warsaw, Poland	31	819.6K followers
41	Moscow, Russia	33	1.3M followers
42	Barcelona, Spain	33	621.2K followers
43	Nairobi, Kenya	33	79K followers
44	Birmingham, United Kingdom	33	366K followers
45	Pristina, Kosovo	33	113.8K followers
46	Medan, Indonesia	33	1.4M followers
47	Algiers, Algeria	33	50.4K followers
48	Madrid, Spain	34	778.3K followers
49	Nice, France	34	600K followers
50	Ljubljana, Slovenia	35	207K followers
51	Krasnoyarsk, Russia	35	158.5K followers
52	Minneapolis, USA	38	94.3K followers
53	Kampala, Uganda	38	39.7K followers
54	Tokyo, Japan	39	1.7M followers
55	Accra, Ghana	39	27.5K followers
56	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	39	782.7K followers
57	Salt Lake City, USA	40	266.2K followers
58	Lisbon, Portugal	40	206.5K followers
59	Zagreb, Croatia	42	272.7K followers
60	Chiang Mai, Thailand	44	16M followers
61	Washington D.C., USA	44	179.1K followers
62	Tehran, Iran	44	1.6M followers
63	Belgrade, Serbia	47	1.3M followers
64	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	49	2.9M followers
65	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	51	36.7K followers
66	Los Angeles, USA	52	16.2M followers
67	Bangkok, Thailand	53	17.2M followers
68	Busan, South Korea	53	1.1M followers
69	Bucharest, Romania	55	212.4K followers
70	Sao Paulo, Brazil	55	182.3K followers
71	Kobe, Japan	56	68.7K followers
72	Osaka, Japan	56	665.3K followers
73	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	56	18.2K followers
74	Kyoto, Japan	58	268.1K followers
75	Shanghai, China	60	3.5M followers
76	Skopje, North Macedonia	60	251.1K followers
77	Taipei, Taiwan	60	1.5M followers
78	Johannesburg, South Africa	60	111.2K followers
79	Athens, Greece	61	189.7K followers
80	Santiago, Chile	64	179.1K followers
81	Dakar, Senegal	64	51K followers
82	Kathmandu, Nepal	66	449.5K followers
83	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	68	1.1M followers
84	Incheon, South Korea	69	194.1K followers
85	Lima, Peru	69	68K followers
86	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	69	1.2M followers
87	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	69	396.6K followers
88	Houston, USA	73	135.3K followers
89	Chengdu, China	73	2.4M followers
90	Baku, Azerbaijan	73	86.5K followers
91	Almaty, Kazakhstan	75	836.2K followers
92	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	75	1.5M followers
93	Cairo, Egypt	76	278.4K followers
94	Istanbul, Turkey	77	557.3K followers
95	Seoul, South Korea	79	17.6M followers
96	Jerusalem, Israel	79	98.9K followers
97	Shenzhen, China	80	866.4K followers
98	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	80	237.8K followers
99	Baghdad, Iraq	81	294.6K followers
100	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	84	1.2M followers
101	Mexico City, Mexico	85	622.3K followers
102	Manila, Philippines	90	377.7K followers
103	Manama, Bahrain	91	80.5K followers
104	Karachi, Pakistan	92	309.9K followers
105	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	92	610.6K followers
106	Guangzhou, China	94	2M followers
107	Doha, Qatar	96	331.7K followers
108	Hangzhou, China	99	795.7K followers
109	Milan, Italy	107	515K followers
110	Chongqing, China	110	507.3K followers
111	Yangon, Myanmar	111	232.7K followers
112	Kuwait City, Kuwait	112	172.8K followers
113	Mumbai, India	123	1.8M followers
114	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	124	134.5K followers
115	Jakarta, Indonesia	127	2.3M followers
116	Beijing, China	133	18.4M followers
117	Kabul, Afghanistan	137	62.9K followers
118	Kuching, Malaysia	138	107.3K followers
119	Wuhan, China	144	648K followers
120	Delhi, India	158	3.3M followers
121	Hanoi, Vietnam	164	3.6M followers
122	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	164	1.1M followers
123	Singapore, Singapore	165	1.3M followers
124	Lahore, Pakistan	171	1.1M followers
125	Dhaka, Bangladesh	174	494K followers
126	Kolkata, India	176	1.6M followers