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	7	848.2K followers
2	Dakar, Senegal	11	50.2K followers
3	Sydney, Australia	13	1.8M followers
4	Auckland, New Zealand	13	250.1K followers
5	Canberra, Australia	16	488.9K followers
6	Dublin, Ireland	18	122.4K followers
7	Copenhagen, Denmark	19	204.2K followers
8	Chiang Mai, Thailand	22	16M followers
9	Kathmandu, Nepal	22	444.5K followers
10	Vancouver, Canada	23	552.6K followers
11	Birmingham, United Kingdom	23	364K followers
12	Hangzhou, China	24	783.3K followers
13	Lisbon, Portugal	24	202.5K followers
14	Houston, USA	26	132.8K followers
15	Montreal, Canada	26	345K followers
16	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	27	132K followers
17	Kyiv, Ukraine	27	660.7K followers
18	Almaty, Kazakhstan	28	825.2K followers
19	Bogota, Colombia	28	143.6K followers
20	Seattle, USA	29	775.4K followers
21	Detroit, USA	30	75.6K followers
22	Seoul, South Korea	32	17.5M followers
23	Helsinki, Finland	32	220.6K followers
24	Bangkok, Thailand	33	17.1M followers
25	Portland, USA	33	430.7K followers
26	Vienna, Austria	33	479.6K followers
27	Oslo, Norway	33	190.3K followers
28	Yangon, Myanmar	33	228K followers
29	San Francisco, USA	34	1.1M followers
30	Brussels, Belgium	34	348.6K followers
31	Incheon, South Korea	35	192K followers
32	Warsaw, Poland	35	809.8K followers
33	Bucharest, Romania	36	208.4K followers
34	Stockholm, Sweden	36	248K followers
35	Milan, Italy	36	507.1K followers
36	Kraków, Poland	37	601.2K followers
37	Toronto, Canada	38	1.1M followers
38	Busan, South Korea	39	1.1M followers
39	Kyoto, Japan	39	264.8K followers
40	Sao Paulo, Brazil	39	180.2K followers
41	Munich, Germany	39	692.1K followers
42	Lyon, France	40	698.3K followers
43	Bern, Switzerland	41	217K followers
44	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	42	604.7K followers
45	Budapest, Hungary	42	159.5K followers
46	Zagreb, Croatia	43	268K followers
47	Wrocław, Poland	43	442K followers
48	Kobe, Japan	44	67.8K followers
49	Osaka, Japan	44	654.6K followers
50	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	44	775.4K followers
51	Amsterdam, Netherlands	44	559.6K followers
52	Moscow, Russia	45	1.2M followers
53	Minneapolis, USA	46	92.6K followers
54	Paris, France	46	15.2M followers
55	Ljubljana, Slovenia	47	204.2K followers
56	Rome, Italy	47	421K followers
57	Belgrade, Serbia	50	1.3M followers
58	Barcelona, Spain	50	615.5K followers
59	Los Angeles, USA	52	16.1M followers
60	Nice, France	52	596.6K followers
61	London, United Kingdom	53	1.2M followers
62	Tokyo, Japan	53	1.7M followers
63	Berlin, Germany	53	845.3K followers
64	Prague, Czech Republic	53	285.2K followers
65	Lima, Peru	53	66.8K followers
66	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	53	36K followers
67	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	54	1.5M followers
68	Shanghai, China	54	3.4M followers
69	Mexico City, Mexico	54	615.8K followers
70	Pristina, Kosovo	54	112K followers
71	Santiago, Chile	55	176.9K followers
72	Taipei, Taiwan	55	1.5M followers
73	Bratislava, Slovakia	55	86.9K followers
74	Sofia, Bulgaria	56	272.4K followers
75	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	56	1.1M followers
76	Istanbul, Turkey	56	550.8K followers
77	Tehran, Iran	56	1.6M followers
78	Chicago, USA	57	220.5K followers
79	New York, USA	58	2.5M followers
80	Skopje, North Macedonia	58	247.9K followers
81	Algiers, Algeria	58	49.9K followers
82	Nairobi, Kenya	59	78K followers
83	Athens, Greece	59	185.7K followers
84	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	59	234.2K followers
85	Rotterdam, Netherlands	59	187.5K followers
86	Mumbai, India	61	1.8M followers
87	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	62	2.9M followers
88	Baku, Azerbaijan	63	85.1K followers
89	Madrid, Spain	64	769K followers
90	Washington D.C., USA	65	176K followers
91	Denver, USA	66	2M followers
92	Cairo, Egypt	66	273.6K followers
93	Guangzhou, China	68	2M followers
94	Accra, Ghana	68	26.9K followers
95	Kolkata, India	68	1.6M followers
96	Shenzhen, China	68	854.2K followers
97	Chongqing, China	71	500.9K followers
98	Wuhan, China	71	637.2K followers
99	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	74	1.2M followers
100	Hanoi, Vietnam	75	3.6M followers
101	Karachi, Pakistan	75	306.5K followers
102	Dhaka, Bangladesh	75	488.8K followers
103	Johannesburg, South Africa	75	110.1K followers
104	Beijing, China	76	18.2M followers
105	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	76	1.1M followers
106	Medan, Indonesia	77	1.4M followers
107	Baghdad, Iraq	78	287.9K followers
108	Manila, Philippines	78	361.9K followers
109	Singapore, Singapore	82	1.3M followers
110	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	88	1.1M followers
111	Salt Lake City, USA	88	261.5K followers
112	Kabul, Afghanistan	88	62.1K followers
113	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	96	17.6K followers
114	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	107	1M followers
115	Chengdu, China	110	2.4M followers
116	Delhi, India	116	3.3M followers
117	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	117	390.1K followers
118	Jerusalem, Israel	120	98.1K followers
119	Doha, Qatar	131	327.1K followers
120	Kampala, Uganda	153	39.1K followers
121	Manama, Bahrain	153	79.2K followers
122	Kuwait City, Kuwait	169	170.6K followers
123	Jakarta, Indonesia	172	2.2M followers
124	Kuching, Malaysia	175	78.9K followers
125	Lahore, Pakistan	205	1.1M followers