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	Tokyo, Japan	6	1M followers
2	Melbourne, Australia	11	264.9K followers
3	Baku, Azerbaijan	11	26.6K followers
4	Bogota, Colombia	13	45K followers
5	Sydney, Australia	16	1.2M followers
6	Kyiv, Ukraine	16	203.3K followers
7	Auckland, New Zealand	16	77.7K followers
8	Prague, Czech Republic	17	89.4K followers
9	Canberra, Australia	17	152.3K followers
10	Milan, Italy	17	158.5K followers
11	Rotterdam, Netherlands	19	59K followers
12	Bern, Switzerland	19	67.4K followers
13	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	20	41.3K followers
14	Paris, France	21	14.3M followers
15	Lyon, France	21	220.1K followers
16	Ljubljana, Slovenia	22	64.1K followers
17	Manila, Philippines	22	113K followers
18	London, United Kingdom	23	497.2K followers
19	Dublin, Ireland	23	38K followers
20	Munich, Germany	23	217.9K followers
21	Zagreb, Croatia	24	84K followers
22	Houston, USA	25	41K followers
23	Birmingham, United Kingdom	25	115.3K followers
24	Vancouver, Canada	26	166.2K followers
25	Lisbon, Portugal	26	62.8K followers
26	San Francisco, USA	27	359.1K followers
27	Almaty, Kazakhstan	27	259.4K followers
28	Salt Lake City, USA	28	76.4K followers
29	Barcelona, Spain	28	193.2K followers
30	Berlin, Germany	28	263.1K followers
31	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	28	364.2K followers
32	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	28	190.4K followers
33	Bratislava, Slovakia	28	27.2K followers
34	Seattle, USA	29	229.8K followers
35	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	29	2.2M followers
36	Toronto, Canada	29	353.3K followers
37	Amsterdam, Netherlands	29	174.9K followers
38	Nice, France	29	188.3K followers
39	New York, USA	30	1.8M followers
40	Chicago, USA	30	64.7K followers
41	Busan, South Korea	30	429.8K followers
42	Washington D.C., USA	31	53.4K followers
43	Montreal, Canada	31	104.1K followers
44	Krasnoyarsk, Russia	31	49.5K followers
45	Brussels, Belgium	31	109.3K followers
46	Portland, USA	32	122.1K followers
47	Vienna, Austria	32	150.2K followers
48	Kobe, Japan	33	21.4K followers
49	Madrid, Spain	33	237.9K followers
50	Sao Paulo, Brazil	33	56.4K followers
51	Osaka, Japan	33	204.7K followers
52	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	33	244.5K followers
53	Warsaw, Poland	33	254.2K followers
54	Minneapolis, USA	34	27.3K followers
55	Nairobi, Kenya	36	24.4K followers
56	Denver, USA	39	1.3M followers
57	Kyoto, Japan	39	83.2K followers
58	Moscow, Russia	39	553.2K followers
59	Belgrade, Serbia	44	637.9K followers
60	Stockholm, Sweden	44	77.3K followers
61	Los Angeles, USA	45	15.2M followers
62	Detroit, USA	46	22.7K followers
63	Bucharest, Romania	46	65K followers
64	Helsinki, Finland	48	69.3K followers
65	Bangkok, Thailand	49	16.2M followers
66	Jerusalem, Israel	51	30.9K followers
67	Kuching, Malaysia	51	24.6K followers
68	Chiang Mai, Thailand	52	15.2M followers
69	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	52	376.5K followers
70	Oslo, Norway	52	59.2K followers
71	Pristina, Kosovo	52	35K followers
72	Medan, Indonesia	52	715.8K followers
73	Kabul, Afghanistan	52	19.4K followers
74	Budapest, Hungary	53	49.6K followers
75	Sofia, Bulgaria	55	85.2K followers
76	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	55	547.8K followers
77	Skopje, North Macedonia	55	78K followers
78	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	56	831.7K followers
79	Rome, Italy	56	130.3K followers
80	Doha, Qatar	56	102.5K followers
81	Accra, Ghana	56	8.4K followers
82	Tehran, Iran	56	905.2K followers
83	Algiers, Algeria	56	15.7K followers
84	Athens, Greece	57	57.2K followers
85	Manama, Bahrain	58	24.7K followers
86	Shenzhen, China	59	264.1K followers
87	Beijing, China	61	17.3M followers
88	Chengdu, China	61	1.7M followers
89	Istanbul, Turkey	66	172.9K followers
90	Mexico City, Mexico	66	192.6K followers
91	Lima, Peru	68	20.8K followers
92	Yangon, Myanmar	68	71.1K followers
93	Chongqing, China	69	157.4K followers
94	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	69	359.9K followers
95	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	71	73.1K followers
96	Mumbai, India	72	1.1M followers
97	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	73	457.5K followers
98	Guangzhou, China	73	1.3M followers
99	Singapore, Singapore	73	619.6K followers
100	Taipei, Taiwan	73	775.3K followers
101	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	76	121.9K followers
102	Wrocław, Poland	77	140K followers
103	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	79	11.3K followers
104	Cairo, Egypt	80	85.3K followers
105	Hanoi, Vietnam	81	2.9M followers
106	Incheon, South Korea	81	60.4K followers
107	Dakar, Senegal	81	15.7K followers
108	Seoul, South Korea	82	16.6M followers
109	Hangzhou, China	82	244.2K followers
110	Kraków, Poland	82	189.8K followers
111	Lahore, Pakistan	88	447.4K followers
112	Kathmandu, Nepal	88	139.6K followers
113	Dhaka, Bangladesh	88	153.6K followers
114	Karachi, Pakistan	90	96.4K followers
115	Wuhan, China	90	199.3K followers
116	Kampala, Uganda	96	12.3K followers
117	Shanghai, China	99	2.7M followers
118	Baghdad, Iraq	103	89.9K followers
119	Santiago, Chile	109	54.9K followers
120	Kuwait City, Kuwait	109	53.5K followers
121	Johannesburg, South Africa	122	34.7K followers
122	Delhi, India	128	2.6M followers
123	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	132	5.5K followers
124	Kolkata, India	147	902.2K followers
125	Jakarta, Indonesia	158	1.5M followers