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	Oslo, Norway	10	59.5K followers
2	Tokyo, Japan	11	1M followers
3	Auckland, New Zealand	11	78.2K followers
4	Kabul, Afghanistan	11	19.5K followers
5	Canberra, Australia	12	153.1K followers
6	Houston, USA	13	41.2K followers
7	Melbourne, Australia	16	266.2K followers
8	Sydney, Australia	17	1.2M followers
9	Detroit, USA	18	22.8K followers
10	Birmingham, United Kingdom	18	115.4K followers
11	Toronto, Canada	19	355.3K followers
12	Dublin, Ireland	19	38.2K followers
13	Lisbon, Portugal	19	63.2K followers
14	Chiang Mai, Thailand	22	15.2M followers
15	San Francisco, USA	23	360.9K followers
16	Kuching, Malaysia	23	24.6K followers
17	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	26	41.4K followers
18	Bogota, Colombia	26	45.1K followers
19	Brussels, Belgium	26	109.6K followers
20	Montreal, Canada	28	104.9K followers
21	Sao Paulo, Brazil	28	56.6K followers
22	Skopje, North Macedonia	28	78.3K followers
23	Mexico City, Mexico	29	193.3K followers
24	Accra, Ghana	29	8.4K followers
25	Seattle, USA	30	231.4K followers
26	Minneapolis, USA	30	27.6K followers
27	Beijing, China	31	17.4M followers
28	Bangkok, Thailand	33	16.3M followers
29	New York, USA	33	1.8M followers
30	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	33	549.7K followers
31	Vancouver, Canada	33	167.2K followers
32	Osaka, Japan	33	205.7K followers
33	Pristina, Kosovo	33	35.2K followers
34	Amsterdam, Netherlands	34	175.5K followers
35	London, United Kingdom	35	499.9K followers
36	Los Angeles, USA	36	15.2M followers
37	Portland, USA	36	123.5K followers
38	Athens, Greece	36	57.5K followers
39	Shenzhen, China	36	266.5K followers
40	Johannesburg, South Africa	36	34.8K followers
41	Helsinki, Finland	36	69.5K followers
42	Chicago, USA	39	65.1K followers
43	Kobe, Japan	39	21.4K followers
44	Sofia, Bulgaria	39	85.5K followers
45	Zagreb, Croatia	39	84.4K followers
46	Singapore, Singapore	39	621.5K followers
47	Busan, South Korea	41	431.7K followers
48	Rotterdam, Netherlands	43	59.2K followers
49	Seoul, South Korea	44	16.7M followers
50	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	44	2.2M followers
51	Kyoto, Japan	44	83.5K followers
52	Vienna, Austria	44	150.7K followers
53	Tehran, Iran	44	907.7K followers
54	Washington D.C., USA	45	53.8K followers
55	Lyon, France	45	220.5K followers
56	Kyiv, Ukraine	46	204.1K followers
57	Incheon, South Korea	47	60.6K followers
58	Paris, France	47	14.3M followers
59	Budapest, Hungary	47	49.8K followers
60	Nairobi, Kenya	50	24.5K followers
61	Ljubljana, Slovenia	50	64.3K followers
62	Bratislava, Slovakia	50	27.3K followers
63	Bern, Switzerland	51	67.7K followers
64	Moscow, Russia	52	556.1K followers
65	Mumbai, India	53	1.1M followers
66	Istanbul, Turkey	53	173.5K followers
67	Barcelona, Spain	53	193.8K followers
68	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	53	377.7K followers
69	Chengdu, China	53	1.7M followers
70	Warsaw, Poland	53	255.1K followers
71	Munich, Germany	53	218.5K followers
72	Nice, France	53	188.6K followers
73	Almaty, Kazakhstan	54	260.2K followers
74	Bucharest, Romania	54	65.4K followers
75	Rome, Italy	54	131.2K followers
76	Guangzhou, China	55	1.3M followers
77	Stockholm, Sweden	55	77.6K followers
78	Yangon, Myanmar	55	71.5K followers
79	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	56	835.4K followers
80	Prague, Czech Republic	56	89.7K followers
81	Algiers, Algeria	56	15.8K followers
82	Dakar, Senegal	58	15.7K followers
83	Wuhan, China	58	200.4K followers
84	Baku, Azerbaijan	58	26.8K followers
85	Belgrade, Serbia	60	640.2K followers
86	Hangzhou, China	60	245.8K followers
87	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	60	365.6K followers
88	Taipei, Taiwan	60	777.9K followers
89	Milan, Italy	60	159.2K followers
90	Medan, Indonesia	60	716.5K followers
91	Lima, Peru	62	20.9K followers
92	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	62	245.1K followers
93	Salt Lake City, USA	63	77.5K followers
94	Madrid, Spain	64	238.8K followers
95	Baghdad, Iraq	66	90.4K followers
96	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	67	191K followers
97	Wrocław, Poland	67	140.2K followers
98	Chongqing, China	68	158.3K followers
99	Kraków, Poland	68	190.2K followers
100	Manila, Philippines	68	113.5K followers
101	Delhi, India	71	2.6M followers
102	Santiago, Chile	71	55.4K followers
103	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	71	361.3K followers
104	Karachi, Pakistan	73	96.7K followers
105	Hanoi, Vietnam	75	2.9M followers
106	Kathmandu, Nepal	76	140K followers
107	Berlin, Germany	77	264.4K followers
108	Shanghai, China	80	2.7M followers
109	Kampala, Uganda	88	12.3K followers
110	Cairo, Egypt	90	85.7K followers
111	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	90	11.3K followers
112	Dhaka, Bangladesh	92	154.1K followers
113	Denver, USA	101	1.3M followers
114	Jerusalem, Israel	101	31K followers
115	Kuwait City, Kuwait	104	53.7K followers
116	Doha, Qatar	108	102.9K followers
117	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	110	73.5K followers
118	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	117	122.4K followers
119	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	137	459.4K followers
120	Kolkata, India	152	902.8K followers
121	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	156	5.5K followers
122	Manama, Bahrain	157	24.8K followers
123	Jakarta, Indonesia	160	1.5M followers
124	Lahore, Pakistan	169	448.3K followers