Live cleanest global major city ranking
This hourly major city ranking compares 123 global cities with measured PM2.5 data. 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	Copenhagen, Denmark	8	199.3K followers
2	Lisbon, Portugal	8	196.1K followers
3	Melbourne, Australia	11	828.8K followers
4	Auckland, New Zealand	12	242.5K followers
5	Canberra, Australia	16	476.3K followers
6	Minneapolis, USA	16	84.9K followers
7	Sydney, Australia	17	1.8M followers
8	Brussels, Belgium	18	342K followers
9	Vancouver, Canada	18	519.9K followers
10	Chicago, USA	19	201.4K followers
11	Birmingham, United Kingdom	21	361.7K followers
12	Dublin, Ireland	21	118.7K followers
13	Munich, Germany	22	682.9K followers
14	Milan, Italy	22	495.6K followers
15	Sao Paulo, Brazil	22	176.6K followers
16	Kuching, Malaysia	23	77K followers
17	Portland, USA	23	381.1K followers
18	Bogota, Colombia	24	140.9K followers
19	Nice, France	24	590.1K followers
20	Detroit, USA	24	70.9K followers
21	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	28	1M followers
22	Toronto, Canada	28	1M followers
23	Sofia, Bulgaria	28	266.8K followers
24	Kobe, Japan	28	66.9K followers
25	Almaty, Kazakhstan	28	812.8K followers
26	Stockholm, Sweden	30	241.5K followers
27	Athens, Greece	30	178.6K followers
28	Amsterdam, Netherlands	31	547.4K followers
29	Zagreb, Croatia	31	263.2K followers
30	Rome, Italy	32	406.8K followers
31	Seattle, USA	32	719K followers
32	Lyon, France	33	689.2K followers
33	Budapest, Hungary	33	155.2K followers
34	Montreal, Canada	33	325.2K followers
35	Ljubljana, Slovenia	34	200.6K followers
36	Salt Lake City, USA	34	238.6K followers
37	Bratislava, Slovakia	36	85.1K followers
38	San Francisco, USA	36	1M followers
39	Oslo, Norway	38	185.3K followers
40	Kyiv, Ukraine	38	635.2K followers
41	Madrid, Spain	38	744.2K followers
42	Houston, USA	38	128.2K followers
43	Prague, Czech Republic	39	280K followers
44	Berlin, Germany	39	822.6K followers
45	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	39	2.8M followers
46	Skopje, North Macedonia	41	244.3K followers
47	Denver, USA	42	1.9M followers
48	Shenzhen, China	44	824.4K followers
49	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	44	1M followers
50	Guangzhou, China	44	2M followers
51	Vienna, Austria	45	470K followers
52	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	46	1.2M followers
53	London, United Kingdom	46	1.2M followers
54	New York, USA	48	2.5M followers
55	Algiers, Algeria	50	49.3K followers
56	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	50	1.1M followers
57	Bucharest, Romania	50	203.3K followers
58	Pristina, Kosovo	51	109.5K followers
59	Paris, France	51	14.9M followers
60	Washington D.C., USA	51	166.8K followers
61	Wrocław, Poland	52	439.1K followers
62	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	52	766.3K followers
63	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	52	1.5M followers
64	Helsinki, Finland	53	217K followers
65	Tokyo, Japan	53	1.7M followers
66	Krasnoyarsk, Russia	54	155.2K followers
67	Singapore, Singapore	54	1.3M followers
68	Kraków, Poland	55	595K followers
69	Osaka, Japan	55	640.3K followers
70	Belgrade, Serbia	55	1.3M followers
71	Jerusalem, Israel	56	96.8K followers
72	Accra, Ghana	56	26.1K followers
73	Taipei, Taiwan	56	1.5M followers
74	Mexico City, Mexico	56	603K followers
75	Barcelona, Spain	56	605.3K followers
76	Chiang Mai, Thailand	56	15.9M followers
77	Medan, Indonesia	58	1.4M followers
78	Warsaw, Poland	58	796K followers
79	Chongqing, China	58	492.6K followers
80	Kyoto, Japan	60	260.7K followers
81	Bangkok, Thailand	60	16.9M followers
82	Mumbai, India	61	1.8M followers
83	Istanbul, Turkey	62	541.5K followers
84	Lima, Peru	62	65K followers
85	Nairobi, Kenya	62	76.4K followers
86	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	64	228.9K followers
87	Seoul, South Korea	64	17.3M followers
88	Los Angeles, USA	64	15.8M followers
89	Busan, South Korea	65	1.1M followers
90	Incheon, South Korea	66	189.2K followers
91	Jakarta, Indonesia	66	2.1M followers
92	Baku, Azerbaijan	68	83.3K followers
93	Baghdad, Iraq	68	281.1K followers
94	Wuhan, China	69	622.9K followers
95	Yangon, Myanmar	70	222.2K followers
96	Beijing, China	70	18M followers
97	Chengdu, China	71	2.4M followers
98	Moscow, Russia	71	1.2M followers
99	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	72	129K followers
100	Johannesburg, South Africa	73	108.5K followers
101	Kabul, Afghanistan	75	60.6K followers
102	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	76	17K followers
103	Kolkata, India	81	1.6M followers
104	Karachi, Pakistan	84	302K followers
105	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	87	596.9K followers
106	Dakar, Senegal	87	48.9K followers
107	Manama, Bahrain	88	77.3K followers
108	Shanghai, China	88	3.4M followers
109	Hanoi, Vietnam	89	3.5M followers
110	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	90	1.1M followers
111	Kuwait City, Kuwait	91	167.3K followers
112	Hangzhou, China	92	762.3K followers
113	Dhaka, Bangladesh	93	481.3K followers
114	Manila, Philippines	99	353.7K followers
115	Cairo, Egypt	105	266.6K followers
116	Santiago, Chile	107	170.5K followers
117	Doha, Qatar	119	321K followers
118	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	124	35.1K followers
119	Kathmandu, Nepal	130	437.2K followers
120	Delhi, India	142	3.3M followers
121	Kampala, Uganda	151	38.4K followers
122	Lahore, Pakistan	184	1.1M followers
123	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	238	381.2K followers