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	13	264.7K followers
2	Sydney, Australia	14	1.2M followers
3	Canberra, Australia	16	152.2K followers
4	Sofia, Bulgaria	17	85.2K followers
5	Tehran, Iran	17	904.4K followers
6	Kyiv, Ukraine	18	203K followers
7	Oslo, Norway	20	59.2K followers
8	Vancouver, Canada	21	166K followers
9	Zagreb, Croatia	21	84K followers
10	Toronto, Canada	22	352.9K followers
11	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	22	363.9K followers
12	Warsaw, Poland	22	254K followers
13	New York, USA	23	1.8M followers
14	Detroit, USA	23	22.7K followers
15	Dublin, Ireland	23	38K followers
16	Seattle, USA	24	229.6K followers
17	Almaty, Kazakhstan	24	259.3K followers
18	Auckland, New Zealand	24	77.6K followers
19	Wrocław, Poland	25	139.9K followers
20	Bogota, Colombia	25	45K followers
21	Montreal, Canada	26	104K followers
22	San Francisco, USA	27	358.9K followers
23	Chiang Mai, Thailand	27	15.2M followers
24	Helsinki, Finland	27	69.3K followers
25	Portland, USA	28	121.9K followers
26	Washington D.C., USA	29	53.3K followers
27	Kuching, Malaysia	30	24.6K followers
28	Stockholm, Sweden	31	77.2K followers
29	Birmingham, United Kingdom	32	115.3K followers
30	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	33	41.2K followers
31	Berlin, Germany	33	262.9K followers
32	Pristina, Kosovo	33	35K followers
33	Bern, Switzerland	33	67.4K followers
34	Krasnoyarsk, Russia	33	49.5K followers
35	Lisbon, Portugal	35	62.8K followers
36	Los Angeles, USA	36	15.1M followers
37	Budapest, Hungary	37	49.6K followers
38	Vienna, Austria	38	150K followers
39	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	38	244.4K followers
40	Belgrade, Serbia	39	637.5K followers
41	Bucharest, Romania	39	65K followers
42	Skopje, North Macedonia	39	78K followers
43	Moscow, Russia	41	552.8K followers
44	Rotterdam, Netherlands	41	59K followers
45	Munich, Germany	42	217.8K followers
46	Amsterdam, Netherlands	43	174.8K followers
47	Bangkok, Thailand	44	16.2M followers
48	Salt Lake City, USA	44	76.3K followers
49	Chicago, USA	44	64.6K followers
50	Rome, Italy	44	130.1K followers
51	Bratislava, Slovakia	44	27.2K followers
52	Ljubljana, Slovenia	46	64.1K followers
53	Taipei, Taiwan	47	774.7K followers
54	Nice, France	47	188.2K followers
55	Houston, USA	49	41K followers
56	London, United Kingdom	50	496.7K followers
57	Tokyo, Japan	50	1M followers
58	Minneapolis, USA	50	27.3K followers
59	Kobe, Japan	50	21.4K followers
60	Baku, Azerbaijan	50	26.6K followers
61	Singapore, Singapore	52	619.2K followers
62	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	52	190.4K followers
63	Denver, USA	53	1.3M followers
64	Osaka, Japan	53	204.5K followers
65	Lyon, France	53	220K followers
66	Brussels, Belgium	53	109.2K followers
67	Algiers, Algeria	53	15.7K followers
68	Manama, Bahrain	54	24.7K followers
69	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	55	830.9K followers
70	Kyoto, Japan	55	83.2K followers
71	Prague, Czech Republic	55	89.3K followers
72	Doha, Qatar	55	102.5K followers
73	Nairobi, Kenya	56	24.4K followers
74	Milan, Italy	56	158.3K followers
75	Kabul, Afghanistan	56	19.4K followers
76	Barcelona, Spain	57	193.1K followers
77	Istanbul, Turkey	57	172.8K followers
78	Kraków, Poland	57	189.7K followers
79	Athens, Greece	58	57.1K followers
80	Jerusalem, Israel	58	30.9K followers
81	Manila, Philippines	58	112.9K followers
82	Mumbai, India	59	1.1M followers
83	Mexico City, Mexico	59	192.4K followers
84	Madrid, Spain	60	237.7K followers
85	Kuwait City, Kuwait	61	53.4K followers
86	Guangzhou, China	62	1.3M followers
87	Accra, Ghana	62	8.4K followers
88	Beijing, China	63	17.3M followers
89	Chongqing, China	64	157.3K followers
90	Lima, Peru	64	20.8K followers
91	Paris, France	64	14.3M followers
92	Yangon, Myanmar	64	71K followers
93	Delhi, India	65	2.6M followers
94	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	65	376.3K followers
95	Busan, South Korea	66	429.3K followers
96	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	67	73.1K followers
97	Medan, Indonesia	67	715.7K followers
98	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	69	547.4K followers
99	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	72	359.5K followers
100	Seoul, South Korea	73	16.6M followers
101	Kampala, Uganda	73	12.3K followers
102	Sao Paulo, Brazil	75	56.4K followers
103	Shenzhen, China	75	263.5K followers
104	Baghdad, Iraq	79	89.8K followers
105	Chengdu, China	81	1.7M followers
106	Incheon, South Korea	82	60.4K followers
107	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	84	11.2K followers
108	Kathmandu, Nepal	86	139.5K followers
109	Wuhan, China	86	199K followers
110	Cairo, Egypt	86	85.2K followers
111	Karachi, Pakistan	87	96.4K followers
112	Dakar, Senegal	88	15.6K followers
113	Hanoi, Vietnam	90	2.9M followers
114	Hangzhou, China	92	243.9K followers
115	Kolkata, India	92	902.1K followers
116	Shanghai, China	94	2.7M followers
117	Lahore, Pakistan	97	447.2K followers
118	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	98	121.8K followers
119	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	105	2.2M followers
120	Santiago, Chile	114	54.8K followers
121	Jakarta, Indonesia	116	1.5M followers
122	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	122	457.1K followers
123	Dhaka, Bangladesh	149	153.5K followers
124	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	149	5.5K followers
125	Johannesburg, South Africa	181	34.6K followers