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	Auckland, New Zealand	1	250.3K followers
2	Portland, USA	9	431.5K followers
3	Sydney, Australia	11	1.8M followers
4	Moscow, Russia	11	1.2M followers
5	Warsaw, Poland	11	810.1K followers
6	Melbourne, Australia	13	848.7K followers
7	Kyiv, Ukraine	14	661.1K followers
8	Yangon, Myanmar	17	228.2K followers
9	Vancouver, Canada	18	553.7K followers
10	Seattle, USA	20	776.3K followers
11	Chicago, USA	20	220.8K followers
12	Canberra, Australia	21	489.2K followers
13	Houston, USA	22	132.9K followers
14	Beijing, China	22	18.2M followers
15	Kraków, Poland	22	601.4K followers
16	San Francisco, USA	23	1.1M followers
17	Helsinki, Finland	26	220.7K followers
18	Montreal, Canada	27	345.3K followers
19	Seoul, South Korea	28	17.5M followers
20	Kyoto, Japan	28	264.9K followers
21	Oslo, Norway	28	190.5K followers
22	Stockholm, Sweden	28	248.2K followers
23	Bogota, Colombia	32	143.6K followers
24	Bangkok, Thailand	33	17.1M followers
25	Busan, South Korea	33	1.1M followers
26	Kobe, Japan	33	67.9K followers
27	Osaka, Japan	33	655K followers
28	Wuhan, China	33	637.5K followers
29	New York, USA	35	2.5M followers
30	Incheon, South Korea	36	192.1K followers
31	Lisbon, Portugal	36	202.7K followers
32	Copenhagen, Denmark	37	204.4K followers
33	Chiang Mai, Thailand	38	16M followers
34	Almaty, Kazakhstan	39	825.6K followers
35	Tokyo, Japan	39	1.7M followers
36	Algiers, Algeria	39	50K followers
37	Berlin, Germany	41	846K followers
38	Wrocław, Poland	41	442.1K followers
39	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	42	604.9K followers
40	Pristina, Kosovo	42	112.1K followers
41	Manila, Philippines	43	362.1K followers
42	Hangzhou, China	44	783.8K followers
43	Barcelona, Spain	44	615.7K followers
44	Belgrade, Serbia	45	1.3M followers
45	Johannesburg, South Africa	45	110.2K followers
46	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	47	775.6K followers
47	Prague, Czech Republic	48	285.4K followers
48	Los Angeles, USA	49	16.1M followers
49	Rotterdam, Netherlands	49	187.6K followers
50	Salt Lake City, USA	51	261.9K followers
51	Dublin, Ireland	52	122.5K followers
52	Sofia, Bulgaria	53	272.5K followers
53	Toronto, Canada	53	1.1M followers
54	Athens, Greece	53	185.9K followers
55	Rome, Italy	53	421.5K followers
56	Denver, USA	56	2M followers
57	Accra, Ghana	56	27K followers
58	Shenzhen, China	56	855K followers
59	Nice, France	57	596.7K followers
60	Minneapolis, USA	58	92.7K followers
61	Detroit, USA	58	75.6K followers
62	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	58	1.1M followers
63	Skopje, North Macedonia	58	248K followers
64	Amsterdam, Netherlands	58	560K followers
65	Washington D.C., USA	59	176.1K followers
66	Mumbai, India	59	1.8M followers
67	Kathmandu, Nepal	59	444.8K followers
68	Bucharest, Romania	60	208.5K followers
69	Istanbul, Turkey	60	551.1K followers
70	Vienna, Austria	60	479.9K followers
71	Budapest, Hungary	60	159.6K followers
72	Chongqing, China	62	501.1K followers
73	Taipei, Taiwan	62	1.5M followers
74	Tehran, Iran	62	1.6M followers
75	Bratislava, Slovakia	63	87K followers
76	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	64	1.2M followers
77	Munich, Germany	64	692.3K followers
78	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	65	1.5M followers
79	Sao Paulo, Brazil	66	180.2K followers
80	Shanghai, China	68	3.4M followers
81	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	68	2.9M followers
82	Lima, Peru	68	66.8K followers
83	Nairobi, Kenya	69	78K followers
84	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	69	1.1M followers
85	Dhaka, Bangladesh	69	489K followers
86	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	70	132.1K followers
87	Zagreb, Croatia	70	268.2K followers
88	Chengdu, China	73	2.4M followers
89	Dakar, Senegal	73	50.2K followers
90	Guangzhou, China	75	2M followers
91	Baku, Azerbaijan	75	85.2K followers
92	Karachi, Pakistan	79	306.7K followers
93	Singapore, Singapore	79	1.3M followers
94	London, United Kingdom	80	1.2M followers
95	Ljubljana, Slovenia	80	204.3K followers
96	Kabul, Afghanistan	81	62.1K followers
97	Cairo, Egypt	86	273.8K followers
98	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	90	390.4K followers
99	Brussels, Belgium	92	348.7K followers
100	Kuwait City, Kuwait	96	170.7K followers
101	Madrid, Spain	100	769.5K followers
102	Mexico City, Mexico	100	616K followers
103	Bern, Switzerland	101	217.2K followers
104	Paris, France	102	15.2M followers
105	Baghdad, Iraq	102	288.4K followers
106	Birmingham, United Kingdom	103	364.1K followers
107	Lyon, France	105	698.5K followers
108	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	105	36.1K followers
109	Milan, Italy	107	507.4K followers
110	Jerusalem, Israel	110	98.2K followers
111	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	113	234.4K followers
112	Hanoi, Vietnam	117	3.6M followers
113	Kolkata, India	121	1.6M followers
114	Medan, Indonesia	122	1.4M followers
115	Manama, Bahrain	134	79.2K followers
116	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	139	1.1M followers
117	Jakarta, Indonesia	149	2.2M followers
118	Doha, Qatar	151	327.3K followers
119	Kampala, Uganda	152	39.2K followers
120	Santiago, Chile	155	177K followers
121	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	159	1.1M followers
122	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	161	17.6K followers
123	Delhi, India	163	3.3M followers
124	Lahore, Pakistan	169	1.1M followers
125	Kuching, Malaysia	181	81.3K followers