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	Dakar, Senegal	6	50.8K followers
2	Kyiv, Ukraine	8	670.1K followers
3	Canberra, Australia	14	497.3K followers
4	Detroit, USA	17	76.3K followers
5	Budapest, Hungary	17	161.8K followers
6	Birmingham, United Kingdom	19	365.4K followers
7	Melbourne, Australia	21	858.2K followers
8	Bangkok, Thailand	22	17.2M followers
9	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	22	2.9M followers
10	Sofia, Bulgaria	22	275.3K followers
11	Vienna, Austria	22	484K followers
12	Berlin, Germany	22	856.9K followers
13	Bratislava, Slovakia	22	87.7K followers
14	Helsinki, Finland	22	222.4K followers
15	Auckland, New Zealand	22	255K followers
16	Seattle, USA	23	785.3K followers
17	Washington D.C., USA	23	178.2K followers
18	Dublin, Ireland	23	123.9K followers
19	Montreal, Canada	23	349.4K followers
20	Oslo, Norway	23	192.9K followers
21	Toronto, Canada	24	1.1M followers
22	San Francisco, USA	26	1.1M followers
23	Rome, Italy	26	428.1K followers
24	Stockholm, Sweden	26	251.1K followers
25	Rotterdam, Netherlands	26	188.5K followers
26	Portland, USA	27	440.9K followers
27	Kathmandu, Nepal	27	448K followers
28	Amsterdam, Netherlands	27	565.1K followers
29	London, United Kingdom	28	1.2M followers
30	Tokyo, Japan	28	1.7M followers
31	Vancouver, Canada	28	561.9K followers
32	New York, USA	30	2.5M followers
33	Almaty, Kazakhstan	31	832.9K followers
34	Chicago, USA	31	224.2K followers
35	Denver, USA	31	2M followers
36	Ljubljana, Slovenia	31	206.2K followers
37	Zagreb, Croatia	32	271.3K followers
38	Barcelona, Spain	33	619.5K followers
39	Lyon, France	33	701.5K followers
40	Kolkata, India	34	1.6M followers
41	Munich, Germany	34	696.4K followers
42	Nice, France	34	599K followers
43	Copenhagen, Denmark	35	206.6K followers
44	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	36	133.6K followers
45	Bucharest, Romania	36	211.4K followers
46	Minneapolis, USA	37	93.8K followers
47	Taipei, Taiwan	39	1.5M followers
48	Pristina, Kosovo	40	113.2K followers
49	Sao Paulo, Brazil	42	181.7K followers
50	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	42	781.2K followers
51	Warsaw, Poland	42	816.4K followers
52	Salt Lake City, USA	44	264.9K followers
53	Moscow, Russia	44	1.3M followers
54	Belgrade, Serbia	44	1.3M followers
55	Nairobi, Kenya	44	78.7K followers
56	Istanbul, Turkey	44	555.3K followers
57	Paris, France	44	15.3M followers
58	Kraków, Poland	44	604.2K followers
59	Prague, Czech Republic	45	288.1K followers
60	Accra, Ghana	47	27.4K followers
61	Athens, Greece	47	188.5K followers
62	Skopje, North Macedonia	47	250.3K followers
63	Bogota, Colombia	48	144.8K followers
64	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	49	1.1M followers
65	Chongqing, China	50	505.4K followers
66	Milan, Italy	50	512.8K followers
67	Yangon, Myanmar	50	231.1K followers
68	Brussels, Belgium	50	351.8K followers
69	Algiers, Algeria	50	50.3K followers
70	Sydney, Australia	52	1.9M followers
71	Kyoto, Japan	52	267.2K followers
72	Bern, Switzerland	52	220.3K followers
73	Madrid, Spain	53	775.8K followers
74	Mexico City, Mexico	53	620.6K followers
75	Lisbon, Portugal	54	205.5K followers
76	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	54	608.7K followers
77	Wrocław, Poland	54	443.2K followers
78	Busan, South Korea	55	1.1M followers
79	Osaka, Japan	55	662K followers
80	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	56	1.2M followers
81	Baghdad, Iraq	56	292.6K followers
82	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	59	236.8K followers
83	Shanghai, China	60	3.4M followers
84	Lima, Peru	60	67.7K followers
85	Tehran, Iran	60	1.6M followers
86	Guangzhou, China	61	2M followers
87	Dhaka, Bangladesh	61	492.3K followers
88	Shenzhen, China	62	863.5K followers
89	Cairo, Egypt	62	277.2K followers
90	Chiang Mai, Thailand	64	16M followers
91	Medan, Indonesia	64	1.4M followers
92	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	64	36.5K followers
93	Kobe, Japan	66	68.4K followers
94	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	67	1.1M followers
95	Kabul, Afghanistan	68	62.7K followers
96	Chengdu, China	69	2.4M followers
97	Kampala, Uganda	70	39.5K followers
98	Seoul, South Korea	71	17.6M followers
99	Johannesburg, South Africa	71	111K followers
100	Baku, Azerbaijan	75	86.1K followers
101	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	76	1.5M followers
102	Incheon, South Korea	77	193.6K followers
103	Karachi, Pakistan	78	309K followers
104	Hangzhou, China	79	791.7K followers
105	Houston, USA	85	134.4K followers
106	Singapore, Singapore	86	1.3M followers
107	Santiago, Chile	87	178.6K followers
108	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	87	394.9K followers
109	Manila, Philippines	89	374.9K followers
110	Kuwait City, Kuwait	90	172.2K followers
111	Doha, Qatar	97	330.4K followers
112	Los Angeles, USA	104	16.2M followers
113	Mumbai, India	104	1.8M followers
114	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	107	1.1M followers
115	Jerusalem, Israel	109	98.7K followers
116	Beijing, China	112	18.4M followers
117	Wuhan, China	112	644.8K followers
118	Delhi, India	139	3.3M followers
119	Manama, Bahrain	152	80.1K followers
120	Jakarta, Indonesia	157	2.2M followers
121	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	158	1.2M followers
122	Hanoi, Vietnam	160	3.6M followers
123	Kuching, Malaysia	195	105.1K followers
124	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	208	18.1K followers
125	Lahore, Pakistan	216	1.1M followers