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	8	844K followers
2	Montreal, Canada	10	341.9K followers
3	Canberra, Australia	12	486.3K followers
4	Kathmandu, Nepal	13	443.1K followers
5	Sydney, Australia	15	1.8M followers
6	Kyiv, Ukraine	17	655K followers
7	San Francisco, USA	19	1M followers
8	Helsinki, Finland	20	219.9K followers
9	Stockholm, Sweden	21	246.5K followers
10	Berlin, Germany	22	840K followers
11	Budapest, Hungary	22	158.4K followers
12	Skopje, North Macedonia	22	247.3K followers
13	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	22	603.1K followers
14	Almaty, Kazakhstan	23	822.7K followers
15	Dublin, Ireland	23	121.5K followers
16	Oslo, Norway	26	189.2K followers
17	Bogota, Colombia	26	143.1K followers
18	Copenhagen, Denmark	26	203.1K followers
19	Brussels, Belgium	26	347K followers
20	Minneapolis, USA	27	91.9K followers
21	Auckland, New Zealand	27	248.7K followers
22	Sofia, Bulgaria	28	271.5K followers
23	Prague, Czech Republic	28	284K followers
24	Ljubljana, Slovenia	28	203.3K followers
25	Rotterdam, Netherlands	28	187K followers
26	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	29	773.6K followers
27	Amsterdam, Netherlands	29	556.8K followers
28	Wrocław, Poland	30	441.3K followers
29	Los Angeles, USA	31	16M followers
30	Belgrade, Serbia	31	1.3M followers
31	Zagreb, Croatia	31	266.9K followers
32	Detroit, USA	32	75.3K followers
33	Toronto, Canada	32	1.1M followers
34	Chiang Mai, Thailand	33	15.9M followers
35	Moscow, Russia	33	1.2M followers
36	Kraków, Poland	33	599.8K followers
37	Warsaw, Poland	33	806.8K followers
38	Pristina, Kosovo	33	111.5K followers
39	Nice, France	33	594.9K followers
40	Chicago, USA	34	218.3K followers
41	Vienna, Austria	34	477.4K followers
42	Bern, Switzerland	34	215.1K followers
43	Bucharest, Romania	35	207.2K followers
44	Lyon, France	37	695.8K followers
45	London, United Kingdom	39	1.2M followers
46	Paris, France	40	15.1M followers
47	Bratislava, Slovakia	40	86.5K followers
48	Rome, Italy	42	418K followers
49	Sao Paulo, Brazil	44	179.4K followers
50	Munich, Germany	45	690K followers
51	Milan, Italy	47	504.6K followers
52	New York, USA	48	2.5M followers
53	Barcelona, Spain	49	612.9K followers
54	Busan, South Korea	50	1.1M followers
55	Yangon, Myanmar	50	226.7K followers
56	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	51	131.3K followers
57	Dhaka, Bangladesh	52	487.4K followers
58	Lisbon, Portugal	52	201K followers
59	Kuwait City, Kuwait	54	169.9K followers
60	Taipei, Taiwan	55	1.5M followers
61	Wuhan, China	55	634.6K followers
62	Kabul, Afghanistan	55	61.8K followers
63	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	56	1.5M followers
64	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	56	2.8M followers
65	Hangzhou, China	56	779.5K followers
66	Istanbul, Turkey	57	549K followers
67	Bangkok, Thailand	58	17M followers
68	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	58	1.2M followers
69	Lima, Peru	58	66.4K followers
70	Kuching, Malaysia	58	77.6K followers
71	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	60	1M followers
72	Birmingham, United Kingdom	60	363.5K followers
73	Tehran, Iran	60	1.6M followers
74	Athens, Greece	61	184.1K followers
75	Seoul, South Korea	62	17.5M followers
76	Doha, Qatar	62	325.8K followers
77	Washington D.C., USA	63	174.7K followers
78	Shenzhen, China	64	848.3K followers
79	Mumbai, India	64	1.8M followers
80	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	65	1.1M followers
81	Delhi, India	65	3.3M followers
82	Chongqing, China	66	499.7K followers
83	Incheon, South Korea	66	191.2K followers
84	Madrid, Spain	66	757K followers
85	Singapore, Singapore	66	1.3M followers
86	Baku, Azerbaijan	66	84.7K followers
87	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	66	387.9K followers
88	Manama, Bahrain	66	78.8K followers
89	Kolkata, India	67	1.6M followers
90	Baghdad, Iraq	67	286.4K followers
91	Medan, Indonesia	68	1.4M followers
92	Jakarta, Indonesia	69	2.2M followers
93	Guangzhou, China	71	2M followers
94	Kyoto, Japan	71	264K followers
95	Vancouver, Canada	71	540.3K followers
96	Santiago, Chile	71	175.9K followers
97	Accra, Ghana	71	26.7K followers
98	Krasnoyarsk, Russia	71	156.8K followers
99	Seattle, USA	72	748.8K followers
100	Tokyo, Japan	73	1.7M followers
101	Beijing, China	73	18.2M followers
102	Osaka, Japan	74	651.8K followers
103	Houston, USA	78	131.8K followers
104	Kobe, Japan	79	67.6K followers
105	Shanghai, China	81	3.4M followers
106	Hanoi, Vietnam	81	3.6M followers
107	Lahore, Pakistan	82	1.1M followers
108	Portland, USA	88	407.7K followers
109	Karachi, Pakistan	88	305.6K followers
110	Dakar, Senegal	88	49.9K followers
111	Algiers, Algeria	92	49.8K followers
112	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	94	1.1M followers
113	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	94	1M followers
114	Cairo, Egypt	97	272K followers
115	Nairobi, Kenya	99	77.7K followers
116	Salt Lake City, USA	102	256K followers
117	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	103	35.9K followers
118	Denver, USA	105	2M followers
119	Chengdu, China	105	2.4M followers
120	Mexico City, Mexico	110	613.2K followers
121	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	119	233K followers
122	Jerusalem, Israel	125	97.9K followers
123	Johannesburg, South Africa	144	109.7K followers
124	Kampala, Uganda	147	39K followers
125	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	173	17.5K followers