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	Stockholm, Sweden	12	246.5K followers
2	Montreal, Canada	13	341.9K followers
3	Sofia, Bulgaria	14	271.5K followers
4	Budapest, Hungary	17	158.4K followers
5	Melbourne, Australia	18	844.1K followers
6	Sydney, Australia	19	1.8M followers
7	Canberra, Australia	19	486.3K followers
8	Helsinki, Finland	19	219.9K followers
9	Kyiv, Ukraine	20	655K followers
10	Auckland, New Zealand	20	248.7K followers
11	Copenhagen, Denmark	20	203.1K followers
12	San Francisco, USA	21	1M followers
13	Almaty, Kazakhstan	21	822.7K followers
14	Belgrade, Serbia	22	1.3M followers
15	Moscow, Russia	22	1.2M followers
16	Amsterdam, Netherlands	22	556.8K followers
17	Toronto, Canada	25	1.1M followers
18	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	25	603.1K followers
19	Minneapolis, USA	26	91.9K followers
20	Bern, Switzerland	26	215.1K followers
21	Prague, Czech Republic	28	284K followers
22	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	28	773.6K followers
23	Ljubljana, Slovenia	28	203.3K followers
24	Warsaw, Poland	28	806.8K followers
25	Wrocław, Poland	28	441.3K followers
26	Pristina, Kosovo	28	111.5K followers
27	Rotterdam, Netherlands	28	187K followers
28	Brussels, Belgium	28	347K followers
29	Los Angeles, USA	30	16M followers
30	Zagreb, Croatia	30	266.9K followers
31	Oslo, Norway	30	189.2K followers
32	Chicago, USA	31	218.3K followers
33	New York, USA	32	2.5M followers
34	Detroit, USA	32	75.3K followers
35	London, United Kingdom	33	1.2M followers
36	Sao Paulo, Brazil	33	179.4K followers
37	Skopje, North Macedonia	33	247.3K followers
38	Yangon, Myanmar	33	226.7K followers
39	Munich, Germany	34	690K followers
40	Vienna, Austria	36	477.4K followers
41	Lyon, France	36	695.8K followers
42	Chiang Mai, Thailand	38	15.9M followers
43	Bucharest, Romania	38	207.2K followers
44	Berlin, Germany	39	840K followers
45	Dublin, Ireland	39	121.5K followers
46	Milan, Italy	39	504.6K followers
47	Medan, Indonesia	39	1.4M followers
48	Paris, France	40	15.1M followers
49	Bratislava, Slovakia	40	86.5K followers
50	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	42	131.3K followers
51	Denver, USA	44	2M followers
52	Rome, Italy	44	418K followers
53	Wuhan, China	44	634.6K followers
54	Kraków, Poland	45	599.8K followers
55	Washington D.C., USA	46	174.7K followers
56	Kathmandu, Nepal	47	443.1K followers
57	Lisbon, Portugal	47	201K followers
58	Barcelona, Spain	48	612.9K followers
59	Houston, USA	50	131.8K followers
60	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	53	2.8M followers
61	Nice, France	53	594.9K followers
62	Bangkok, Thailand	54	17M followers
63	Athens, Greece	54	184.1K followers
64	Dakar, Senegal	54	49.9K followers
65	Birmingham, United Kingdom	54	363.5K followers
66	Mexico City, Mexico	55	613.2K followers
67	Busan, South Korea	56	1.1M followers
68	Istanbul, Turkey	56	549K followers
69	Bogota, Colombia	57	143.1K followers
70	Lahore, Pakistan	58	1.1M followers
71	Dhaka, Bangladesh	58	487.4K followers
72	Kuwait City, Kuwait	58	169.9K followers
73	Portland, USA	59	408.1K followers
74	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	59	1.1M followers
75	Tehran, Iran	60	1.6M followers
76	Doha, Qatar	62	325.8K followers
77	Manama, Bahrain	62	78.8K followers
78	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	63	1M followers
79	Baghdad, Iraq	64	286.5K followers
80	Kabul, Afghanistan	64	61.8K followers
81	Chongqing, China	65	499.8K followers
82	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	65	1.2M followers
83	Hangzhou, China	67	779.5K followers
84	Singapore, Singapore	67	1.3M followers
85	Seoul, South Korea	68	17.5M followers
86	Salt Lake City, USA	68	256K followers
87	Incheon, South Korea	68	191.2K followers
88	Mumbai, India	68	1.8M followers
89	Kyoto, Japan	69	264K followers
90	Nairobi, Kenya	69	77.7K followers
91	Delhi, India	69	3.3M followers
92	Krasnoyarsk, Russia	69	156.8K followers
93	Shenzhen, China	70	848.3K followers
94	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	71	1.5M followers
95	Kuching, Malaysia	72	77.6K followers
96	Beijing, China	73	18.2M followers
97	Madrid, Spain	73	757K followers
98	Vancouver, Canada	73	540.5K followers
99	Lima, Peru	73	66.4K followers
100	Guangzhou, China	75	2M followers
101	Accra, Ghana	75	26.7K followers
102	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	75	387.9K followers
103	Tokyo, Japan	79	1.7M followers
104	Taipei, Taiwan	81	1.5M followers
105	Baku, Azerbaijan	82	84.7K followers
106	Osaka, Japan	84	651.8K followers
107	Kolkata, India	84	1.6M followers
108	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	84	1M followers
109	Shanghai, China	90	3.4M followers
110	Seattle, USA	91	749.4K followers
111	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	91	35.9K followers
112	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	92	1.1M followers
113	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	92	233K followers
114	Cairo, Egypt	92	272K followers
115	Santiago, Chile	93	175.9K followers
116	Kobe, Japan	94	67.6K followers
117	Karachi, Pakistan	96	305.6K followers
118	Jakarta, Indonesia	105	2.2M followers
119	Hanoi, Vietnam	108	3.6M followers
120	Chengdu, China	110	2.4M followers
121	Johannesburg, South Africa	119	109.7K followers
122	Jerusalem, Israel	127	97.9K followers
123	Algiers, Algeria	129	49.8K followers
124	Kampala, Uganda	139	39K followers
125	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	159	17.5K followers