Live most polluted 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	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	159	5.5K followers
2	Jakarta, Indonesia	152	1.5M followers
3	Delhi, India	151	2.6M followers
4	Kampala, Uganda	147	12.4K followers
5	Dhaka, Bangladesh	144	154.4K followers
6	Beijing, China	115	17.4M followers
7	Jerusalem, Israel	114	31K followers
8	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	111	73.7K followers
9	Chengdu, China	110	1.7M followers
10	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	108	11.3K followers
11	Lahore, Pakistan	107	448.9K followers
12	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	99	122.7K followers
13	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	96	461K followers
14	Cairo, Egypt	94	86K followers
15	Salt Lake City, USA	90	80.3K followers
16	Karachi, Pakistan	82	96.9K followers
17	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	81	837.5K followers
18	Kuwait City, Kuwait	80	53.8K followers
19	Shanghai, China	77	2.7M followers
20	Kolkata, India	75	903.1K followers
21	Hanoi, Vietnam	75	2.9M followers
22	Detroit, USA	74	22.8K followers
23	Santiago, Chile	72	55.6K followers
24	Sao Paulo, Brazil	71	56.8K followers
25	Moscow, Russia	69	557.8K followers
26	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	69	245.6K followers
27	Kathmandu, Nepal	67	140.3K followers
28	Belgrade, Serbia	67	641.7K followers
29	Johannesburg, South Africa	66	34.8K followers
30	Sofia, Bulgaria	66	85.7K followers
31	Busan, South Korea	66	432.8K followers
32	Chongqing, China	66	158.5K followers
33	Athens, Greece	65	57.8K followers
34	Denver, USA	65	1.3M followers
35	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	63	378.3K followers
36	Istanbul, Turkey	63	174K followers
37	Almaty, Kazakhstan	63	260.8K followers
38	Medan, Indonesia	62	716.9K followers
39	Doha, Qatar	62	103.2K followers
40	Seoul, South Korea	62	16.7M followers
41	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	61	362.3K followers
42	Washington D.C., USA	61	54K followers
43	New York, USA	60	1.8M followers
44	Mexico City, Mexico	59	193.8K followers
45	Warsaw, Poland	59	255.8K followers
46	Krasnoyarsk, Russia	58	49.8K followers
47	Manama, Bahrain	58	24.9K followers
48	Nice, France	58	188.9K followers
49	Accra, Ghana	58	8.5K followers
50	Baghdad, Iraq	57	90.7K followers
51	Singapore, Singapore	57	622.9K followers
52	Lima, Peru	57	21K followers
53	Mumbai, India	56	1.1M followers
54	Montreal, Canada	56	105.5K followers
55	Bucharest, Romania	56	65.6K followers
56	Taipei, Taiwan	55	779.5K followers
57	Kraków, Poland	55	190.5K followers
58	Skopje, North Macedonia	55	78.4K followers
59	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	55	41.5K followers
60	Incheon, South Korea	55	60.7K followers
61	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	54	191.3K followers
62	Rome, Italy	54	131.8K followers
63	Dakar, Senegal	54	15.8K followers
64	Algiers, Algeria	53	15.8K followers
65	Pristina, Kosovo	53	35.3K followers
66	Tehran, Iran	50	909.1K followers
67	Yangon, Myanmar	50	71.7K followers
68	Wrocław, Poland	50	140.3K followers
69	Wuhan, China	50	200.9K followers
70	Kyiv, Ukraine	50	206K followers
71	Guangzhou, China	50	1.3M followers
72	Rotterdam, Netherlands	47	59.4K followers
73	Madrid, Spain	47	239.5K followers
74	Chicago, USA	46	65.5K followers
75	Kuching, Malaysia	45	24.6K followers
76	Budapest, Hungary	45	50.1K followers
77	Nairobi, Kenya	45	24.6K followers
78	Houston, USA	45	41.4K followers
79	Los Angeles, USA	45	15.2M followers
80	Kabul, Afghanistan	44	19.6K followers
81	Bern, Switzerland	44	68K followers
82	Baku, Azerbaijan	44	26.8K followers
83	Amsterdam, Netherlands	44	176.1K followers
84	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	44	366.5K followers
85	Barcelona, Spain	44	194.2K followers
86	Bangkok, Thailand	44	16.3M followers
87	Prague, Czech Republic	42	90K followers
88	Ljubljana, Slovenia	41	64.5K followers
89	Zagreb, Croatia	40	84.6K followers
90	Minneapolis, USA	40	27.7K followers
91	Lisbon, Portugal	39	63.4K followers
92	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	39	2.2M followers
93	Tokyo, Japan	39	1M followers
94	Vienna, Austria	37	151.2K followers
95	Hangzhou, China	36	246.7K followers
96	Toronto, Canada	35	357.3K followers
97	Shenzhen, China	33	267.7K followers
98	Copenhagen, Denmark	32	64.2K followers
99	Lyon, France	32	220.9K followers
100	San Francisco, USA	32	362.3K followers
101	Auckland, New Zealand	31	78.5K followers
102	Helsinki, Finland	31	69.7K followers
103	Paris, France	31	14.4M followers
104	Milan, Italy	29	159.7K followers
105	Berlin, Germany	29	265.6K followers
106	Vancouver, Canada	28	168K followers
107	Stockholm, Sweden	27	77.9K followers
108	Munich, Germany	27	218.9K followers
109	Seattle, USA	27	232.4K followers
110	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	26	551K followers
111	Birmingham, United Kingdom	25	115.5K followers
112	London, United Kingdom	25	501.9K followers
113	Bogota, Colombia	24	45.2K followers
114	Portland, USA	24	124.3K followers
115	Bratislava, Slovakia	22	27.4K followers
116	Oslo, Norway	22	59.8K followers
117	Osaka, Japan	22	206.3K followers
118	Chiang Mai, Thailand	22	15.2M followers
119	Canberra, Australia	19	153.7K followers
120	Kyoto, Japan	17	83.7K followers
121	Kobe, Japan	17	21.5K followers
122	Brussels, Belgium	15	109.9K followers
123	Sydney, Australia	10	1.2M followers
124	Dublin, Ireland	8	38.4K followers
125	Melbourne, Australia	7	267.1K followers