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	Sydney, Australia	13	1.8M followers
2	Vancouver, Canada	13	542.7K followers
3	Melbourne, Australia	14	844.8K followers
4	Canberra, Australia	15	486.7K followers
5	Almaty, Kazakhstan	17	823.1K followers
6	Chiang Mai, Thailand	17	15.9M followers
7	Sofia, Bulgaria	17	271.6K followers
8	Pristina, Kosovo	17	111.5K followers
9	Portland, USA	18	409.9K followers
10	Shenzhen, China	18	849.7K followers
11	Rome, Italy	18	418.4K followers
12	Auckland, New Zealand	20	248.9K followers
13	Tokyo, Japan	22	1.7M followers
14	Dublin, Ireland	22	121.6K followers
15	Kraków, Poland	22	600K followers
16	Warsaw, Poland	22	807.2K followers
17	Seattle, USA	23	751.3K followers
18	San Francisco, USA	23	1M followers
19	Kyiv, Ukraine	24	655.3K followers
20	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	25	773.8K followers
21	Manila, Philippines	27	360.3K followers
22	Salt Lake City, USA	28	256.4K followers
23	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	28	1.1M followers
24	Bogota, Colombia	28	143.2K followers
25	Helsinki, Finland	29	220K followers
26	Stockholm, Sweden	30	246.7K followers
27	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	31	1.2M followers
28	Skopje, North Macedonia	31	247.4K followers
29	Hangzhou, China	33	780K followers
30	Bucharest, Romania	33	207.4K followers
31	Moscow, Russia	33	1.2M followers
32	Oslo, Norway	33	189.4K followers
33	Yangon, Myanmar	33	226.9K followers
34	Athens, Greece	36	184.2K followers
35	Seoul, South Korea	39	17.5M followers
36	Belgrade, Serbia	39	1.3M followers
37	Amsterdam, Netherlands	39	557.2K followers
38	New York, USA	40	2.5M followers
39	Toronto, Canada	40	1.1M followers
40	Denver, USA	41	2M followers
41	London, United Kingdom	42	1.2M followers
42	Incheon, South Korea	42	191.3K followers
43	Detroit, USA	42	75.4K followers
44	Houston, USA	44	132K followers
45	Chicago, USA	44	218.6K followers
46	Santiago, Chile	44	176K followers
47	Washington D.C., USA	45	174.8K followers
48	Bratislava, Slovakia	45	86.6K followers
49	Zagreb, Croatia	46	267K followers
50	Lyon, France	48	696.3K followers
51	Shanghai, China	50	3.4M followers
52	Busan, South Korea	50	1.1M followers
53	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	50	131.4K followers
54	Montreal, Canada	50	342.5K followers
55	Algiers, Algeria	50	49.8K followers
56	Bangkok, Thailand	52	17M followers
57	Budapest, Hungary	52	158.6K followers
58	Copenhagen, Denmark	52	203.3K followers
59	Minneapolis, USA	53	92K followers
60	Birmingham, United Kingdom	53	363.6K followers
61	Wrocław, Poland	53	441.4K followers
62	Accra, Ghana	54	26.8K followers
63	Los Angeles, USA	55	16M followers
64	Chongqing, China	55	500K followers
65	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	55	2.9M followers
66	Kobe, Japan	55	67.7K followers
67	Istanbul, Turkey	55	549.3K followers
68	Vienna, Austria	55	477.6K followers
69	Taipei, Taiwan	55	1.5M followers
70	Lisbon, Portugal	55	201.2K followers
71	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	55	388.2K followers
72	Osaka, Japan	56	652.3K followers
73	Kathmandu, Nepal	57	443.3K followers
74	Kyoto, Japan	58	264.1K followers
75	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	58	1.1M followers
76	Chengdu, China	58	2.4M followers
77	Kolkata, India	58	1.6M followers
78	Dakar, Senegal	58	49.9K followers
79	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	59	603.3K followers
80	Sao Paulo, Brazil	60	179.5K followers
81	Guangzhou, China	62	2M followers
82	Kuwait City, Kuwait	62	170K followers
83	Tehran, Iran	62	1.6M followers
84	Kuching, Malaysia	64	77.6K followers
85	Baghdad, Iraq	65	286.7K followers
86	Paris, France	67	15.1M followers
87	Berlin, Germany	68	840.7K followers
88	Ljubljana, Slovenia	68	203.4K followers
89	Singapore, Singapore	69	1.3M followers
90	Medan, Indonesia	69	1.4M followers
91	Kabul, Afghanistan	69	61.9K followers
92	Prague, Czech Republic	70	284.2K followers
93	Mexico City, Mexico	70	613.6K followers
94	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	71	1.5M followers
95	Dhaka, Bangladesh	71	487.7K followers
96	Rotterdam, Netherlands	71	187.1K followers
97	Mumbai, India	71	1.8M followers
98	Nice, France	71	595.2K followers
99	Nairobi, Kenya	74	77.7K followers
100	Madrid, Spain	75	761.5K followers
101	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	79	1M followers
102	Doha, Qatar	81	326K followers
103	Cairo, Egypt	81	272.3K followers
104	Lima, Peru	84	66.5K followers
105	Brussels, Belgium	85	347.3K followers
106	Baku, Azerbaijan	88	84.7K followers
107	Delhi, India	89	3.3M followers
108	Karachi, Pakistan	90	305.7K followers
109	Jakarta, Indonesia	92	2.2M followers
110	Beijing, China	96	18.2M followers
111	Milan, Italy	96	504.9K followers
112	Manama, Bahrain	96	78.8K followers
113	Munich, Germany	98	690.3K followers
114	Barcelona, Spain	99	613.4K followers
115	Wuhan, China	99	635K followers
116	Bern, Switzerland	100	215.3K followers
117	Krasnoyarsk, Russia	102	156.8K followers
118	Hanoi, Vietnam	108	3.6M followers
119	Lahore, Pakistan	110	1.1M followers
120	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	113	35.9K followers
121	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	117	1.1M followers
122	Jerusalem, Israel	120	97.9K followers
123	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	126	233.2K followers
124	Kampala, Uganda	127	39K followers
125	Johannesburg, South Africa	137	109.8K followers
126	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	168	17.5K followers