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	Auckland, New Zealand	7	252.1K followers
2	Tokyo, Japan	8	1.7M followers
3	Melbourne, Australia	8	854.3K followers
4	Kobe, Japan	11	68.2K followers
5	Osaka, Japan	11	658.7K followers
6	Kyiv, Ukraine	11	666.5K followers
7	Canberra, Australia	13	493.7K followers
8	Kyoto, Japan	14	266.1K followers
9	Sydney, Australia	17	1.8M followers
10	Vancouver, Canada	17	559.4K followers
11	Medan, Indonesia	17	1.4M followers
12	Lyon, France	18	700.4K followers
13	Ljubljana, Slovenia	20	205.6K followers
14	Helsinki, Finland	20	221.6K followers
15	Portland, USA	21	438.2K followers
16	Dublin, Ireland	21	123.3K followers
17	Stockholm, Sweden	21	249.9K followers
18	Seoul, South Korea	22	17.6M followers
19	Detroit, USA	22	76K followers
20	Sao Paulo, Brazil	22	181.1K followers
21	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	22	779K followers
22	Pristina, Kosovo	22	112.8K followers
23	Incheon, South Korea	24	193K followers
24	Oslo, Norway	25	192.1K followers
25	San Francisco, USA	26	1.1M followers
26	Salt Lake City, USA	26	263.6K followers
27	Copenhagen, Denmark	26	205.7K followers
28	New York, USA	27	2.5M followers
29	Moscow, Russia	27	1.2M followers
30	Budapest, Hungary	27	160.9K followers
31	Rotterdam, Netherlands	27	188.2K followers
32	Montreal, Canada	28	347.8K followers
33	Toronto, Canada	28	1.1M followers
34	Paris, France	28	15.2M followers
35	Chicago, USA	29	222.8K followers
36	Vienna, Austria	29	482.4K followers
37	Warsaw, Poland	29	813.7K followers
38	Lisbon, Portugal	29	204.4K followers
39	Brussels, Belgium	30	350.8K followers
40	Washington D.C., USA	32	177.4K followers
41	Munich, Germany	32	694.9K followers
42	Belgrade, Serbia	33	1.3M followers
43	Prague, Czech Republic	33	287.1K followers
44	Zagreb, Croatia	33	270.1K followers
45	Kraków, Poland	33	603K followers
46	Minneapolis, USA	34	93.4K followers
47	Amsterdam, Netherlands	34	563.2K followers
48	Los Angeles, USA	35	16.1M followers
49	Houston, USA	35	133.7K followers
50	Bratislava, Slovakia	35	87.4K followers
51	Bern, Switzerland	36	219.5K followers
52	Skopje, North Macedonia	37	249.8K followers
53	Birmingham, United Kingdom	38	364.8K followers
54	Seattle, USA	39	782.2K followers
55	London, United Kingdom	39	1.2M followers
56	Sofia, Bulgaria	39	274.5K followers
57	Kathmandu, Nepal	39	446.6K followers
58	Yangon, Myanmar	39	229.9K followers
59	Santiago, Chile	41	177.9K followers
60	Rome, Italy	41	425.4K followers
61	Johannesburg, South Africa	42	110.6K followers
62	Bucharest, Romania	44	210.4K followers
63	Denver, USA	45	2M followers
64	Athens, Greece	46	187.4K followers
65	Wrocław, Poland	46	442.7K followers
66	Nairobi, Kenya	47	78.5K followers
67	Taipei, Taiwan	47	1.5M followers
68	Chiang Mai, Thailand	49	16M followers
69	Bangkok, Thailand	50	17.1M followers
70	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	50	606.9K followers
71	Bogota, Colombia	50	144.4K followers
72	Baku, Azerbaijan	50	85.7K followers
73	Berlin, Germany	53	853K followers
74	Milan, Italy	53	510.6K followers
75	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	54	132.9K followers
76	Nice, France	54	598.1K followers
77	Shanghai, China	55	3.4M followers
78	Lima, Peru	55	67.3K followers
79	Accra, Ghana	56	27.2K followers
80	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	56	1.1M followers
81	Tehran, Iran	56	1.6M followers
82	Barcelona, Spain	58	617.9K followers
83	Algiers, Algeria	58	50.2K followers
84	Almaty, Kazakhstan	59	829.9K followers
85	Hangzhou, China	60	788.3K followers
86	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	62	1.1M followers
87	Mumbai, India	63	1.8M followers
88	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	64	1.5M followers
89	Chongqing, China	64	503.7K followers
90	Madrid, Spain	64	773.2K followers
91	Busan, South Korea	66	1.1M followers
92	Istanbul, Turkey	66	553.6K followers
93	Karachi, Pakistan	66	307.9K followers
94	Dakar, Senegal	66	50.5K followers
95	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	70	1.2M followers
96	Wuhan, China	71	641.3K followers
97	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	72	36.3K followers
98	Baghdad, Iraq	75	290.6K followers
99	Kabul, Afghanistan	75	62.4K followers
100	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	79	2.9M followers
101	Shenzhen, China	81	860.7K followers
102	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	81	393.2K followers
103	Guangzhou, China	82	2M followers
104	Singapore, Singapore	86	1.3M followers
105	Manila, Philippines	89	371.5K followers
106	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	90	1.2M followers
107	Beijing, China	94	18.3M followers
108	Doha, Qatar	94	329.3K followers
109	Jakarta, Indonesia	101	2.2M followers
110	Mexico City, Mexico	101	618.7K followers
111	Jerusalem, Israel	103	98.5K followers
112	Cairo, Egypt	106	275.8K followers
113	Kuwait City, Kuwait	107	171.5K followers
114	Manama, Bahrain	112	79.8K followers
115	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	121	235.8K followers
116	Kolkata, India	124	1.6M followers
117	Hanoi, Vietnam	140	3.6M followers
118	Dhaka, Bangladesh	145	490.9K followers
119	Kampala, Uganda	146	39.4K followers
120	Chengdu, China	147	2.4M followers
121	Lahore, Pakistan	151	1.1M followers
122	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	152	18K followers
123	Delhi, India	172	3.3M followers
124	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	174	1.1M followers
125	Kuching, Malaysia	192	100.3K followers