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	Canberra, Australia	13	152.7K followers
2	Melbourne, Australia	14	265.4K followers
3	Dublin, Ireland	15	38.1K followers
4	Sydney, Australia	17	1.2M followers
5	Amsterdam, Netherlands	18	175.2K followers
6	Vancouver, Canada	19	166.6K followers
7	Bratislava, Slovakia	21	27.3K followers
8	Chiang Mai, Thailand	22	15.2M followers
9	Houston, USA	22	41.1K followers
10	Kyoto, Japan	22	83.3K followers
11	San Francisco, USA	23	359.7K followers
12	Portland, USA	24	122.5K followers
13	Zagreb, Croatia	24	84.2K followers
14	Stockholm, Sweden	24	77.4K followers
15	Bangkok, Thailand	25	16.3M followers
16	Yangon, Myanmar	25	71.3K followers
17	Bern, Switzerland	25	67.5K followers
18	Seattle, USA	26	230.3K followers
19	New York, USA	26	1.8M followers
20	Ljubljana, Slovenia	26	64.2K followers
21	Rome, Italy	26	130.7K followers
22	Birmingham, United Kingdom	26	115.3K followers
23	London, United Kingdom	28	498.3K followers
24	Tokyo, Japan	28	1M followers
25	Vienna, Austria	28	150.3K followers
26	Paris, France	28	14.3M followers
27	Minneapolis, USA	29	27.5K followers
28	Budapest, Hungary	29	49.7K followers
29	Oslo, Norway	29	59.3K followers
30	Munich, Germany	30	218.2K followers
31	Wrocław, Poland	30	140.1K followers
32	Almaty, Kazakhstan	31	259.8K followers
33	Brussels, Belgium	31	109.4K followers
34	Lisbon, Portugal	32	62.9K followers
35	Salt Lake City, USA	33	76.7K followers
36	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	33	41.3K followers
37	Osaka, Japan	33	205K followers
38	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	33	364.7K followers
39	Moscow, Russia	33	554.2K followers
40	Pristina, Kosovo	33	35.1K followers
41	Washington D.C., USA	36	53.6K followers
42	Berlin, Germany	36	263.7K followers
43	Kuching, Malaysia	36	24.6K followers
44	Taipei, Taiwan	37	776.4K followers
45	Helsinki, Finland	37	69.4K followers
46	Denver, USA	38	1.3M followers
47	Los Angeles, USA	39	15.2M followers
48	Barcelona, Spain	39	193.4K followers
49	Montreal, Canada	39	104.5K followers
50	Prague, Czech Republic	39	89.5K followers
51	Kyiv, Ukraine	39	203.6K followers
52	Warsaw, Poland	39	254.6K followers
53	Kabul, Afghanistan	39	19.5K followers
54	Manila, Philippines	39	113.2K followers
55	Beijing, China	40	17.3M followers
56	Madrid, Spain	41	238.3K followers
57	Athens, Greece	43	57.3K followers
58	Kobe, Japan	44	21.4K followers
59	Milan, Italy	44	158.7K followers
60	Detroit, USA	47	22.7K followers
61	Singapore, Singapore	49	620.3K followers
62	Rotterdam, Netherlands	49	59.1K followers
63	Sofia, Bulgaria	50	85.3K followers
64	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	50	377K followers
65	Kraków, Poland	50	189.9K followers
66	Baku, Azerbaijan	50	26.7K followers
67	Tehran, Iran	50	906.4K followers
68	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	52	360.5K followers
69	Auckland, New Zealand	52	77.9K followers
70	Bucharest, Romania	53	65.2K followers
71	Skopje, North Macedonia	53	78.1K followers
72	Bogota, Colombia	54	45.1K followers
73	Guangzhou, China	55	1.3M followers
74	Istanbul, Turkey	55	173.2K followers
75	Algiers, Algeria	55	15.8K followers
76	Doha, Qatar	56	102.7K followers
77	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	57	548.6K followers
78	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	57	244.7K followers
79	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	58	2.2M followers
80	Belgrade, Serbia	58	638.9K followers
81	Baghdad, Iraq	59	90.1K followers
82	Medan, Indonesia	59	716.1K followers
83	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	60	190.7K followers
84	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	61	122.1K followers
85	Chicago, USA	62	64.9K followers
86	Manama, Bahrain	62	24.8K followers
87	Lima, Peru	63	20.9K followers
88	Mexico City, Mexico	63	192.9K followers
89	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	64	833.2K followers
90	Toronto, Canada	64	354.1K followers
91	Shenzhen, China	64	265.1K followers
92	Accra, Ghana	68	8.4K followers
93	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	69	458.2K followers
94	Kampala, Uganda	71	12.3K followers
95	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	71	11.3K followers
96	Mumbai, India	72	1.1M followers
97	Chongqing, China	73	157.8K followers
98	Dakar, Senegal	75	15.7K followers
99	Nairobi, Kenya	79	24.5K followers
100	Kuwait City, Kuwait	82	53.6K followers
101	Dhaka, Bangladesh	84	153.8K followers
102	Hanoi, Vietnam	88	2.9M followers
103	Santiago, Chile	94	55.1K followers
104	Karachi, Pakistan	96	96.5K followers
105	Kolkata, India	97	902.4K followers
106	Johannesburg, South Africa	100	34.7K followers
107	Shanghai, China	102	2.7M followers
108	Kathmandu, Nepal	102	139.7K followers
109	Chengdu, China	105	1.7M followers
110	Incheon, South Korea	106	60.4K followers
111	Seoul, South Korea	107	16.6M followers
112	Busan, South Korea	110	430.5K followers
113	Hangzhou, China	112	244.8K followers
114	Sao Paulo, Brazil	112	56.5K followers
115	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	113	73.3K followers
116	Cairo, Egypt	116	85.4K followers
117	Wuhan, China	120	199.7K followers
118	Jerusalem, Israel	124	30.9K followers
119	Jakarta, Indonesia	154	1.5M followers
120	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	159	5.5K followers
121	Lahore, Pakistan	161	447.7K followers
122	Delhi, India	161	2.6M followers