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	169	5.5K followers
2	Jakarta, Indonesia	169	1.5M followers
3	Santiago, Chile	164	54.9K followers
4	Johannesburg, South Africa	156	34.7K followers
5	Lahore, Pakistan	150	447.3K followers
6	Wuhan, China	149	199.1K followers
7	Kolkata, India	127	902.1K followers
8	Delhi, India	117	2.6M followers
9	Hangzhou, China	112	244K followers
10	Kathmandu, Nepal	103	139.5K followers
11	Kampala, Uganda	96	12.3K followers
12	Kabul, Afghanistan	90	19.4K followers
13	Chengdu, China	90	1.7M followers
14	Beijing, China	88	17.3M followers
15	Dhaka, Bangladesh	86	153.6K followers
16	Baghdad, Iraq	84	89.8K followers
17	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	84	2.2M followers
18	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	82	376.5K followers
19	Hanoi, Vietnam	81	2.9M followers
20	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	80	359.7K followers
21	Karachi, Pakistan	79	96.4K followers
22	Incheon, South Korea	79	60.4K followers
23	Dakar, Senegal	78	15.7K followers
24	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	77	831.3K followers
25	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	75	121.9K followers
26	Cairo, Egypt	72	85.2K followers
27	Shenzhen, China	69	263.7K followers
28	Seoul, South Korea	69	16.6M followers
29	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	69	457.3K followers
30	Chiang Mai, Thailand	68	15.2M followers
31	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	67	11.2K followers
32	Nice, France	66	188.2K followers
33	Guangzhou, China	66	1.3M followers
34	Medan, Indonesia	65	715.8K followers
35	Istanbul, Turkey	65	172.9K followers
36	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	64	190.4K followers
37	Accra, Ghana	63	8.4K followers
38	Shanghai, China	63	2.7M followers
39	Mexico City, Mexico	62	192.5K followers
40	Chongqing, China	62	157.3K followers
41	Singapore, Singapore	61	619.4K followers
42	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	60	73.1K followers
43	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	60	364.1K followers
44	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	60	547.7K followers
45	Jerusalem, Israel	59	30.9K followers
46	Sao Paulo, Brazil	59	56.4K followers
47	Mumbai, India	59	1.1M followers
48	Manila, Philippines	58	113K followers
49	Krasnoyarsk, Russia	58	49.5K followers
50	Lima, Peru	58	20.8K followers
51	Los Angeles, USA	58	15.2M followers
52	Kuwait City, Kuwait	56	53.5K followers
53	Milan, Italy	56	158.4K followers
54	Doha, Qatar	55	102.5K followers
55	Madrid, Spain	55	237.8K followers
56	Yangon, Myanmar	53	71K followers
57	Manama, Bahrain	50	24.7K followers
58	Taipei, Taiwan	50	775.1K followers
59	Barcelona, Spain	50	193.2K followers
60	Oslo, Norway	49	59.2K followers
61	Athens, Greece	49	57.1K followers
62	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	49	41.2K followers
63	Kuching, Malaysia	48	24.6K followers
64	Denver, USA	48	1.3M followers
65	Busan, South Korea	47	429.6K followers
66	Minneapolis, USA	47	27.3K followers
67	Bratislava, Slovakia	44	27.2K followers
68	Warsaw, Poland	44	254.1K followers
69	Skopje, North Macedonia	44	78K followers
70	Osaka, Japan	44	204.6K followers
71	Nairobi, Kenya	44	24.4K followers
72	Kyoto, Japan	44	83.2K followers
73	Salt Lake City, USA	44	76.3K followers
74	Bangkok, Thailand	44	16.2M followers
75	Rome, Italy	43	130.2K followers
76	San Francisco, USA	41	359K followers
77	Algiers, Algeria	39	15.7K followers
78	Auckland, New Zealand	39	77.6K followers
79	Bucharest, Romania	39	65K followers
80	Washington D.C., USA	39	53.4K followers
81	Tokyo, Japan	39	1M followers
82	Bern, Switzerland	38	67.4K followers
83	Prague, Czech Republic	38	89.4K followers
84	Chicago, USA	36	64.6K followers
85	Houston, USA	36	41K followers
86	New York, USA	36	1.8M followers
87	Wrocław, Poland	35	140K followers
88	Paris, France	34	14.3M followers
89	Vienna, Austria	33	150.1K followers
90	Berlin, Germany	33	263K followers
91	Rotterdam, Netherlands	32	59K followers
92	Brussels, Belgium	31	109.2K followers
93	Munich, Germany	31	217.9K followers
94	Lyon, France	30	220K followers
95	Kraków, Poland	30	189.7K followers
96	Baku, Azerbaijan	28	26.6K followers
97	Pristina, Kosovo	28	35K followers
98	Budapest, Hungary	28	49.6K followers
99	London, United Kingdom	28	497K followers
100	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	27	244.5K followers
101	Detroit, USA	27	22.7K followers
102	Amsterdam, Netherlands	26	174.9K followers
103	Stockholm, Sweden	26	77.2K followers
104	Montreal, Canada	26	104.1K followers
105	Toronto, Canada	26	353.1K followers
106	Belgrade, Serbia	26	637.8K followers
107	Portland, USA	26	122K followers
108	Seattle, USA	24	229.7K followers
109	Bogota, Colombia	23	45K followers
110	Helsinki, Finland	23	69.3K followers
111	Kyiv, Ukraine	23	203.1K followers
112	Almaty, Kazakhstan	23	259.4K followers
113	Ljubljana, Slovenia	22	64.1K followers
114	Moscow, Russia	22	553K followers
115	Sofia, Bulgaria	22	85.2K followers
116	Dublin, Ireland	21	38K followers
117	Zagreb, Croatia	20	84K followers
118	Lisbon, Portugal	19	62.8K followers
119	Birmingham, United Kingdom	18	115.3K followers
120	Tehran, Iran	17	904.9K followers
121	Vancouver, Canada	17	166.1K followers
122	Kobe, Japan	17	21.4K followers
123	Canberra, Australia	16	152.2K followers
124	Sydney, Australia	13	1.2M followers
125	Melbourne, Australia	4	264.9K followers