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	12	251.7K followers
2	Dublin, Ireland	18	123K followers
3	Sao Paulo, Brazil	19	180.9K followers
4	Bogota, Colombia	20	144.3K followers
5	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	20	1.1M followers
6	Lyon, France	20	700K followers
7	Berlin, Germany	21	851.7K followers
8	Busan, South Korea	22	1.1M followers
9	Vienna, Austria	22	481.7K followers
10	Brussels, Belgium	22	350.4K followers
11	Amsterdam, Netherlands	23	562.3K followers
12	Nice, France	23	597.8K followers
13	Budapest, Hungary	24	160.6K followers
14	Bern, Switzerland	24	219.1K followers
15	Rome, Italy	25	424.2K followers
16	Taipei, Taiwan	26	1.5M followers
17	Lisbon, Portugal	26	203.8K followers
18	Birmingham, United Kingdom	26	364.6K followers
19	Canberra, Australia	27	492.1K followers
20	Santiago, Chile	27	177.7K followers
21	London, United Kingdom	28	1.2M followers
22	Houston, USA	28	133.5K followers
23	Washington D.C., USA	28	177K followers
24	Beijing, China	28	18.3M followers
25	Vancouver, Canada	28	558.6K followers
26	Prague, Czech Republic	28	286.7K followers
27	Paris, France	28	15.2M followers
28	Ljubljana, Slovenia	28	205.4K followers
29	Kraków, Poland	28	602.5K followers
30	Stockholm, Sweden	28	249.4K followers
31	Warsaw, Poland	28	812.8K followers
32	Baku, Azerbaijan	28	85.6K followers
33	Madrid, Spain	29	772K followers
34	Barcelona, Spain	29	617.3K followers
35	Denver, USA	31	2M followers
36	Montreal, Canada	31	347.2K followers
37	Zagreb, Croatia	31	269.5K followers
38	Munich, Germany	31	694.3K followers
39	Helsinki, Finland	31	221.4K followers
40	San Francisco, USA	32	1.1M followers
41	Portland, USA	32	436.8K followers
42	Copenhagen, Denmark	32	205.3K followers
43	Seoul, South Korea	33	17.6M followers
44	Chiang Mai, Thailand	33	16M followers
45	Incheon, South Korea	33	192.8K followers
46	Seattle, USA	34	781.4K followers
47	Kyoto, Japan	36	265.7K followers
48	Oslo, Norway	36	191.7K followers
49	Rotterdam, Netherlands	36	188.1K followers
50	Tokyo, Japan	39	1.7M followers
51	Nairobi, Kenya	39	78.3K followers
52	Shenzhen, China	39	859.5K followers
53	Algiers, Algeria	39	50.1K followers
54	Bratislava, Slovakia	41	87.3K followers
55	Sydney, Australia	43	1.8M followers
56	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	44	132.7K followers
57	Melbourne, Australia	44	852.5K followers
58	Lima, Peru	44	67.2K followers
59	Johannesburg, South Africa	44	110.5K followers
60	Salt Lake City, USA	45	263.2K followers
61	Almaty, Kazakhstan	48	828.5K followers
62	Moscow, Russia	48	1.2M followers
63	Sofia, Bulgaria	50	274.2K followers
64	Guangzhou, China	50	2M followers
65	Toronto, Canada	50	1.1M followers
66	Shanghai, China	50	3.4M followers
67	Hangzhou, China	50	787K followers
68	Milan, Italy	50	509.7K followers
69	Wrocław, Poland	50	442.5K followers
70	Yangon, Myanmar	50	229.4K followers
71	Tehran, Iran	50	1.6M followers
72	Minneapolis, USA	52	93.2K followers
73	Mumbai, India	52	1.8M followers
74	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	53	1.2M followers
75	Mexico City, Mexico	53	618.1K followers
76	Detroit, USA	54	75.8K followers
77	Athens, Greece	54	187K followers
78	Bangkok, Thailand	55	17.1M followers
79	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	55	2.9M followers
80	Kobe, Japan	55	68.1K followers
81	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	55	606.4K followers
82	Bucharest, Romania	55	209.9K followers
83	Osaka, Japan	55	657.5K followers
84	Kyiv, Ukraine	55	665.2K followers
85	Dakar, Senegal	56	50.4K followers
86	Los Angeles, USA	57	16.1M followers
87	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	58	778K followers
88	Pristina, Kosovo	58	112.6K followers
89	New York, USA	59	2.5M followers
90	Istanbul, Turkey	59	553K followers
91	Belgrade, Serbia	60	1.3M followers
92	Skopje, North Macedonia	60	249.2K followers
93	Medan, Indonesia	60	1.4M followers
94	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	62	36.3K followers
95	Kabul, Afghanistan	62	62.3K followers
96	Singapore, Singapore	63	1.3M followers
97	Chicago, USA	66	222.2K followers
98	Accra, Ghana	66	27.1K followers
99	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	68	1.1M followers
100	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	69	1.5M followers
101	Chongqing, China	69	502.9K followers
102	Karachi, Pakistan	69	307.6K followers
103	Baghdad, Iraq	69	290.1K followers
104	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	71	1.1M followers
105	Kathmandu, Nepal	72	446.1K followers
106	Hanoi, Vietnam	73	3.6M followers
107	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	73	18K followers
108	Cairo, Egypt	78	275.2K followers
109	Dhaka, Bangladesh	79	490.4K followers
110	Kolkata, India	82	1.6M followers
111	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	82	392.4K followers
112	Wuhan, China	86	639.9K followers
113	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	90	1.2M followers
114	Chengdu, China	102	2.4M followers
115	Jerusalem, Israel	109	98.4K followers
116	Lahore, Pakistan	115	1.1M followers
117	Manila, Philippines	115	363.7K followers
118	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	119	235.5K followers
119	Kampala, Uganda	120	39.3K followers
120	Jakarta, Indonesia	121	2.2M followers
121	Manama, Bahrain	142	79.6K followers
122	Doha, Qatar	147	328.7K followers
123	Kuwait City, Kuwait	210	171.3K followers
124	Delhi, India	240	3.3M followers
125	Kuching, Malaysia	390	89.9K followers