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	Warsaw, Poland	6	816.3K followers
2	Washington D.C., USA	9	178.2K followers
3	New York, USA	12	2.5M followers
4	Auckland, New Zealand	12	254.9K followers
5	Salt Lake City, USA	13	264.8K followers
6	Minneapolis, USA	15	93.8K followers
7	Helsinki, Finland	15	222.3K followers
8	Detroit, USA	16	76.2K followers
9	Canberra, Australia	16	497.2K followers
10	Pristina, Kosovo	17	113.2K followers
11	Algiers, Algeria	17	50.3K followers
12	Seattle, USA	19	785K followers
13	San Francisco, USA	19	1.1M followers
14	Portland, USA	19	440.6K followers
15	Kyiv, Ukraine	19	670K followers
16	Belgrade, Serbia	22	1.3M followers
17	Sofia, Bulgaria	22	275.3K followers
18	Rome, Italy	22	428K followers
19	Yangon, Myanmar	22	231.1K followers
20	Birmingham, United Kingdom	23	365.3K followers
21	Toronto, Canada	24	1.1M followers
22	Oslo, Norway	24	192.9K followers
23	Copenhagen, Denmark	24	206.6K followers
24	Denver, USA	25	2M followers
25	Dublin, Ireland	25	123.9K followers
26	Montreal, Canada	26	349.3K followers
27	Busan, South Korea	27	1.1M followers
28	Stockholm, Sweden	27	251.1K followers
29	Chicago, USA	28	224.2K followers
30	Sao Paulo, Brazil	28	181.7K followers
31	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	28	781.1K followers
32	Bratislava, Slovakia	28	87.7K followers
33	Kabul, Afghanistan	28	62.7K followers
34	Budapest, Hungary	30	161.8K followers
35	Berlin, Germany	32	856.7K followers
36	Zagreb, Croatia	32	271.3K followers
37	Wrocław, Poland	32	443.2K followers
38	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	33	2.9M followers
39	Bucharest, Romania	33	211.4K followers
40	Vienna, Austria	33	483.9K followers
41	Sydney, Australia	34	1.9M followers
42	Prague, Czech Republic	34	288.1K followers
43	Brussels, Belgium	34	351.7K followers
44	Istanbul, Turkey	35	555.3K followers
45	Skopje, North Macedonia	35	250.3K followers
46	London, United Kingdom	36	1.2M followers
47	Munich, Germany	38	696.4K followers
48	Tokyo, Japan	39	1.7M followers
49	Ljubljana, Slovenia	39	206.2K followers
50	Milan, Italy	39	512.8K followers
51	Tehran, Iran	39	1.6M followers
52	Athens, Greece	40	188.4K followers
53	Nice, France	42	598.9K followers
54	Kraków, Poland	43	604.2K followers
55	Bern, Switzerland	43	220.3K followers
56	Accra, Ghana	44	27.4K followers
57	Amsterdam, Netherlands	44	565.1K followers
58	Lyon, France	45	701.5K followers
59	Los Angeles, USA	47	16.2M followers
60	Osaka, Japan	47	662K followers
61	Paris, France	47	15.3M followers
62	Taipei, Taiwan	47	1.5M followers
63	Nairobi, Kenya	50	78.7K followers
64	Barcelona, Spain	50	619.4K followers
65	Mexico City, Mexico	50	620.5K followers
66	Almaty, Kazakhstan	51	832.9K followers
67	Vancouver, Canada	51	561.7K followers
68	Melbourne, Australia	52	858.2K followers
69	Kobe, Japan	53	68.4K followers
70	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	53	608.7K followers
71	Kyoto, Japan	54	267.1K followers
72	Bogota, Colombia	54	144.8K followers
73	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	55	133.6K followers
74	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	55	1.1M followers
75	Medan, Indonesia	56	1.4M followers
76	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	56	36.5K followers
77	Baku, Azerbaijan	57	86.1K followers
78	Bangkok, Thailand	58	17.2M followers
79	Shanghai, China	60	3.4M followers
80	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	60	1.1M followers
81	Houston, USA	61	134.3K followers
82	Chongqing, China	62	505.4K followers
83	Hangzhou, China	62	791.6K followers
84	Santiago, Chile	63	178.5K followers
85	Chiang Mai, Thailand	64	16M followers
86	Kampala, Uganda	64	39.5K followers
87	Rotterdam, Netherlands	64	188.5K followers
88	Madrid, Spain	66	775.7K followers
89	Kathmandu, Nepal	66	447.9K followers
90	Cairo, Egypt	67	277.1K followers
91	Kolkata, India	68	1.6M followers
92	Seoul, South Korea	69	17.6M followers
93	Incheon, South Korea	69	193.5K followers
94	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	69	394.9K followers
95	Johannesburg, South Africa	69	110.9K followers
96	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	70	1.5M followers
97	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	73	1.2M followers
98	Lisbon, Portugal	73	205.5K followers
99	Baghdad, Iraq	73	292.5K followers
100	Kuwait City, Kuwait	73	172.2K followers
101	Moscow, Russia	74	1.3M followers
102	Lima, Peru	74	67.7K followers
103	Shenzhen, China	77	863.5K followers
104	Karachi, Pakistan	77	308.9K followers
105	Dhaka, Bangladesh	77	492.3K followers
106	Chengdu, China	82	2.4M followers
107	Doha, Qatar	82	330.4K followers
108	Manama, Bahrain	82	80.1K followers
109	Manila, Philippines	82	374.8K followers
110	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	92	1.2M followers
111	Mumbai, India	92	1.8M followers
112	Guangzhou, China	97	2M followers
113	Singapore, Singapore	102	1.3M followers
114	Jakarta, Indonesia	105	2.2M followers
115	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	112	236.8K followers
116	Dakar, Senegal	115	50.7K followers
117	Wuhan, China	117	644.7K followers
118	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	118	1.1M followers
119	Jerusalem, Israel	120	98.7K followers
120	Hanoi, Vietnam	142	3.6M followers
121	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	144	18.1K followers
122	Beijing, China	153	18.4M followers
123	Delhi, India	159	3.3M followers
124	Lahore, Pakistan	178	1.1M followers
125	Kuching, Malaysia	189	105K followers