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	Denver, USA	8	2M followers
2	Auckland, New Zealand	10	257.3K followers
3	Sydney, Australia	12	1.9M followers
4	Vancouver, Canada	12	565.2K followers
5	Minneapolis, USA	13	94.4K followers
6	Portland, USA	14	444.4K followers
7	Detroit, USA	14	76.6K followers
8	Canberra, Australia	15	501.3K followers
9	Seattle, USA	19	789.6K followers
10	Toronto, Canada	19	1.1M followers
11	Montreal, Canada	19	351.1K followers
12	Athens, Greece	19	190K followers
13	Chicago, USA	21	226.1K followers
14	Melbourne, Australia	21	863.3K followers
15	Helsinki, Finland	24	223.3K followers
16	Copenhagen, Denmark	24	208K followers
17	San Francisco, USA	26	1.1M followers
18	Santiago, Chile	26	179.3K followers
19	Stockholm, Sweden	26	252.8K followers
20	Krasnoyarsk, Russia	26	158.7K followers
21	Tokyo, Japan	28	1.7M followers
22	Moscow, Russia	28	1.3M followers
23	Accra, Ghana	28	27.6K followers
24	Barcelona, Spain	28	621.7K followers
25	Lisbon, Portugal	28	206.8K followers
26	Algiers, Algeria	28	50.5K followers
27	Bern, Switzerland	29	221.5K followers
28	Birmingham, United Kingdom	30	366.4K followers
29	Lyon, France	31	703.2K followers
30	Salt Lake City, USA	32	266.6K followers
31	Sofia, Bulgaria	33	276.6K followers
32	Dublin, Ireland	34	124.7K followers
33	Munich, Germany	34	698.6K followers
34	Amsterdam, Netherlands	34	567.9K followers
35	Warsaw, Poland	35	820.5K followers
36	Oslo, Norway	35	194.2K followers
37	Kyoto, Japan	39	268.4K followers
38	Nairobi, Kenya	39	79.1K followers
39	Vienna, Austria	39	486.1K followers
40	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	39	1.1M followers
41	Yangon, Myanmar	39	233.2K followers
42	Houston, USA	41	135.5K followers
43	Lima, Peru	41	68K followers
44	Brussels, Belgium	42	353.1K followers
45	Budapest, Hungary	43	163K followers
46	Zagreb, Croatia	43	272.9K followers
47	Shanghai, China	44	3.5M followers
48	Kobe, Japan	44	68.8K followers
49	Osaka, Japan	44	666.7K followers
50	Skopje, North Macedonia	44	251.3K followers
51	Los Angeles, USA	45	16.2M followers
52	Ljubljana, Slovenia	45	207.2K followers
53	Berlin, Germany	47	862.1K followers
54	Rome, Italy	47	431.3K followers
55	Paris, France	48	15.3M followers
56	Bratislava, Slovakia	49	88.1K followers
57	Bangkok, Thailand	50	17.3M followers
58	Busan, South Korea	50	1.1M followers
59	Sao Paulo, Brazil	50	182.6K followers
60	Johannesburg, South Africa	50	111.3K followers
61	Jerusalem, Israel	51	99K followers
62	Madrid, Spain	52	779K followers
63	Wrocław, Poland	52	444.1K followers
64	London, United Kingdom	53	1.2M followers
65	Seoul, South Korea	53	17.7M followers
66	New York, USA	54	2.6M followers
67	Kraków, Poland	54	606.2K followers
68	Taipei, Taiwan	55	1.5M followers
69	Pristina, Kosovo	55	113.9K followers
70	Incheon, South Korea	56	194.3K followers
71	Kyiv, Ukraine	56	673.8K followers
72	Tehran, Iran	56	1.6M followers
73	Bogota, Colombia	56	145.3K followers
74	Almaty, Kazakhstan	58	837K followers
75	Prague, Czech Republic	58	289.4K followers
76	Nice, France	58	600.3K followers
77	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	62	783.2K followers
78	Dakar, Senegal	62	51.1K followers
79	Rotterdam, Netherlands	62	189.1K followers
80	Bucharest, Romania	64	212.7K followers
81	Chiang Mai, Thailand	66	16M followers
82	Washington D.C., USA	66	179.3K followers
83	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	66	611.1K followers
84	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	68	238.2K followers
85	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	72	36.7K followers
86	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	75	2.9M followers
87	Belgrade, Serbia	78	1.3M followers
88	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	79	1.2M followers
89	Kabul, Afghanistan	79	63K followers
90	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	80	18.3K followers
91	Chongqing, China	82	508.2K followers
92	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	82	1.1M followers
93	Hangzhou, China	84	797.7K followers
94	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	88	134.8K followers
95	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	89	397.1K followers
96	Manila, Philippines	89	378.7K followers
97	Baghdad, Iraq	90	294.9K followers
98	Guangzhou, China	92	2M followers
99	Cairo, Egypt	92	278.8K followers
100	Kathmandu, Nepal	94	449.9K followers
101	Milan, Italy	94	515.6K followers
102	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	99	1.2M followers
103	Karachi, Pakistan	106	310.2K followers
104	Shenzhen, China	107	868.4K followers
105	Mexico City, Mexico	112	622.8K followers
106	Baku, Azerbaijan	118	86.6K followers
107	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	127	1.5M followers
108	Doha, Qatar	127	332.1K followers
109	Chengdu, China	132	2.4M followers
110	Kampala, Uganda	137	39.7K followers
111	Manama, Bahrain	138	80.6K followers
112	Beijing, China	140	18.4M followers
113	Kuching, Malaysia	141	108K followers
114	Kuwait City, Kuwait	145	172.9K followers
115	Kolkata, India	149	1.6M followers
116	Wuhan, China	154	650.1K followers
117	Mumbai, India	155	1.8M followers
118	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	155	1.2M followers
119	Jakarta, Indonesia	165	2.3M followers
120	Dhaka, Bangladesh	165	494.4K followers
121	Delhi, India	169	3.3M followers
122	Hanoi, Vietnam	175	3.6M followers
123	Lahore, Pakistan	176	1.1M followers
124	Medan, Indonesia	184	1.4M followers
125	Singapore, Singapore	185	1.3M followers