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	Kyiv, Ukraine	13	203.6K followers
2	Tokyo, Japan	14	1M followers
3	Almaty, Kazakhstan	17	259.7K followers
4	San Francisco, USA	18	359.6K followers
5	Seattle, USA	19	230.2K followers
6	Guangzhou, China	19	1.3M followers
7	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	20	190.6K followers
8	Lisbon, Portugal	20	62.9K followers
9	Portland, USA	21	122.4K followers
10	Vancouver, Canada	21	166.5K followers
11	Budapest, Hungary	22	49.7K followers
12	Taipei, Taiwan	22	776.2K followers
13	Bern, Switzerland	22	67.5K followers
14	Beijing, China	23	17.3M followers
15	Dublin, Ireland	24	38.1K followers
16	Madrid, Spain	25	238.2K followers
17	Shenzhen, China	25	264.8K followers
18	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	25	376.9K followers
19	Auckland, New Zealand	25	77.9K followers
20	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	26	41.3K followers
21	Hangzhou, China	26	244.7K followers
22	Montreal, Canada	26	104.5K followers
23	Rotterdam, Netherlands	26	59.1K followers
24	Brussels, Belgium	27	109.4K followers
25	London, United Kingdom	28	498.1K followers
26	Chicago, USA	28	64.8K followers
27	Toronto, Canada	28	354K followers
28	Sofia, Bulgaria	28	85.3K followers
29	Kyoto, Japan	28	83.3K followers
30	Osaka, Japan	28	205K followers
31	Vienna, Austria	28	150.3K followers
32	Ljubljana, Slovenia	28	64.2K followers
33	Zagreb, Croatia	28	84.1K followers
34	Rome, Italy	28	130.6K followers
35	Skopje, North Macedonia	28	78.1K followers
36	Pristina, Kosovo	28	35.1K followers
37	Lyon, France	29	220.2K followers
38	Birmingham, United Kingdom	30	115.3K followers
39	New York, USA	32	1.8M followers
40	Houston, USA	32	41.1K followers
41	Amsterdam, Netherlands	32	175.1K followers
42	Helsinki, Finland	32	69.4K followers
43	Minneapolis, USA	33	27.4K followers
44	Kobe, Japan	33	21.4K followers
45	Melbourne, Australia	33	265.3K followers
46	Barcelona, Spain	33	193.4K followers
47	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	33	244.7K followers
48	Paris, France	34	14.3M followers
49	Washington D.C., USA	36	53.5K followers
50	Prague, Czech Republic	37	89.5K followers
51	Berlin, Germany	39	263.6K followers
52	Bucharest, Romania	39	65.2K followers
53	Singapore, Singapore	39	620.2K followers
54	Oslo, Norway	39	59.3K followers
55	Wrocław, Poland	39	140.1K followers
56	Kuching, Malaysia	39	24.6K followers
57	Detroit, USA	40	22.7K followers
58	Mexico City, Mexico	41	192.8K followers
59	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	42	548.4K followers
60	Kraków, Poland	42	189.9K followers
61	Warsaw, Poland	42	254.5K followers
62	Denver, USA	43	1.3M followers
63	Munich, Germany	43	218.1K followers
64	Bangkok, Thailand	44	16.3M followers
65	Chiang Mai, Thailand	44	15.2M followers
66	Manila, Philippines	44	113.2K followers
67	Canberra, Australia	45	152.6K followers
68	Athens, Greece	46	57.3K followers
69	Stockholm, Sweden	46	77.4K followers
70	Nice, France	48	188.4K followers
71	Sydney, Australia	49	1.2M followers
72	Nairobi, Kenya	50	24.4K followers
73	Milan, Italy	50	158.7K followers
74	Los Angeles, USA	51	15.2M followers
75	Bratislava, Slovakia	52	27.3K followers
76	Incheon, South Korea	53	60.4K followers
77	Lima, Peru	53	20.9K followers
78	Belgrade, Serbia	54	638.6K followers
79	Istanbul, Turkey	54	173.2K followers
80	Manama, Bahrain	54	24.8K followers
81	Busan, South Korea	55	430.4K followers
82	Doha, Qatar	55	102.7K followers
83	Yangon, Myanmar	55	71.2K followers
84	Chongqing, China	56	157.8K followers
85	Bogota, Colombia	56	45.1K followers
86	Seoul, South Korea	58	16.6M followers
87	Hanoi, Vietnam	58	2.9M followers
88	Mumbai, India	58	1.1M followers
89	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	58	364.6K followers
90	Tehran, Iran	58	906.2K followers
91	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	60	832.9K followers
92	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	60	2.2M followers
93	Shanghai, China	64	2.7M followers
94	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	65	11.3K followers
95	Krasnoyarsk, Russia	66	49.5K followers
96	Moscow, Russia	67	554K followers
97	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	67	360.4K followers
98	Wuhan, China	68	199.7K followers
99	Accra, Ghana	68	8.4K followers
100	Salt Lake City, USA	71	76.6K followers
101	Kabul, Afghanistan	73	19.4K followers
102	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	75	458.1K followers
103	Chengdu, China	75	1.7M followers
104	Cairo, Egypt	76	85.4K followers
105	Medan, Indonesia	81	716K followers
106	Sao Paulo, Brazil	86	56.5K followers
107	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	88	122.1K followers
108	Dhaka, Bangladesh	90	153.8K followers
109	Kuwait City, Kuwait	91	53.6K followers
110	Algiers, Algeria	92	15.8K followers
111	Dakar, Senegal	96	15.7K followers
112	Delhi, India	97	2.6M followers
113	Karachi, Pakistan	99	96.5K followers
114	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	104	73.2K followers
115	Baku, Azerbaijan	104	26.7K followers
116	Kolkata, India	106	902.4K followers
117	Kathmandu, Nepal	111	139.7K followers
118	Santiago, Chile	115	55.1K followers
119	Jerusalem, Israel	117	30.9K followers
120	Kampala, Uganda	127	12.3K followers
121	Johannesburg, South Africa	149	34.7K followers
122	Jakarta, Indonesia	167	1.5M followers
123	Baghdad, Iraq	173	90K followers
124	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	177	5.5K followers
125	Lahore, Pakistan	233	447.7K followers