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	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	199	1.1M followers
2	Singapore, Singapore	197	1.3M followers
3	Kolkata, India	180	1.6M followers
4	Dhaka, Bangladesh	174	493.9K followers
5	Kuching, Malaysia	167	107.1K followers
6	Mumbai, India	166	1.8M followers
7	Doha, Qatar	164	331.6K followers
8	Jakarta, Indonesia	164	2.3M followers
9	Hanoi, Vietnam	163	3.6M followers
10	Delhi, India	161	3.3M followers
11	Chengdu, China	160	2.4M followers
12	Beijing, China	153	18.4M followers
13	Lahore, Pakistan	149	1.1M followers
14	Manama, Bahrain	137	80.5K followers
15	Wuhan, China	132	647.9K followers
16	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	111	396.5K followers
17	Cairo, Egypt	107	278.4K followers
18	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	103	18.2K followers
19	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	102	1.5M followers
20	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	99	134.4K followers
21	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	97	1.2M followers
22	Chongqing, China	94	507.1K followers
23	Hangzhou, China	92	795.5K followers
24	Karachi, Pakistan	90	309.9K followers
25	Dakar, Senegal	89	51K followers
26	Shanghai, China	88	3.5M followers
27	Bogota, Colombia	85	145.2K followers
28	Skopje, North Macedonia	84	251.1K followers
29	Milan, Italy	83	514.9K followers
30	Istanbul, Turkey	82	557.2K followers
31	Yangon, Myanmar	82	232.7K followers
32	Baghdad, Iraq	82	294.5K followers
33	Seoul, South Korea	81	17.6M followers
34	Bangkok, Thailand	81	17.2M followers
35	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	80	610.6K followers
36	Kuwait City, Kuwait	79	172.8K followers
37	Incheon, South Korea	79	194K followers
38	Guangzhou, China	77	2M followers
39	Kampala, Uganda	76	39.7K followers
40	Jerusalem, Israel	72	98.9K followers
41	Athens, Greece	72	189.6K followers
42	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	71	1.1M followers
43	Bucharest, Romania	71	212.4K followers
44	Johannesburg, South Africa	69	111.2K followers
45	Mexico City, Mexico	67	622.3K followers
46	Chiang Mai, Thailand	66	16M followers
47	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	61	36.7K followers
48	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	61	237.8K followers
49	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	61	1.2M followers
50	Medan, Indonesia	60	1.4M followers
51	Belgrade, Serbia	60	1.3M followers
52	Shenzhen, China	59	866.3K followers
53	Tehran, Iran	58	1.6M followers
54	Manila, Philippines	57	377.6K followers
55	Busan, South Korea	57	1.1M followers
56	Kabul, Afghanistan	56	62.9K followers
57	Rotterdam, Netherlands	56	188.9K followers
58	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	56	2.9M followers
59	Algiers, Algeria	55	50.4K followers
60	Taipei, Taiwan	55	1.5M followers
61	Lima, Peru	55	68K followers
62	Tokyo, Japan	55	1.7M followers
63	Sao Paulo, Brazil	54	182.3K followers
64	Kyoto, Japan	53	268K followers
65	Kobe, Japan	53	68.7K followers
66	Osaka, Japan	52	665.1K followers
67	Accra, Ghana	52	27.5K followers
68	Nice, France	50	600K followers
69	Almaty, Kazakhstan	48	836.1K followers
70	Salt Lake City, USA	47	266.1K followers
71	Houston, USA	47	135.2K followers
72	Minneapolis, USA	46	94.2K followers
73	Los Angeles, USA	46	16.2M followers
74	Nairobi, Kenya	45	79K followers
75	Pristina, Kosovo	44	113.8K followers
76	Santiago, Chile	44	179.1K followers
77	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	44	782.6K followers
78	Madrid, Spain	42	778.2K followers
79	Kathmandu, Nepal	40	449.4K followers
80	Sofia, Bulgaria	40	276.2K followers
81	Baku, Azerbaijan	39	86.5K followers
82	Ljubljana, Slovenia	38	207K followers
83	Denver, USA	36	2M followers
84	Chicago, USA	36	225.6K followers
85	Bern, Switzerland	35	221.2K followers
86	Lisbon, Portugal	35	206.5K followers
87	Paris, France	34	15.3M followers
88	San Francisco, USA	34	1.1M followers
89	Kraków, Poland	33	605.8K followers
90	New York, USA	32	2.6M followers
91	Portland, USA	32	443.6K followers
92	Zagreb, Croatia	31	272.6K followers
93	Washington D.C., USA	31	179.1K followers
94	Dublin, Ireland	30	124.5K followers
95	Seattle, USA	30	788.7K followers
96	Bratislava, Slovakia	28	88K followers
97	Warsaw, Poland	28	819.6K followers
98	Canberra, Australia	28	500.1K followers
99	Wrocław, Poland	27	443.9K followers
100	Amsterdam, Netherlands	27	567.2K followers
101	Prague, Czech Republic	27	289.2K followers
102	Detroit, USA	27	76.5K followers
103	Toronto, Canada	26	1.1M followers
104	London, United Kingdom	26	1.2M followers
105	Stockholm, Sweden	24	252.4K followers
106	Vancouver, Canada	24	564.2K followers
107	Barcelona, Spain	24	621.1K followers
108	Munich, Germany	23	698.1K followers
109	Krasnoyarsk, Russia	22	158.5K followers
110	Oslo, Norway	22	193.9K followers
111	Rome, Italy	22	430.5K followers
112	Budapest, Hungary	22	162.8K followers
113	Vienna, Austria	22	485.6K followers
114	Berlin, Germany	22	860.8K followers
115	Moscow, Russia	22	1.3M followers
116	Lyon, France	21	702.8K followers
117	Sydney, Australia	21	1.9M followers
118	Birmingham, United Kingdom	19	366K followers
119	Kyiv, Ukraine	19	673.2K followers
120	Melbourne, Australia	18	861.8K followers
121	Brussels, Belgium	17	352.7K followers
122	Montreal, Canada	16	350.7K followers
123	Copenhagen, Denmark	15	207.6K followers
124	Helsinki, Finland	15	223.1K followers
125	Auckland, New Zealand	11	256.8K followers
126	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	11	1.1M followers