Live cleanest global major city ranking
This hourly major city ranking compares 124 global cities with measured PM2.5 data. 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	Bern, Switzerland	7	210.2K followers
2	Auckland, New Zealand	8	241.6K followers
3	Canberra, Australia	8	474.6K followers
4	Copenhagen, Denmark	10	198.8K followers
5	Amsterdam, Netherlands	11	546.5K followers
6	Kyiv, Ukraine	13	633.8K followers
7	Sydney, Australia	15	1.8M followers
8	Johannesburg, South Africa	17	108.4K followers
9	Detroit, USA	17	70.7K followers
10	San Francisco, USA	17	1M followers
11	Kuching, Malaysia	18	76.8K followers
12	Washington D.C., USA	18	166.1K followers
13	Portland, USA	18	379.4K followers
14	Rome, Italy	19	405.4K followers
15	Zagreb, Croatia	19	262.6K followers
16	Toronto, Canada	19	1M followers
17	Baku, Azerbaijan	22	83K followers
18	Lisbon, Portugal	22	195.6K followers
19	Montreal, Canada	22	324.1K followers
20	Barcelona, Spain	23	604.4K followers
21	Vancouver, Canada	23	518.4K followers
22	Houston, USA	23	127.8K followers
23	Almaty, Kazakhstan	23	811.7K followers
24	Minneapolis, USA	24	84.5K followers
25	Berlin, Germany	27	820.2K followers
26	Denver, USA	27	1.9M followers
27	Chicago, USA	27	200.7K followers
28	London, United Kingdom	27	1.2M followers
29	Milan, Italy	28	494.6K followers
30	Kobe, Japan	28	66.8K followers
31	Birmingham, United Kingdom	30	361.4K followers
32	Helsinki, Finland	31	216.5K followers
33	Ljubljana, Slovenia	31	200.1K followers
34	New York, USA	31	2.5M followers
35	Brussels, Belgium	32	341.5K followers
36	Salt Lake City, USA	32	237.7K followers
37	Bogota, Colombia	33	140.7K followers
38	Lyon, France	33	688.5K followers
39	Accra, Ghana	33	26K followers
40	Budapest, Hungary	33	154.7K followers
41	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	33	765.1K followers
42	Paris, France	34	14.9M followers
43	Prague, Czech Republic	34	279.3K followers
44	Dublin, Ireland	34	118.5K followers
45	Seattle, USA	34	717.1K followers
46	Munich, Germany	35	681.9K followers
47	Madrid, Spain	35	742.5K followers
48	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	36	596K followers
49	Oslo, Norway	37	184.9K followers
50	Bucharest, Romania	37	202.6K followers
51	Manila, Philippines	39	352.9K followers
52	Algiers, Algeria	39	49.2K followers
53	Pristina, Kosovo	39	109.2K followers
54	Bratislava, Slovakia	39	84.9K followers
55	Stockholm, Sweden	39	240.7K followers
56	Vienna, Austria	39	469K followers
57	Sao Paulo, Brazil	39	176.1K followers
58	Tokyo, Japan	39	1.7M followers
59	Warsaw, Poland	42	794.7K followers
60	Taipei, Taiwan	42	1.5M followers
61	Osaka, Japan	42	638K followers
62	Wrocław, Poland	44	438.9K followers
63	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	44	1.5M followers
64	Athens, Greece	47	178K followers
65	Kraków, Poland	49	594.3K followers
66	Doha, Qatar	50	320.4K followers
67	Kyoto, Japan	50	260.1K followers
68	Nice, France	52	589.6K followers
69	Sofia, Bulgaria	52	266.3K followers
70	Belgrade, Serbia	52	1.3M followers
71	Seoul, South Korea	52	17.3M followers
72	Bangkok, Thailand	52	16.9M followers
73	Busan, South Korea	53	1.1M followers
74	Kampala, Uganda	54	38.4K followers
75	Nairobi, Kenya	54	76.2K followers
76	Skopje, North Macedonia	54	243.9K followers
77	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	54	2.8M followers
78	Chiang Mai, Thailand	54	15.9M followers
79	Medan, Indonesia	55	1.4M followers
80	Krasnoyarsk, Russia	55	155K followers
81	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	55	16.9K followers
82	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	56	1.1M followers
83	Incheon, South Korea	56	189K followers
84	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	59	35K followers
85	Singapore, Singapore	60	1.3M followers
86	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	60	1.1M followers
87	Melbourne, Australia	63	827K followers
88	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	64	1M followers
89	Shanghai, China	64	3.4M followers
90	Manama, Bahrain	68	77K followers
91	Istanbul, Turkey	69	540.6K followers
92	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	69	128.7K followers
93	Kuwait City, Kuwait	70	166.7K followers
94	Dakar, Senegal	71	48.6K followers
95	Moscow, Russia	71	1.2M followers
96	Jerusalem, Israel	72	96.7K followers
97	Kolkata, India	72	1.6M followers
98	Yangon, Myanmar	73	221.5K followers
99	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	74	1M followers
100	Los Angeles, USA	74	15.8M followers
101	Baghdad, Iraq	75	280.2K followers
102	Hangzhou, China	77	759.8K followers
103	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	81	228.3K followers
104	Kabul, Afghanistan	82	60.5K followers
105	Cairo, Egypt	82	265.8K followers
106	Santiago, Chile	82	169.5K followers
107	Karachi, Pakistan	82	301.1K followers
108	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	82	1.2M followers
109	Mumbai, India	83	1.8M followers
110	Beijing, China	85	17.9M followers
111	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	86	380.1K followers
112	Hanoi, Vietnam	88	3.5M followers
113	Wuhan, China	92	621.1K followers
114	Shenzhen, China	92	821K followers
115	Lima, Peru	96	64.9K followers
116	Jakarta, Indonesia	96	2.1M followers
117	Guangzhou, China	102	2M followers
118	Kathmandu, Nepal	105	436.6K followers
119	Chengdu, China	112	2.4M followers
120	Mexico City, Mexico	119	601.7K followers
121	Dhaka, Bangladesh	127	480.8K followers
122	Chongqing, China	133	491.3K followers
123	Lahore, Pakistan	147	1.1M followers
124	Delhi, India	166	3.3M followers