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	Melbourne, Australia	9	265.1K followers
2	Tokyo, Japan	11	1M followers
3	Auckland, New Zealand	13	77.8K followers
4	Chiang Mai, Thailand	17	15.2M followers
5	Baku, Azerbaijan	17	26.7K followers
6	Sydney, Australia	18	1.2M followers
7	Canberra, Australia	18	152.4K followers
8	Vienna, Austria	18	150.2K followers
9	Brussels, Belgium	19	109.3K followers
10	Houston, USA	20	41K followers
11	Ljubljana, Slovenia	21	64.1K followers
12	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	22	41.3K followers
13	Vancouver, Canada	22	166.3K followers
14	Medan, Indonesia	22	715.9K followers
15	Bogota, Colombia	24	45K followers
16	Berlin, Germany	25	263.4K followers
17	Zagreb, Croatia	26	84.1K followers
18	Munich, Germany	26	218K followers
19	Amsterdam, Netherlands	26	175K followers
20	Bern, Switzerland	26	67.5K followers
21	Budapest, Hungary	27	49.7K followers
22	Warsaw, Poland	27	254.4K followers
23	Birmingham, United Kingdom	27	115.3K followers
24	Seattle, USA	28	230K followers
25	Portland, USA	28	122.3K followers
26	Belgrade, Serbia	28	638.2K followers
27	Rotterdam, Netherlands	28	59.1K followers
28	Barcelona, Spain	29	193.3K followers
29	Bratislava, Slovakia	29	27.3K followers
30	Oslo, Norway	30	59.3K followers
31	Lisbon, Portugal	30	62.9K followers
32	Dublin, Ireland	31	38K followers
33	Nairobi, Kenya	31	24.4K followers
34	San Francisco, USA	32	359.3K followers
35	Prague, Czech Republic	32	89.4K followers
36	Bangkok, Thailand	33	16.2M followers
37	London, United Kingdom	33	497.7K followers
38	Kyoto, Japan	33	83.3K followers
39	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	33	244.6K followers
40	Rome, Italy	33	130.4K followers
41	Pristina, Kosovo	33	35K followers
42	Algiers, Algeria	33	15.8K followers
43	Wrocław, Poland	34	140K followers
44	Stockholm, Sweden	35	77.3K followers
45	Kraków, Poland	38	189.8K followers
46	Milan, Italy	38	158.6K followers
47	Kobe, Japan	39	21.4K followers
48	Madrid, Spain	39	238.1K followers
49	Osaka, Japan	39	204.9K followers
50	Shenzhen, China	39	264.5K followers
51	Minneapolis, USA	42	27.4K followers
52	Shanghai, China	44	2.7M followers
53	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	44	190.5K followers
54	Accra, Ghana	44	8.4K followers
55	Moscow, Russia	45	553.7K followers
56	Nice, France	45	188.3K followers
57	Taipei, Taiwan	46	775.7K followers
58	Skopje, North Macedonia	48	78.1K followers
59	Helsinki, Finland	48	69.4K followers
60	Kyiv, Ukraine	49	203.4K followers
61	Montreal, Canada	50	104.3K followers
62	Krasnoyarsk, Russia	50	49.5K followers
63	Tehran, Iran	50	905.6K followers
64	Lyon, France	51	220.1K followers
65	Chicago, USA	52	64.7K followers
66	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	52	548.1K followers
67	Singapore, Singapore	52	619.8K followers
68	Busan, South Korea	53	430.1K followers
69	Sao Paulo, Brazil	53	56.4K followers
70	Paris, France	53	14.3M followers
71	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	53	73.2K followers
72	Kuching, Malaysia	53	24.6K followers
73	Cairo, Egypt	54	85.4K followers
74	Guangzhou, China	55	1.3M followers
75	Lima, Peru	55	20.8K followers
76	Athens, Greece	55	57.2K followers
77	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	55	364.4K followers
78	Toronto, Canada	56	353.6K followers
79	Los Angeles, USA	59	15.2M followers
80	Washington D.C., USA	59	53.5K followers
81	Denver, USA	59	1.3M followers
82	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	59	376.7K followers
83	Seoul, South Korea	60	16.6M followers
84	Salt Lake City, USA	60	76.4K followers
85	Detroit, USA	60	22.7K followers
86	Yangon, Myanmar	60	71.1K followers
87	Kabul, Afghanistan	60	19.4K followers
88	Incheon, South Korea	61	60.4K followers
89	Sofia, Bulgaria	61	85.3K followers
90	Bucharest, Romania	62	65.1K followers
91	Mumbai, India	62	1.1M followers
92	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	62	11.3K followers
93	Manama, Bahrain	62	24.7K followers
94	New York, USA	64	1.8M followers
95	Doha, Qatar	64	102.6K followers
96	Jerusalem, Israel	65	30.9K followers
97	Kuwait City, Kuwait	66	53.5K followers
98	Chongqing, China	70	157.6K followers
99	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	70	2.2M followers
100	Johannesburg, South Africa	71	34.7K followers
101	Istanbul, Turkey	74	173K followers
102	Manila, Philippines	75	113.1K followers
103	Dakar, Senegal	76	15.7K followers
104	Beijing, China	77	17.3M followers
105	Hangzhou, China	79	244.5K followers
106	Baghdad, Iraq	79	89.9K followers
107	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	82	457.8K followers
108	Karachi, Pakistan	82	96.4K followers
109	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	86	360.2K followers
110	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	88	832.3K followers
111	Mexico City, Mexico	96	192.7K followers
112	Kathmandu, Nepal	97	139.6K followers
113	Hanoi, Vietnam	99	2.9M followers
114	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	101	122K followers
115	Wuhan, China	102	199.5K followers
116	Kolkata, India	121	902.3K followers
117	Chengdu, China	124	1.7M followers
118	Kampala, Uganda	127	12.3K followers
119	Santiago, Chile	129	55K followers
120	Jakarta, Indonesia	156	1.5M followers
121	Lahore, Pakistan	160	447.5K followers
122	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	164	5.5K followers
123	Dhaka, Bangladesh	165	153.7K followers
124	Delhi, India	180	2.6M followers