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	Kraków, Poland	11	605.8K followers
2	Bogota, Colombia	13	145.2K followers
3	Berlin, Germany	16	860.8K followers
4	Prague, Czech Republic	16	289.2K followers
5	Rome, Italy	16	430.5K followers
6	Brussels, Belgium	16	352.7K followers
7	Detroit, USA	17	76.5K followers
8	Vancouver, Canada	17	564.2K followers
9	Lyon, France	18	702.8K followers
10	Montreal, Canada	19	350.7K followers
11	Oslo, Norway	19	194K followers
12	Rotterdam, Netherlands	19	188.9K followers
13	Auckland, New Zealand	19	256.8K followers
14	London, United Kingdom	20	1.2M followers
15	Helsinki, Finland	20	223.1K followers
16	Melbourne, Australia	21	861.9K followers
17	Munich, Germany	21	698.1K followers
18	Portland, USA	22	443.7K followers
19	Sydney, Australia	22	1.9M followers
20	Stockholm, Sweden	22	252.4K followers
21	Canberra, Australia	23	500.2K followers
22	Amsterdam, Netherlands	23	567.2K followers
23	Barcelona, Spain	24	621.2K followers
24	Copenhagen, Denmark	24	207.6K followers
25	Seattle, USA	25	788.7K followers
26	San Francisco, USA	26	1.1M followers
27	New York, USA	26	2.6M followers
28	Toronto, Canada	27	1.1M followers
29	Salt Lake City, USA	28	266.2K followers
30	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	28	2.9M followers
31	Vienna, Austria	28	485.6K followers
32	Warsaw, Poland	28	819.6K followers
33	Lisbon, Portugal	28	206.5K followers
34	Birmingham, United Kingdom	28	366K followers
35	Nice, France	28	600K followers
36	Kabul, Afghanistan	28	62.9K followers
37	Krasnoyarsk, Russia	28	158.5K followers
38	Wrocław, Poland	30	443.9K followers
39	Minneapolis, USA	32	94.3K followers
40	Chicago, USA	32	225.6K followers
41	Dublin, Ireland	32	124.6K followers
42	Kyiv, Ukraine	33	673.2K followers
43	Bratislava, Slovakia	33	88K followers
44	Denver, USA	35	2M followers
45	Moscow, Russia	36	1.3M followers
46	Paris, France	36	15.3M followers
47	Budapest, Hungary	36	162.8K followers
48	Nairobi, Kenya	37	79K followers
49	Madrid, Spain	38	778.3K followers
50	Bucharest, Romania	39	212.4K followers
51	Sao Paulo, Brazil	39	182.3K followers
52	Medan, Indonesia	39	1.4M followers
53	Almaty, Kazakhstan	41	836.1K followers
54	Ljubljana, Slovenia	43	207K followers
55	Bern, Switzerland	43	221.2K followers
56	Tokyo, Japan	44	1.7M followers
57	Los Angeles, USA	47	16.2M followers
58	Taipei, Taiwan	50	1.5M followers
59	Washington D.C., USA	52	179.1K followers
60	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	52	1.1M followers
61	Zagreb, Croatia	52	272.6K followers
62	Chiang Mai, Thailand	53	16M followers
63	Shanghai, China	53	3.5M followers
64	Accra, Ghana	53	27.5K followers
65	Mexico City, Mexico	53	622.3K followers
66	Kobe, Japan	55	68.7K followers
67	Osaka, Japan	55	665.2K followers
68	Yangon, Myanmar	55	232.7K followers
69	Tehran, Iran	55	1.6M followers
70	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	55	36.7K followers
71	Kyoto, Japan	56	268.1K followers
72	Johannesburg, South Africa	56	111.2K followers
73	Lima, Peru	58	68K followers
74	Algiers, Algeria	58	50.4K followers
75	Kampala, Uganda	60	39.7K followers
76	Kathmandu, Nepal	60	449.5K followers
77	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	62	782.7K followers
78	Houston, USA	63	135.2K followers
79	Pristina, Kosovo	63	113.8K followers
80	Sofia, Bulgaria	64	276.3K followers
81	Baku, Azerbaijan	64	86.5K followers
82	Bangkok, Thailand	66	17.2M followers
83	Santiago, Chile	66	179.1K followers
84	Chengdu, China	69	2.4M followers
85	Busan, South Korea	70	1.1M followers
86	Belgrade, Serbia	71	1.3M followers
87	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	73	134.4K followers
88	Baghdad, Iraq	73	294.5K followers
89	Dakar, Senegal	76	51K followers
90	Cairo, Egypt	77	278.4K followers
91	Istanbul, Turkey	77	557.2K followers
92	Athens, Greece	80	189.6K followers
93	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	80	610.6K followers
94	Milan, Italy	80	514.9K followers
95	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	81	396.6K followers
96	Kuwait City, Kuwait	84	172.8K followers
97	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	86	1.5M followers
98	Jerusalem, Israel	87	98.9K followers
99	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	88	237.8K followers
100	Karachi, Pakistan	89	309.9K followers
101	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	90	18.2K followers
102	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	94	1.2M followers
103	Skopje, North Macedonia	94	251.1K followers
104	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	96	1.2M followers
105	Jakarta, Indonesia	99	2.3M followers
106	Guangzhou, China	104	2M followers
107	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	104	1.1M followers
108	Shenzhen, China	105	866.4K followers
109	Seoul, South Korea	107	17.6M followers
110	Beijing, China	109	18.4M followers
111	Hangzhou, China	109	795.7K followers
112	Incheon, South Korea	111	194.1K followers
113	Wuhan, China	112	648K followers
114	Chongqing, China	115	507.2K followers
115	Doha, Qatar	119	331.7K followers
116	Manama, Bahrain	119	80.5K followers
117	Mumbai, India	130	1.8M followers
118	Lahore, Pakistan	153	1.1M followers
119	Kuching, Malaysia	156	107.2K followers
120	Hanoi, Vietnam	160	3.6M followers
121	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	161	1.1M followers
122	Delhi, India	162	3.3M followers
123	Dhaka, Bangladesh	162	494K followers
124	Kolkata, India	178	1.6M followers
125	Singapore, Singapore	191	1.3M followers