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	Seoul, South Korea	14	17.6M followers
2	Tokyo, Japan	17	1.7M followers
3	Incheon, South Korea	17	192.8K followers
4	Guangzhou, China	17	2M followers
5	Warsaw, Poland	17	812.9K followers
6	Canberra, Australia	19	492.2K followers
7	Salt Lake City, USA	21	263.2K followers
8	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	21	1.1M followers
9	Chiang Mai, Thailand	22	16M followers
10	Kathmandu, Nepal	22	446.1K followers
11	Dublin, Ireland	22	123.1K followers
12	Ljubljana, Slovenia	22	205.4K followers
13	Kraków, Poland	22	602.6K followers
14	Stockholm, Sweden	22	249.4K followers
15	Taipei, Taiwan	22	1.5M followers
16	Bogota, Colombia	22	144.3K followers
17	San Francisco, USA	23	1.1M followers
18	Santiago, Chile	23	177.7K followers
19	Auckland, New Zealand	24	251.7K followers
20	Brussels, Belgium	24	350.4K followers
21	Vancouver, Canada	25	558.6K followers
22	Denver, USA	26	2M followers
23	Rome, Italy	26	424.3K followers
24	Algiers, Algeria	28	50.1K followers
25	London, United Kingdom	30	1.2M followers
26	Helsinki, Finland	30	221.4K followers
27	Wrocław, Poland	30	442.5K followers
28	Paris, France	31	15.2M followers
29	Portland, USA	32	436.8K followers
30	Almaty, Kazakhstan	32	828.9K followers
31	Montreal, Canada	32	347.3K followers
32	Toronto, Canada	32	1.1M followers
33	Oslo, Norway	32	191.7K followers
34	Lisbon, Portugal	32	203.9K followers
35	Busan, South Korea	33	1.1M followers
36	Kobe, Japan	33	68.1K followers
37	Shenzhen, China	33	859.5K followers
38	Rotterdam, Netherlands	33	188.1K followers
39	Lyon, France	34	700K followers
40	Birmingham, United Kingdom	34	364.6K followers
41	New York, USA	35	2.5M followers
42	Houston, USA	35	133.5K followers
43	Bern, Switzerland	36	219.1K followers
44	Seattle, USA	37	781.5K followers
45	Sydney, Australia	37	1.8M followers
46	Amsterdam, Netherlands	37	562.4K followers
47	Prague, Czech Republic	38	286.8K followers
48	Barcelona, Spain	39	617.4K followers
49	Yangon, Myanmar	39	229.4K followers
50	Copenhagen, Denmark	39	205.4K followers
51	Berlin, Germany	40	851.8K followers
52	Munich, Germany	42	694.3K followers
53	Baku, Azerbaijan	42	85.6K followers
54	Bratislava, Slovakia	43	87.3K followers
55	Nice, France	43	597.8K followers
56	Beijing, China	44	18.3M followers
57	Sao Paulo, Brazil	44	180.9K followers
58	Moscow, Russia	44	1.2M followers
59	Baghdad, Iraq	44	290.2K followers
60	Vienna, Austria	47	481.8K followers
61	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	49	1.2M followers
62	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	50	606.4K followers
63	Zagreb, Croatia	50	269.5K followers
64	Kyiv, Ukraine	51	665.4K followers
65	Washington D.C., USA	53	177K followers
66	Mumbai, India	53	1.8M followers
67	Sofia, Bulgaria	53	274.2K followers
68	Athens, Greece	53	187K followers
69	Shanghai, China	53	3.4M followers
70	Los Angeles, USA	54	16.1M followers
71	Melbourne, Australia	55	852.6K followers
72	Bucharest, Romania	55	210K followers
73	Osaka, Japan	55	657.6K followers
74	Johannesburg, South Africa	55	110.5K followers
75	Kabul, Afghanistan	55	62.3K followers
76	Bangkok, Thailand	56	17.1M followers
77	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	56	2.9M followers
78	Belgrade, Serbia	56	1.3M followers
79	Istanbul, Turkey	56	553K followers
80	Tehran, Iran	56	1.6M followers
81	Detroit, USA	57	75.9K followers
82	Minneapolis, USA	58	93.2K followers
83	Kyoto, Japan	58	265.8K followers
84	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	58	1.1M followers
85	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	59	132.7K followers
86	Pristina, Kosovo	60	112.6K followers
87	Kampala, Uganda	60	39.3K followers
88	Chicago, USA	61	222.2K followers
89	Accra, Ghana	61	27.1K followers
90	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	61	778K followers
91	Skopje, North Macedonia	61	249.2K followers
92	Hangzhou, China	62	787.1K followers
93	Nairobi, Kenya	64	78.3K followers
94	Dakar, Senegal	64	50.4K followers
95	Mexico City, Mexico	65	618.1K followers
96	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	68	18K followers
97	Singapore, Singapore	71	1.3M followers
98	Milan, Italy	71	509.8K followers
99	Budapest, Hungary	72	160.7K followers
100	Karachi, Pakistan	73	307.6K followers
101	Lima, Peru	74	67.2K followers
102	Cairo, Egypt	76	275.2K followers
103	Kuwait City, Kuwait	77	171.3K followers
104	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	79	1.5M followers
105	Dhaka, Bangladesh	79	490.4K followers
106	Madrid, Spain	81	772.1K followers
107	Chengdu, China	81	2.4M followers
108	Chongqing, China	82	502.9K followers
109	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	82	392.4K followers
110	Wuhan, China	83	640K followers
111	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	84	1.1M followers
112	Medan, Indonesia	86	1.4M followers
113	Kolkata, India	89	1.6M followers
114	Jakarta, Indonesia	95	2.2M followers
115	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	103	36.3K followers
116	Jerusalem, Israel	110	98.4K followers
117	Lahore, Pakistan	115	1.1M followers
118	Hanoi, Vietnam	122	3.6M followers
119	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	122	235.5K followers
120	Manama, Bahrain	137	79.7K followers
121	Manila, Philippines	141	364.5K followers
122	Doha, Qatar	142	328.8K followers
123	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	158	1.2M followers
124	Delhi, India	171	3.3M followers
125	Kuching, Malaysia	558	92.3K followers