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	13	845.1K followers
2	Canberra, Australia	13	486.8K followers
3	Portland, USA	14	410.1K followers
4	Vancouver, Canada	14	543K followers
5	Seattle, USA	15	751.5K followers
6	Sydney, Australia	15	1.8M followers
7	San Francisco, USA	16	1M followers
8	Dublin, Ireland	16	121.6K followers
9	Bogota, Colombia	18	143.2K followers
10	Guangzhou, China	19	2M followers
11	Taipei, Taiwan	19	1.5M followers
12	Birmingham, United Kingdom	19	363.7K followers
13	Oslo, Norway	21	189.4K followers
14	Copenhagen, Denmark	22	203.3K followers
15	Stockholm, Sweden	23	246.8K followers
16	Bangkok, Thailand	28	17M followers
17	London, United Kingdom	28	1.2M followers
18	Incheon, South Korea	28	191.3K followers
19	Vienna, Austria	28	477.6K followers
20	Wrocław, Poland	28	441.4K followers
21	Helsinki, Finland	28	220K followers
22	Auckland, New Zealand	29	248.9K followers
23	Budapest, Hungary	30	158.6K followers
24	Dakar, Senegal	31	49.9K followers
25	Houston, USA	32	132K followers
26	Paris, France	32	15.1M followers
27	Bratislava, Slovakia	32	86.6K followers
28	New York, USA	33	2.5M followers
29	Sofia, Bulgaria	33	271.7K followers
30	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	33	1.1M followers
31	Shenzhen, China	33	849.8K followers
32	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	33	1.1M followers
33	Warsaw, Poland	33	807.3K followers
34	Washington D.C., USA	34	174.8K followers
35	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	34	773.8K followers
36	Yangon, Myanmar	34	226.9K followers
37	Belgrade, Serbia	35	1.3M followers
38	Rome, Italy	36	418.4K followers
39	Denver, USA	37	2M followers
40	Zagreb, Croatia	38	267K followers
41	Milan, Italy	38	505K followers
42	Seoul, South Korea	39	17.5M followers
43	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	39	2.9M followers
44	Bucharest, Romania	39	207.5K followers
45	Kyiv, Ukraine	41	655.4K followers
46	Salt Lake City, USA	43	256.4K followers
47	Brussels, Belgium	43	347.4K followers
48	Chiang Mai, Thailand	44	15.9M followers
49	Hangzhou, China	44	780.2K followers
50	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	44	131.4K followers
51	Madrid, Spain	44	762.5K followers
52	Kathmandu, Nepal	44	443.3K followers
53	Ljubljana, Slovenia	46	203.4K followers
54	Mexico City, Mexico	47	613.7K followers
55	Bern, Switzerland	49	215.3K followers
56	Chongqing, China	50	500K followers
57	Athens, Greece	50	184.3K followers
58	Kraków, Poland	50	600K followers
59	Pristina, Kosovo	50	111.5K followers
60	Tehran, Iran	50	1.6M followers
61	Algiers, Algeria	50	49.8K followers
62	Los Angeles, USA	51	16M followers
63	Detroit, USA	52	75.4K followers
64	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	52	1.2M followers
65	Prague, Czech Republic	52	284.2K followers
66	Sao Paulo, Brazil	52	179.6K followers
67	Almaty, Kazakhstan	53	823.1K followers
68	Berlin, Germany	53	840.8K followers
69	Moscow, Russia	53	1.2M followers
70	Skopje, North Macedonia	53	247.4K followers
71	Munich, Germany	53	690.3K followers
72	Lisbon, Portugal	53	201.3K followers
73	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	53	1M followers
74	Kuwait City, Kuwait	53	170K followers
75	Tokyo, Japan	55	1.7M followers
76	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	55	603.4K followers
77	Toronto, Canada	55	1.1M followers
78	Montreal, Canada	55	342.8K followers
79	Cairo, Egypt	55	272.4K followers
80	Nice, France	55	595.2K followers
81	Istanbul, Turkey	57	549.3K followers
82	Shanghai, China	58	3.4M followers
83	Nairobi, Kenya	58	77.7K followers
84	Amsterdam, Netherlands	58	557.3K followers
85	Chicago, USA	59	218.7K followers
86	Medan, Indonesia	59	1.4M followers
87	Kyoto, Japan	60	264.2K followers
88	Kolkata, India	60	1.6M followers
89	Barcelona, Spain	61	613.5K followers
90	Minneapolis, USA	62	92K followers
91	Santiago, Chile	63	176.1K followers
92	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	64	1.5M followers
93	Accra, Ghana	68	26.8K followers
94	Singapore, Singapore	68	1.3M followers
95	Rotterdam, Netherlands	69	187.1K followers
96	Mumbai, India	69	1.8M followers
97	Kobe, Japan	70	67.7K followers
98	Osaka, Japan	71	652.4K followers
99	Baku, Azerbaijan	71	84.7K followers
100	Manama, Bahrain	71	78.8K followers
101	Kabul, Afghanistan	73	61.9K followers
102	Lima, Peru	75	66.5K followers
103	Kuching, Malaysia	79	77.7K followers
104	Dhaka, Bangladesh	81	487.7K followers
105	Baghdad, Iraq	82	286.7K followers
106	Lyon, France	83	696.4K followers
107	Karachi, Pakistan	84	305.8K followers
108	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	84	388.2K followers
109	Delhi, India	84	3.3M followers
110	Hanoi, Vietnam	87	3.6M followers
111	Jakarta, Indonesia	90	2.2M followers
112	Wuhan, China	91	635.1K followers
113	Doha, Qatar	92	326K followers
114	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	95	1.1M followers
115	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	95	35.9K followers
116	Beijing, China	104	18.2M followers
117	Chengdu, China	105	2.4M followers
118	Busan, South Korea	108	1.1M followers
119	Jerusalem, Israel	111	97.9K followers
120	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	125	233.2K followers
121	Lahore, Pakistan	127	1.1M followers
122	Johannesburg, South Africa	156	109.8K followers
123	Krasnoyarsk, Russia	162	156.9K followers
124	Kampala, Uganda	163	39K followers
125	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	168	17.5K followers