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	Auckland, New Zealand	9	259K followers
2	Rome, Italy	13	434.5K followers
3	San Francisco, USA	14	1.1M followers
4	Melbourne, Australia	14	868.1K followers
5	Canberra, Australia	14	505.3K followers
6	Stockholm, Sweden	18	254.3K followers
7	Los Angeles, USA	19	16.3M followers
8	Rotterdam, Netherlands	22	189.7K followers
9	London, United Kingdom	23	1.2M followers
10	Belgrade, Serbia	23	1.3M followers
11	Sofia, Bulgaria	23	277.6K followers
12	Montreal, Canada	23	352.8K followers
13	Ljubljana, Slovenia	23	208K followers
14	Oslo, Norway	23	195.3K followers
15	Helsinki, Finland	23	224.1K followers
16	Sydney, Australia	24	1.9M followers
17	Birmingham, United Kingdom	24	367.2K followers
18	Salt Lake City, USA	26	268.1K followers
19	Chicago, USA	27	228K followers
20	Lima, Peru	28	68.4K followers
21	Nice, France	28	601.3K followers
22	Vancouver, Canada	29	568.4K followers
23	Pristina, Kosovo	30	114.6K followers
24	Madrid, Spain	31	781.8K followers
25	Krasnoyarsk, Russia	31	159.1K followers
26	Amsterdam, Netherlands	32	570.2K followers
27	Kabul, Afghanistan	33	63.2K followers
28	Santiago, Chile	34	180K followers
29	Lyon, France	36	704.5K followers
30	Athens, Greece	39	191.1K followers
31	Bern, Switzerland	39	222.7K followers
32	Warsaw, Poland	40	824.4K followers
33	Budapest, Hungary	40	164K followers
34	Zagreb, Croatia	42	273.9K followers
35	Barcelona, Spain	44	623.5K followers
36	Copenhagen, Denmark	45	209K followers
37	Dublin, Ireland	46	125.5K followers
38	New York, USA	47	2.6M followers
39	Vienna, Austria	47	488.2K followers
40	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	50	1.1M followers
41	Detroit, USA	52	77K followers
42	Minneapolis, USA	53	95K followers
43	Kobe, Japan	53	69K followers
44	Washington D.C., USA	53	180.4K followers
45	Chiang Mai, Thailand	54	16M followers
46	Toronto, Canada	54	1.1M followers
47	Bucharest, Romania	54	213.7K followers
48	Munich, Germany	54	701.7K followers
49	Nairobi, Kenya	55	79.5K followers
50	Berlin, Germany	55	866.9K followers
51	Sao Paulo, Brazil	55	183.3K followers
52	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	55	786.2K followers
53	Kuching, Malaysia	55	110.6K followers
54	Bangkok, Thailand	56	17.3M followers
55	Seoul, South Korea	56	17.7M followers
56	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	56	1.2M followers
57	Bogota, Colombia	56	145.8K followers
58	Taipei, Taiwan	56	1.5M followers
59	Lisbon, Portugal	56	207.9K followers
60	Manila, Philippines	56	381.7K followers
61	Bratislava, Slovakia	57	88.4K followers
62	Wrocław, Poland	57	444.8K followers
63	Busan, South Korea	58	1.1M followers
64	Incheon, South Korea	58	195K followers
65	Skopje, North Macedonia	58	252.6K followers
66	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	60	135.8K followers
67	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	60	1.2M followers
68	Prague, Czech Republic	60	290.5K followers
69	Osaka, Japan	60	670.9K followers
70	Istanbul, Turkey	61	561.3K followers
71	Chongqing, China	62	512.1K followers
72	Milan, Italy	62	518.7K followers
73	Johannesburg, South Africa	62	111.6K followers
74	Houston, USA	63	136.4K followers
75	Tokyo, Japan	64	1.7M followers
76	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	64	2.9M followers
77	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	64	1.1M followers
78	Algiers, Algeria	64	50.6K followers
79	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	64	36.9K followers
80	Seattle, USA	66	793.2K followers
81	Kraków, Poland	66	607.9K followers
82	Yangon, Myanmar	66	234.6K followers
83	Medan, Indonesia	67	1.4M followers
84	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	68	1.6M followers
85	Hanoi, Vietnam	68	3.6M followers
86	Almaty, Kazakhstan	69	843.3K followers
87	Denver, USA	69	2M followers
88	Chengdu, China	69	2.4M followers
89	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	69	615.9K followers
90	Dakar, Senegal	69	52K followers
91	Baghdad, Iraq	70	297.8K followers
92	Jerusalem, Israel	71	99.3K followers
93	Brussels, Belgium	71	354.2K followers
94	Kyoto, Japan	73	269.6K followers
95	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	73	18.5K followers
96	Baku, Azerbaijan	74	87.2K followers
97	Kyiv, Ukraine	75	676.4K followers
98	Moscow, Russia	76	1.3M followers
99	Karachi, Pakistan	76	311.9K followers
100	Paris, France	76	15.3M followers
101	Accra, Ghana	77	27.8K followers
102	Shenzhen, China	77	872.8K followers
103	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	77	399.1K followers
104	Singapore, Singapore	79	1.4M followers
105	Mexico City, Mexico	79	625.3K followers
106	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	80	1.2M followers
107	Kathmandu, Nepal	80	451.5K followers
108	Kuwait City, Kuwait	81	173.8K followers
109	Kampala, Uganda	86	39.8K followers
110	Portland, USA	87	448K followers
111	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	94	239.6K followers
112	Beijing, China	97	18.5M followers
113	Guangzhou, China	99	2M followers
114	Hangzhou, China	99	805.7K followers
115	Doha, Qatar	99	333.5K followers
116	Jakarta, Indonesia	112	2.3M followers
117	Wuhan, China	117	655K followers
118	Tehran, Iran	129	1.6M followers
119	Shanghai, China	132	3.5M followers
120	Manama, Bahrain	132	81.1K followers
121	Mumbai, India	151	1.8M followers
122	Cairo, Egypt	156	280.4K followers
123	Kolkata, India	159	1.6M followers
124	Dhaka, Bangladesh	160	496K followers
125	Delhi, India	172	3.3M followers
126	Lahore, Pakistan	283	1.1M followers