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

newsroom

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	844.5K followers
2	Budapest, Hungary	17	158.5K followers
3	Canberra, Australia	18	486.6K followers
4	Oslo, Norway	18	189.3K followers
5	Auckland, New Zealand	18	248.8K followers
6	San Francisco, USA	19	1M followers
7	Sydney, Australia	21	1.8M followers
8	Portland, USA	22	409.7K followers
9	Belgrade, Serbia	22	1.3M followers
10	Vancouver, Canada	22	542.5K followers
11	Skopje, North Macedonia	22	247.4K followers
12	Sofia, Bulgaria	23	271.6K followers
13	Seattle, USA	24	751.1K followers
14	Helsinki, Finland	26	219.9K followers
15	Copenhagen, Denmark	26	203.2K followers
16	Stockholm, Sweden	27	246.7K followers
17	Brussels, Belgium	27	347.2K followers
18	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	28	773.7K followers
19	Vienna, Austria	28	477.6K followers
20	Ljubljana, Slovenia	28	203.4K followers
21	Dublin, Ireland	29	121.6K followers
22	Hangzhou, China	31	779.9K followers
23	Zagreb, Croatia	31	267K followers
24	Athens, Greece	31	184.2K followers
25	Kathmandu, Nepal	32	443.3K followers
26	Pristina, Kosovo	32	111.5K followers
27	Taipei, Taiwan	33	1.5M followers
28	Bratislava, Slovakia	34	86.5K followers
29	Washington D.C., USA	35	174.8K followers
30	Almaty, Kazakhstan	36	823K followers
31	Rome, Italy	37	418.3K followers
32	Milan, Italy	37	504.9K followers
33	Minneapolis, USA	38	92K followers
34	London, United Kingdom	39	1.2M followers
35	New York, USA	39	2.5M followers
36	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	39	131.3K followers
37	Bern, Switzerland	39	215.2K followers
38	Toronto, Canada	40	1.1M followers
39	Kyiv, Ukraine	40	655.3K followers
40	Lyon, France	40	696K followers
41	Wrocław, Poland	40	441.4K followers
42	Chiang Mai, Thailand	41	15.9M followers
43	Kraków, Poland	41	599.9K followers
44	Bucharest, Romania	44	207.4K followers
45	Yangon, Myanmar	46	226.9K followers
46	Detroit, USA	47	75.3K followers
47	Los Angeles, USA	48	16M followers
48	Chicago, USA	49	218.5K followers
49	Bangkok, Thailand	50	17M followers
50	Chongqing, China	50	499.9K followers
51	Shanghai, China	50	3.4M followers
52	Barcelona, Spain	50	613.2K followers
53	Moscow, Russia	50	1.2M followers
54	Houston, USA	52	132K followers
55	Nairobi, Kenya	52	77.7K followers
56	Bogota, Colombia	52	143.2K followers
57	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	53	2.9M followers
58	Incheon, South Korea	53	191.3K followers
59	Denver, USA	53	2M followers
60	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	53	1.1M followers
61	Lisbon, Portugal	53	201.1K followers
62	Lima, Peru	54	66.4K followers
63	Nice, France	54	595K followers
64	Berlin, Germany	55	840.5K followers
65	Istanbul, Turkey	55	549.2K followers
66	Birmingham, United Kingdom	55	363.6K followers
67	Manila, Philippines	55	360.2K followers
68	Hanoi, Vietnam	56	3.6M followers
69	Seoul, South Korea	56	17.5M followers
70	Warsaw, Poland	56	807.1K followers
71	Tehran, Iran	56	1.6M followers
72	Algiers, Algeria	56	49.8K followers
73	Montreal, Canada	57	342.4K followers
74	Prague, Czech Republic	57	284.1K followers
75	Munich, Germany	57	690.2K followers
76	Kuching, Malaysia	57	77.6K followers
77	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	58	1M followers
78	Paris, France	58	15.1M followers
79	Medan, Indonesia	58	1.4M followers
80	Sao Paulo, Brazil	59	179.5K followers
81	Mexico City, Mexico	59	613.5K followers
82	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	60	603.3K followers
83	Tokyo, Japan	62	1.7M followers
84	Amsterdam, Netherlands	62	557.2K followers
85	Kyoto, Japan	64	264.1K followers
86	Dakar, Senegal	64	49.9K followers
87	Madrid, Spain	66	758.8K followers
88	Kuwait City, Kuwait	66	170K followers
89	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	66	388.1K followers
90	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	68	1.5M followers
91	Singapore, Singapore	68	1.3M followers
92	Kabul, Afghanistan	68	61.9K followers
93	Kobe, Japan	69	67.7K followers
94	Osaka, Japan	69	652.2K followers
95	Manama, Bahrain	72	78.8K followers
96	Krasnoyarsk, Russia	75	156.8K followers
97	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	76	1M followers
98	Accra, Ghana	77	26.7K followers
99	Baghdad, Iraq	77	286.6K followers
100	Mumbai, India	77	1.8M followers
101	Dhaka, Bangladesh	79	487.6K followers
102	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	80	35.9K followers
103	Karachi, Pakistan	81	305.7K followers
104	Santiago, Chile	82	176K followers
105	Salt Lake City, USA	83	256.3K followers
106	Wuhan, China	83	634.9K followers
107	Busan, South Korea	85	1.1M followers
108	Kolkata, India	86	1.6M followers
109	Doha, Qatar	88	325.9K followers
110	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	90	1.2M followers
111	Baku, Azerbaijan	90	84.7K followers
112	Beijing, China	94	18.2M followers
113	Rotterdam, Netherlands	104	187.1K followers
114	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	107	1.1M followers
115	Guangzhou, China	107	2M followers
116	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	115	233.1K followers
117	Delhi, India	117	3.3M followers
118	Jerusalem, Israel	118	97.9K followers
119	Chengdu, China	119	2.4M followers
120	Johannesburg, South Africa	119	109.8K followers
121	Shenzhen, China	124	849.5K followers
122	Lahore, Pakistan	134	1.1M followers
123	Jakarta, Indonesia	134	2.2M followers
124	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	154	17.5K followers
125	Kampala, Uganda	160	39K followers
126	Cairo, Egypt	165	272.2K followers