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	Sofia, Bulgaria	11	271.6K followers
2	Sydney, Australia	13	1.8M followers
3	Vancouver, Canada	13	542.7K followers
4	Canberra, Australia	15	486.6K followers
5	Portland, USA	17	409.9K followers
6	Melbourne, Australia	17	844.8K followers
7	Rome, Italy	18	418.4K followers
8	Kraków, Poland	19	600K followers
9	Dublin, Ireland	20	121.6K followers
10	Skopje, North Macedonia	21	247.4K followers
11	Seattle, USA	22	751.3K followers
12	San Francisco, USA	22	1M followers
13	Tokyo, Japan	22	1.7M followers
14	Chiang Mai, Thailand	22	15.9M followers
15	Warsaw, Poland	22	807.2K followers
16	Auckland, New Zealand	22	248.9K followers
17	Kyiv, Ukraine	24	655.3K followers
18	Moscow, Russia	28	1.2M followers
19	Stockholm, Sweden	28	246.7K followers
20	Pristina, Kosovo	28	111.5K followers
21	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	30	773.8K followers
22	Helsinki, Finland	30	220K followers
23	Hangzhou, China	33	780K followers
24	Bucharest, Romania	33	207.4K followers
25	Shenzhen, China	33	849.7K followers
26	Taipei, Taiwan	33	1.5M followers
27	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	36	1.1M followers
28	Yangon, Myanmar	37	226.9K followers
29	Bogota, Colombia	37	143.2K followers
30	Santiago, Chile	38	176K followers
31	Athens, Greece	38	184.2K followers
32	Amsterdam, Netherlands	38	557.2K followers
33	Seoul, South Korea	39	17.5M followers
34	Salt Lake City, USA	39	256.4K followers
35	Incheon, South Korea	39	191.3K followers
36	Detroit, USA	39	75.3K followers
37	Toronto, Canada	39	1.1M followers
38	London, United Kingdom	40	1.2M followers
39	New York, USA	40	2.5M followers
40	Washington D.C., USA	40	174.8K followers
41	Chicago, USA	40	218.6K followers
42	Denver, USA	42	2M followers
43	Houston, USA	44	132K followers
44	Belgrade, Serbia	44	1.3M followers
45	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	44	1.2M followers
46	Bratislava, Slovakia	45	86.5K followers
47	Birmingham, United Kingdom	46	363.6K followers
48	Zagreb, Croatia	48	267K followers
49	Wrocław, Poland	48	441.4K followers
50	Bangkok, Thailand	50	17M followers
51	Shanghai, China	50	3.4M followers
52	Busan, South Korea	50	1.1M followers
53	Minneapolis, USA	51	92K followers
54	Almaty, Kazakhstan	52	823.1K followers
55	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	52	2.9M followers
56	Chongqing, China	53	500K followers
57	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	53	603.3K followers
58	Montreal, Canada	53	342.5K followers
59	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	53	388.2K followers
60	Budapest, Hungary	54	158.6K followers
61	Oslo, Norway	54	189.4K followers
62	Lisbon, Portugal	54	201.2K followers
63	Los Angeles, USA	55	16M followers
64	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	55	131.4K followers
65	Istanbul, Turkey	55	549.2K followers
66	Vienna, Austria	55	477.6K followers
67	Lyon, France	55	696.2K followers
68	Baghdad, Iraq	55	286.7K followers
69	Algiers, Algeria	55	49.8K followers
70	Kobe, Japan	56	67.7K followers
71	Accra, Ghana	56	26.8K followers
72	Osaka, Japan	56	652.3K followers
73	Sao Paulo, Brazil	56	179.5K followers
74	Kuwait City, Kuwait	56	170K followers
75	Kyoto, Japan	57	264.1K followers
76	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	58	1.1M followers
77	Rotterdam, Netherlands	58	187.1K followers
78	Tehran, Iran	58	1.6M followers
79	Dakar, Senegal	59	49.9K followers
80	Chengdu, China	60	2.4M followers
81	Copenhagen, Denmark	60	203.3K followers
82	Kathmandu, Nepal	61	443.3K followers
83	Guangzhou, China	62	2M followers
84	Kolkata, India	63	1.6M followers
85	Kuching, Malaysia	63	77.6K followers
86	Medan, Indonesia	64	1.4M followers
87	Mexico City, Mexico	65	613.6K followers
88	Berlin, Germany	68	840.7K followers
89	Dhaka, Bangladesh	68	487.7K followers
90	Nice, France	68	595.1K followers
91	Manila, Philippines	68	360.3K followers
92	Singapore, Singapore	69	1.3M followers
93	Ljubljana, Slovenia	70	203.4K followers
94	Mumbai, India	71	1.8M followers
95	Kabul, Afghanistan	71	61.9K followers
96	Nairobi, Kenya	72	77.7K followers
97	Barcelona, Spain	73	613.4K followers
98	Paris, France	73	15.1M followers
99	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	75	1.5M followers
100	Prague, Czech Republic	75	284.2K followers
101	Madrid, Spain	80	761.3K followers
102	Doha, Qatar	81	325.9K followers
103	Cairo, Egypt	81	272.3K followers
104	Bern, Switzerland	83	215.3K followers
105	Jakarta, Indonesia	84	2.2M followers
106	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	86	1M followers
107	Brussels, Belgium	86	347.3K followers
108	Baku, Azerbaijan	88	84.7K followers
109	Lahore, Pakistan	90	1.1M followers
110	Karachi, Pakistan	90	305.7K followers
111	Wuhan, China	90	635K followers
112	Beijing, China	94	18.2M followers
113	Lima, Peru	95	66.5K followers
114	Milan, Italy	96	504.9K followers
115	Delhi, India	96	3.3M followers
116	Manama, Bahrain	96	78.8K followers
117	Kampala, Uganda	101	39K followers
118	Munich, Germany	102	690.3K followers
119	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	103	35.9K followers
120	Hanoi, Vietnam	107	3.6M followers
121	Johannesburg, South Africa	107	109.8K followers
122	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	112	1.1M followers
123	Krasnoyarsk, Russia	115	156.8K followers
124	Jerusalem, Israel	122	97.9K followers
125	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	133	233.2K followers
126	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	152	17.5K followers