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	Oslo, Norway	8	189.3K followers
2	Melbourne, Australia	11	844.5K followers
3	Canberra, Australia	13	486.6K followers
4	Auckland, New Zealand	13	248.8K followers
5	Budapest, Hungary	17	158.5K followers
6	San Francisco, USA	19	1M followers
7	Sydney, Australia	20	1.8M followers
8	Belgrade, Serbia	22	1.3M followers
9	Almaty, Kazakhstan	24	823K followers
10	Taipei, Taiwan	25	1.5M followers
11	Helsinki, Finland	25	219.9K followers
12	Zagreb, Croatia	26	267K followers
13	Seattle, USA	27	751K followers
14	Vancouver, Canada	27	542.4K followers
15	Ljubljana, Slovenia	27	203.4K followers
16	Brussels, Belgium	27	347.2K followers
17	Dublin, Ireland	28	121.6K followers
18	Vienna, Austria	28	477.6K followers
19	Skopje, North Macedonia	28	247.4K followers
20	Stockholm, Sweden	28	246.7K followers
21	Detroit, USA	29	75.3K followers
22	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	29	773.7K followers
23	Kyiv, Ukraine	29	655.2K followers
24	Copenhagen, Denmark	29	203.2K followers
25	Athens, Greece	32	184.2K followers
26	Sofia, Bulgaria	33	271.6K followers
27	Bratislava, Slovakia	33	86.5K followers
28	Lyon, France	33	696K followers
29	Pristina, Kosovo	33	111.5K followers
30	Birmingham, United Kingdom	34	363.6K followers
31	Warsaw, Poland	35	807.1K followers
32	Kraków, Poland	37	599.9K followers
33	Bern, Switzerland	37	215.2K followers
34	Rome, Italy	38	418.3K followers
35	Chiang Mai, Thailand	39	15.9M followers
36	Kathmandu, Nepal	39	443.3K followers
37	Nairobi, Kenya	39	77.7K followers
38	Munich, Germany	39	690.2K followers
39	Toronto, Canada	40	1.1M followers
40	Hanoi, Vietnam	41	3.6M followers
41	Bucharest, Romania	42	207.4K followers
42	Bogota, Colombia	42	143.2K followers
43	Los Angeles, USA	43	16M followers
44	Bangkok, Thailand	44	17M followers
45	London, United Kingdom	44	1.2M followers
46	Shanghai, China	44	3.4M followers
47	Lisbon, Portugal	44	201.1K followers
48	Portland, USA	45	409.7K followers
49	Houston, USA	45	131.9K followers
50	Washington D.C., USA	45	174.8K followers
51	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	45	131.3K followers
52	Milan, Italy	47	504.9K followers
53	Minneapolis, USA	49	92K followers
54	Hangzhou, China	50	779.9K followers
55	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	50	603.3K followers
56	Barcelona, Spain	50	613.2K followers
57	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	50	1.1M followers
58	Moscow, Russia	50	1.2M followers
59	Wrocław, Poland	50	441.4K followers
60	Amsterdam, Netherlands	51	557.1K followers
61	Nice, France	52	595K followers
62	Incheon, South Korea	53	191.3K followers
63	Prague, Czech Republic	53	284.1K followers
64	Paris, France	53	15.1M followers
65	Montreal, Canada	54	342.3K followers
66	Chongqing, China	55	499.9K followers
67	New York, USA	55	2.5M followers
68	Chicago, USA	55	218.5K followers
69	Busan, South Korea	55	1.1M followers
70	Istanbul, Turkey	55	549.2K followers
71	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	55	1M followers
72	Seoul, South Korea	56	17.5M followers
73	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	56	2.9M followers
74	Berlin, Germany	56	840.5K followers
75	Lima, Peru	56	66.4K followers
76	Rotterdam, Netherlands	56	187.1K followers
77	Yangon, Myanmar	56	226.8K followers
78	Algiers, Algeria	56	49.8K followers
79	Tokyo, Japan	58	1.7M followers
80	Sao Paulo, Brazil	58	179.5K followers
81	Madrid, Spain	59	758.6K followers
82	Kuwait City, Kuwait	60	169.9K followers
83	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	62	1.5M followers
84	Kobe, Japan	62	67.7K followers
85	Mumbai, India	62	1.8M followers
86	Dakar, Senegal	63	49.9K followers
87	Mexico City, Mexico	63	613.5K followers
88	Kuching, Malaysia	63	77.6K followers
89	Kyoto, Japan	64	264.1K followers
90	Osaka, Japan	64	652.2K followers
91	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	64	35.9K followers
92	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	65	1.2M followers
93	Tehran, Iran	66	1.6M followers
94	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	68	388.1K followers
95	Medan, Indonesia	68	1.4M followers
96	Kabul, Afghanistan	68	61.9K followers
97	Accra, Ghana	70	26.7K followers
98	Singapore, Singapore	71	1.3M followers
99	Baghdad, Iraq	71	286.6K followers
100	Shenzhen, China	73	849.4K followers
101	Salt Lake City, USA	75	256.3K followers
102	Wuhan, China	80	634.9K followers
103	Chengdu, China	81	2.4M followers
104	Manila, Philippines	81	360.2K followers
105	Karachi, Pakistan	82	305.7K followers
106	Manama, Bahrain	82	78.8K followers
107	Krasnoyarsk, Russia	82	156.8K followers
108	Baku, Azerbaijan	84	84.7K followers
109	Doha, Qatar	86	325.9K followers
110	Jakarta, Indonesia	90	2.2M followers
111	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	90	1M followers
112	Dhaka, Bangladesh	94	487.6K followers
113	Beijing, China	99	18.2M followers
114	Denver, USA	101	2M followers
115	Lahore, Pakistan	103	1.1M followers
116	Cairo, Egypt	105	272.2K followers
117	Johannesburg, South Africa	106	109.8K followers
118	Guangzhou, China	111	2M followers
119	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	115	1.1M followers
120	Jerusalem, Israel	119	97.9K followers
121	Delhi, India	122	3.3M followers
122	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	130	233.1K followers
123	Kolkata, India	138	1.6M followers
124	Santiago, Chile	147	176K followers
125	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	152	17.5K followers
126	Kampala, Uganda	176	39K followers