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	Vancouver, Canada	8	543.2K followers
2	Canberra, Australia	13	486.8K followers
3	San Francisco, USA	17	1M followers
4	Portland, USA	17	410.3K followers
5	Chiang Mai, Thailand	17	15.9M followers
6	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	17	1.1M followers
7	Melbourne, Australia	18	845.3K followers
8	Brussels, Belgium	18	347.5K followers
9	Seattle, USA	19	751.8K followers
10	Dublin, Ireland	19	121.7K followers
11	Sydney, Australia	20	1.8M followers
12	Oslo, Norway	21	189.4K followers
13	Birmingham, United Kingdom	21	363.7K followers
14	Bangkok, Thailand	22	17.1M followers
15	Stockholm, Sweden	22	246.8K followers
16	Taipei, Taiwan	22	1.5M followers
17	Sofia, Bulgaria	24	271.7K followers
18	Auckland, New Zealand	25	249K followers
19	Bogota, Colombia	26	143.2K followers
20	Tokyo, Japan	28	1.7M followers
21	London, United Kingdom	28	1.2M followers
22	Dakar, Senegal	28	49.9K followers
23	Lisbon, Portugal	28	201.3K followers
24	Amsterdam, Netherlands	28	557.4K followers
25	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	29	1.2M followers
26	Rotterdam, Netherlands	29	187.1K followers
27	Copenhagen, Denmark	29	203.3K followers
28	Houston, USA	31	132K followers
29	Seoul, South Korea	33	17.5M followers
30	Incheon, South Korea	33	191.6K followers
31	Warsaw, Poland	33	807.4K followers
32	Pristina, Kosovo	33	111.5K followers
33	Yangon, Myanmar	35	227K followers
34	Kathmandu, Nepal	39	443.4K followers
35	Shenzhen, China	39	850K followers
36	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	39	773.9K followers
37	Paris, France	39	15.1M followers
38	Kyiv, Ukraine	41	655.6K followers
39	Minneapolis, USA	42	92.1K followers
40	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	42	1.1M followers
41	Kraków, Poland	42	600.1K followers
42	Helsinki, Finland	43	220K followers
43	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	44	2.9M followers
44	Hangzhou, China	44	780.3K followers
45	Athens, Greece	44	184.4K followers
46	Bucharest, Romania	45	207.5K followers
47	Belgrade, Serbia	46	1.3M followers
48	Budapest, Hungary	46	158.6K followers
49	Madrid, Spain	47	763.8K followers
50	Lyon, France	47	696.8K followers
51	Montreal, Canada	48	343K followers
52	Ljubljana, Slovenia	49	203.5K followers
53	Guangzhou, China	50	2M followers
54	Kobe, Japan	50	67.7K followers
55	Almaty, Kazakhstan	51	823.3K followers
56	Salt Lake City, USA	51	256.5K followers
57	Wrocław, Poland	52	441.4K followers
58	Shanghai, China	53	3.4M followers
59	Busan, South Korea	53	1.1M followers
60	Kyoto, Japan	53	264.2K followers
61	Osaka, Japan	53	652.5K followers
62	Santiago, Chile	53	176.2K followers
63	Wuhan, China	53	635.2K followers
64	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	54	131.5K followers
65	Skopje, North Macedonia	54	247.4K followers
66	Chongqing, China	55	500K followers
67	Washington D.C., USA	55	174.9K followers
68	Sao Paulo, Brazil	55	179.6K followers
69	Moscow, Russia	55	1.2M followers
70	Chengdu, China	55	2.4M followers
71	Manila, Philippines	55	360.4K followers
72	Kolkata, India	56	1.6M followers
73	Bratislava, Slovakia	56	86.6K followers
74	Barcelona, Spain	58	613.6K followers
75	Detroit, USA	59	75.4K followers
76	Prague, Czech Republic	59	284.3K followers
77	Mumbai, India	60	1.8M followers
78	Berlin, Germany	62	841.1K followers
79	Milan, Italy	63	505.1K followers
80	Lima, Peru	64	66.5K followers
81	Kabul, Afghanistan	64	61.9K followers
82	New York, USA	65	2.5M followers
83	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	65	603.4K followers
84	Munich, Germany	65	690.4K followers
85	Chicago, USA	66	218.7K followers
86	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	66	388.3K followers
87	Zagreb, Croatia	67	267.1K followers
88	Hanoi, Vietnam	68	3.6M followers
89	Istanbul, Turkey	68	549.4K followers
90	Singapore, Singapore	68	1.3M followers
91	Baghdad, Iraq	68	286.8K followers
92	Manama, Bahrain	68	78.8K followers
93	Algiers, Algeria	68	49.8K followers
94	Krasnoyarsk, Russia	68	156.9K followers
95	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	69	1M followers
96	Rome, Italy	71	418.6K followers
97	Toronto, Canada	75	1.1M followers
98	Accra, Ghana	75	26.8K followers
99	Vienna, Austria	77	477.7K followers
100	Cairo, Egypt	77	272.4K followers
101	Kuwait City, Kuwait	77	170K followers
102	Tehran, Iran	80	1.6M followers
103	Bern, Switzerland	82	215.4K followers
104	Karachi, Pakistan	85	305.8K followers
105	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	88	1.5M followers
106	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	88	1.1M followers
107	Denver, USA	88	2M followers
108	Delhi, India	88	3.3M followers
109	Medan, Indonesia	88	1.4M followers
110	Nairobi, Kenya	89	77.7K followers
111	Kuching, Malaysia	89	77.7K followers
112	Dhaka, Bangladesh	92	487.7K followers
113	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	93	35.9K followers
114	Los Angeles, USA	101	16M followers
115	Jerusalem, Israel	102	97.9K followers
116	Beijing, China	105	18.2M followers
117	Mexico City, Mexico	109	613.8K followers
118	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	115	233.2K followers
119	Doha, Qatar	122	326K followers
120	Johannesburg, South Africa	143	109.8K followers
121	Kampala, Uganda	149	39K followers
122	Baku, Azerbaijan	154	84.8K followers
123	Jakarta, Indonesia	162	2.2M followers
124	Lahore, Pakistan	165	1.1M followers
125	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	184	17.5K followers