Live most polluted 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	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	182	17.5K followers
2	Kampala, Uganda	160	39K followers
3	Johannesburg, South Africa	134	109.7K followers
4	Jerusalem, Israel	125	97.9K followers
5	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	114	233K followers
6	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	111	35.9K followers
7	Mexico City, Mexico	111	613.2K followers
8	Nairobi, Kenya	107	77.7K followers
9	Denver, USA	105	2M followers
10	Salt Lake City, USA	102	256K followers
11	Algiers, Algeria	97	49.8K followers
12	Cairo, Egypt	94	272K followers
13	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	94	1M followers
14	Chengdu, China	94	2.4M followers
15	Lahore, Pakistan	93	1.1M followers
16	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	92	1.1M followers
17	Dakar, Senegal	88	49.9K followers
18	Portland, USA	88	407.6K followers
19	Hanoi, Vietnam	86	3.6M followers
20	Karachi, Pakistan	85	305.6K followers
21	Houston, USA	78	131.8K followers
22	Osaka, Japan	77	651.8K followers
23	Kobe, Japan	75	67.6K followers
24	Jakarta, Indonesia	75	2.2M followers
25	Krasnoyarsk, Russia	73	156.8K followers
26	Accra, Ghana	73	26.7K followers
27	Delhi, India	73	3.3M followers
28	Madrid, Spain	73	757K followers
29	Beijing, China	73	18.2M followers
30	Tokyo, Japan	73	1.7M followers
31	Vancouver, Canada	72	540.2K followers
32	Manama, Bahrain	71	78.8K followers
33	Kyoto, Japan	71	264K followers
34	Tehran, Iran	69	1.6M followers
35	Guangzhou, China	69	2M followers
36	Baghdad, Iraq	68	286.4K followers
37	Seattle, USA	68	748.7K followers
38	Kolkata, India	66	1.6M followers
39	Doha, Qatar	66	325.8K followers
40	Singapore, Singapore	65	1.3M followers
41	Santiago, Chile	65	175.9K followers
42	Nice, France	64	594.9K followers
43	Incheon, South Korea	64	191.2K followers
44	Shanghai, China	64	3.4M followers
45	Chongqing, China	64	499.7K followers
46	Kuwait City, Kuwait	63	169.9K followers
47	Athens, Greece	63	184.1K followers
48	Washington D.C., USA	63	174.7K followers
49	Mumbai, India	62	1.8M followers
50	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	62	1.1M followers
51	Shenzhen, China	62	848.3K followers
52	Seoul, South Korea	62	17.5M followers
53	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	60	387.9K followers
54	Baku, Azerbaijan	60	84.7K followers
55	Istanbul, Turkey	59	549K followers
56	Hangzhou, China	58	779.4K followers
57	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	57	1.2M followers
58	Kuching, Malaysia	56	77.6K followers
59	Wuhan, China	56	634.6K followers
60	Lima, Peru	56	66.4K followers
61	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	56	1.5M followers
62	Bangkok, Thailand	56	17M followers
63	Medan, Indonesia	55	1.4M followers
64	Kabul, Afghanistan	55	61.8K followers
65	Birmingham, United Kingdom	55	363.5K followers
66	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	55	2.8M followers
67	Dhaka, Bangladesh	53	487.4K followers
68	Sao Paulo, Brazil	53	179.4K followers
69	Taipei, Taiwan	52	1.5M followers
70	Milan, Italy	52	504.6K followers
71	Lisbon, Portugal	51	200.9K followers
72	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	50	1M followers
73	Barcelona, Spain	49	612.9K followers
74	New York, USA	48	2.5M followers
75	Munich, Germany	45	690K followers
76	Rome, Italy	45	418K followers
77	Los Angeles, USA	45	16M followers
78	Lyon, France	43	695.8K followers
79	Auckland, New Zealand	42	248.7K followers
80	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	42	131.3K followers
81	Busan, South Korea	42	1.1M followers
82	Rotterdam, Netherlands	41	187K followers
83	Bern, Switzerland	40	215.1K followers
84	Bratislava, Slovakia	40	86.5K followers
85	Paris, France	40	15.1M followers
86	Vienna, Austria	40	477.4K followers
87	Moscow, Russia	38	1.2M followers
88	Bucharest, Romania	38	207.2K followers
89	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	34	773.6K followers
90	Chicago, USA	34	218.2K followers
91	Kraków, Poland	33	599.8K followers
92	Chiang Mai, Thailand	33	15.9M followers
93	London, United Kingdom	33	1.2M followers
94	Toronto, Canada	32	1.1M followers
95	Wrocław, Poland	31	441.3K followers
96	Zagreb, Croatia	31	266.9K followers
97	Detroit, USA	31	75.3K followers
98	Sofia, Bulgaria	31	271.5K followers
99	Amsterdam, Netherlands	30	556.8K followers
100	Prague, Czech Republic	30	284K followers
101	Brussels, Belgium	28	347K followers
102	Yangon, Myanmar	28	226.7K followers
103	Oslo, Norway	28	189.2K followers
104	Warsaw, Poland	28	806.8K followers
105	Ljubljana, Slovenia	28	203.3K followers
106	Belgrade, Serbia	27	1.3M followers
107	Minneapolis, USA	27	91.9K followers
108	Copenhagen, Denmark	26	203.1K followers
109	Bogota, Colombia	24	143.1K followers
110	Dublin, Ireland	23	121.5K followers
111	Pristina, Kosovo	22	111.4K followers
112	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	22	603.1K followers
113	Skopje, North Macedonia	22	247.3K followers
114	Budapest, Hungary	22	158.4K followers
115	Berlin, Germany	22	840K followers
116	Helsinki, Finland	21	219.9K followers
117	Stockholm, Sweden	21	246.5K followers
118	Almaty, Kazakhstan	20	822.7K followers
119	San Francisco, USA	19	1M followers
120	Kyiv, Ukraine	17	655K followers
121	Kathmandu, Nepal	17	443.1K followers
122	Canberra, Australia	12	486.3K followers
123	Sydney, Australia	11	1.8M followers
124	Montreal, Canada	10	341.9K followers
125	Melbourne, Australia	9	844K followers