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	173	17.5K followers
2	Kampala, Uganda	147	39K followers
3	Johannesburg, South Africa	144	109.7K followers
4	Jerusalem, Israel	125	97.9K followers
5	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	119	233K followers
6	Mexico City, Mexico	110	613.2K followers
7	Chengdu, China	105	2.4M followers
8	Denver, USA	105	2M followers
9	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	103	35.9K followers
10	Salt Lake City, USA	102	256K followers
11	Nairobi, Kenya	99	77.7K followers
12	Cairo, Egypt	97	272K followers
13	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	94	1M followers
14	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	94	1.1M followers
15	Algiers, Algeria	92	49.8K followers
16	Dakar, Senegal	88	49.9K followers
17	Karachi, Pakistan	88	305.6K followers
18	Portland, USA	88	407.7K followers
19	Lahore, Pakistan	82	1.1M followers
20	Hanoi, Vietnam	81	3.6M followers
21	Shanghai, China	81	3.4M followers
22	Kobe, Japan	79	67.6K followers
23	Houston, USA	78	131.8K followers
24	Osaka, Japan	74	651.8K followers
25	Beijing, China	73	18.2M followers
26	Tokyo, Japan	73	1.7M followers
27	Seattle, USA	72	748.8K followers
28	Krasnoyarsk, Russia	71	156.8K followers
29	Accra, Ghana	71	26.7K followers
30	Santiago, Chile	71	175.9K followers
31	Vancouver, Canada	71	540.3K followers
32	Kyoto, Japan	71	264K followers
33	Guangzhou, China	71	2M followers
34	Jakarta, Indonesia	69	2.2M followers
35	Medan, Indonesia	68	1.4M followers
36	Baghdad, Iraq	67	286.4K followers
37	Kolkata, India	67	1.6M followers
38	Manama, Bahrain	66	78.8K followers
39	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	66	387.9K followers
40	Baku, Azerbaijan	66	84.7K followers
41	Singapore, Singapore	66	1.3M followers
42	Madrid, Spain	66	757K followers
43	Incheon, South Korea	66	191.2K followers
44	Chongqing, China	66	499.7K followers
45	Delhi, India	65	3.3M followers
46	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	65	1.1M followers
47	Mumbai, India	64	1.8M followers
48	Shenzhen, China	64	848.3K followers
49	Washington D.C., USA	63	174.7K followers
50	Doha, Qatar	62	325.8K followers
51	Seoul, South Korea	62	17.5M followers
52	Athens, Greece	61	184.1K followers
53	Tehran, Iran	60	1.6M followers
54	Birmingham, United Kingdom	60	363.5K followers
55	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	60	1M followers
56	Kuching, Malaysia	58	77.6K followers
57	Lima, Peru	58	66.4K followers
58	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	58	1.2M followers
59	Bangkok, Thailand	58	17M followers
60	Istanbul, Turkey	57	549K followers
61	Hangzhou, China	56	779.5K followers
62	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	56	2.8M followers
63	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	56	1.5M followers
64	Kabul, Afghanistan	55	61.8K followers
65	Wuhan, China	55	634.6K followers
66	Taipei, Taiwan	55	1.5M followers
67	Kuwait City, Kuwait	54	169.9K followers
68	Lisbon, Portugal	52	201K followers
69	Dhaka, Bangladesh	52	487.4K followers
70	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	51	131.3K followers
71	Yangon, Myanmar	50	226.7K followers
72	Busan, South Korea	50	1.1M followers
73	Barcelona, Spain	49	612.9K followers
74	New York, USA	48	2.5M followers
75	Milan, Italy	47	504.6K followers
76	Munich, Germany	45	690K followers
77	Sao Paulo, Brazil	44	179.4K followers
78	Rome, Italy	42	418K followers
79	Bratislava, Slovakia	40	86.5K followers
80	Paris, France	40	15.1M followers
81	London, United Kingdom	39	1.2M followers
82	Lyon, France	37	695.8K followers
83	Bucharest, Romania	35	207.2K followers
84	Bern, Switzerland	34	215.1K followers
85	Vienna, Austria	34	477.4K followers
86	Chicago, USA	34	218.3K followers
87	Nice, France	33	594.9K followers
88	Pristina, Kosovo	33	111.5K followers
89	Warsaw, Poland	33	806.8K followers
90	Kraków, Poland	33	599.8K followers
91	Moscow, Russia	33	1.2M followers
92	Chiang Mai, Thailand	33	15.9M followers
93	Toronto, Canada	32	1.1M followers
94	Detroit, USA	32	75.3K followers
95	Zagreb, Croatia	31	266.9K followers
96	Belgrade, Serbia	31	1.3M followers
97	Los Angeles, USA	31	16M followers
98	Wrocław, Poland	30	441.3K followers
99	Amsterdam, Netherlands	29	556.8K followers
100	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	29	773.6K followers
101	Rotterdam, Netherlands	28	187K followers
102	Ljubljana, Slovenia	28	203.3K followers
103	Prague, Czech Republic	28	284K followers
104	Sofia, Bulgaria	28	271.5K followers
105	Auckland, New Zealand	27	248.7K followers
106	Minneapolis, USA	27	91.9K followers
107	Brussels, Belgium	26	347K followers
108	Copenhagen, Denmark	26	203.1K followers
109	Bogota, Colombia	26	143.1K followers
110	Oslo, Norway	26	189.2K followers
111	Dublin, Ireland	23	121.5K followers
112	Almaty, Kazakhstan	23	822.7K followers
113	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	22	603.1K followers
114	Skopje, North Macedonia	22	247.3K followers
115	Budapest, Hungary	22	158.4K followers
116	Berlin, Germany	22	840K followers
117	Stockholm, Sweden	21	246.5K followers
118	Helsinki, Finland	20	219.9K followers
119	San Francisco, USA	19	1M followers
120	Kyiv, Ukraine	17	655K followers
121	Sydney, Australia	15	1.8M followers
122	Kathmandu, Nepal	13	443.1K followers
123	Canberra, Australia	12	486.3K followers
124	Montreal, Canada	10	341.9K followers
125	Melbourne, Australia	8	844K followers