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	188	17.5K followers
2	Kampala, Uganda	154	39K followers
3	Johannesburg, South Africa	152	109.7K followers
4	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	132	35.9K followers
5	Jerusalem, Israel	125	97.9K followers
6	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	123	233K followers
7	Kuwait City, Kuwait	122	169.9K followers
8	Mexico City, Mexico	110	613.2K followers
9	Denver, USA	101	2M followers
10	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	94	1M followers
11	Lahore, Pakistan	93	1.1M followers
12	Manama, Bahrain	92	78.8K followers
13	Jakarta, Indonesia	91	2.2M followers
14	Cairo, Egypt	90	272K followers
15	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	90	1.1M followers
16	Nairobi, Kenya	88	77.7K followers
17	Milan, Italy	87	504.6K followers
18	Chengdu, China	86	2.4M followers
19	Karachi, Pakistan	86	305.6K followers
20	Accra, Ghana	84	26.7K followers
21	Kobe, Japan	82	67.6K followers
22	Algiers, Algeria	79	49.8K followers
23	Dakar, Senegal	79	49.9K followers
24	Portland, USA	77	407.4K followers
25	Beijing, China	76	18.2M followers
26	Delhi, India	75	3.3M followers
27	Osaka, Japan	75	651.8K followers
28	Medan, Indonesia	74	1.4M followers
29	Vancouver, Canada	74	540.1K followers
30	Tehran, Iran	73	1.6M followers
31	Kyoto, Japan	73	264K followers
32	Krasnoyarsk, Russia	71	156.8K followers
33	Madrid, Spain	70	757K followers
34	Guangzhou, China	69	2M followers
35	Hanoi, Vietnam	69	3.6M followers
36	Tokyo, Japan	69	1.7M followers
37	Baghdad, Iraq	68	286.4K followers
38	Singapore, Singapore	66	1.3M followers
39	Seoul, South Korea	65	17.5M followers
40	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	64	387.9K followers
41	Doha, Qatar	64	325.8K followers
42	Athens, Greece	64	184.1K followers
43	Shanghai, China	64	3.4M followers
44	Seattle, USA	64	748.5K followers
45	Kolkata, India	62	1.6M followers
46	Istanbul, Turkey	62	549K followers
47	Incheon, South Korea	62	191.2K followers
48	Washington D.C., USA	61	174.7K followers
49	Chongqing, China	61	499.7K followers
50	Mumbai, India	60	1.8M followers
51	Shenzhen, China	60	848.2K followers
52	Sao Paulo, Brazil	60	179.4K followers
53	Nice, France	59	594.9K followers
54	Bern, Switzerland	59	215.1K followers
55	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	58	1.1M followers
56	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	58	1.2M followers
57	Hangzhou, China	58	779.4K followers
58	Salt Lake City, USA	58	255.9K followers
59	Lima, Peru	57	66.4K followers
60	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	56	2.8M followers
61	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	56	1.5M followers
62	Kabul, Afghanistan	55	61.8K followers
63	Kuching, Malaysia	53	77.6K followers
64	Baku, Azerbaijan	53	84.7K followers
65	Santiago, Chile	53	175.9K followers
66	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	53	1M followers
67	Barcelona, Spain	53	612.9K followers
68	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	53	131.3K followers
69	Bangkok, Thailand	53	17M followers
70	Rome, Italy	52	417.9K followers
71	Dhaka, Bangladesh	52	487.4K followers
72	Houston, USA	51	131.8K followers
73	Wuhan, China	50	634.5K followers
74	Taipei, Taiwan	50	1.5M followers
75	Birmingham, United Kingdom	49	363.5K followers
76	New York, USA	48	2.5M followers
77	Paris, France	46	15.1M followers
78	Los Angeles, USA	46	16M followers
79	Munich, Germany	45	690K followers
80	Prague, Czech Republic	44	284K followers
81	Zagreb, Croatia	43	266.9K followers
82	Rotterdam, Netherlands	42	187K followers
83	Lyon, France	42	695.8K followers
84	Bratislava, Slovakia	42	86.5K followers
85	Budapest, Hungary	41	158.4K followers
86	Vienna, Austria	41	477.4K followers
87	Moscow, Russia	39	1.2M followers
88	Ljubljana, Slovenia	39	203.3K followers
89	Bucharest, Romania	39	207.2K followers
90	Busan, South Korea	39	1.1M followers
91	Auckland, New Zealand	38	248.7K followers
92	London, United Kingdom	38	1.2M followers
93	Lisbon, Portugal	37	200.9K followers
94	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	36	773.6K followers
95	Wrocław, Poland	35	441.3K followers
96	Chicago, USA	34	218.2K followers
97	Copenhagen, Denmark	33	203.1K followers
98	Oslo, Norway	32	189.2K followers
99	Dublin, Ireland	32	121.5K followers
100	Toronto, Canada	32	1.1M followers
101	Brussels, Belgium	30	347K followers
102	Amsterdam, Netherlands	30	556.8K followers
103	Detroit, USA	30	75.3K followers
104	Yangon, Myanmar	28	226.7K followers
105	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	28	603.1K followers
106	Warsaw, Poland	28	806.8K followers
107	Sofia, Bulgaria	28	271.5K followers
108	Belgrade, Serbia	28	1.3M followers
109	Almaty, Kazakhstan	28	822.7K followers
110	Chiang Mai, Thailand	27	15.9M followers
111	Minneapolis, USA	27	91.9K followers
112	Bogota, Colombia	24	143.1K followers
113	Helsinki, Finland	23	219.9K followers
114	Berlin, Germany	22	840K followers
115	Stockholm, Sweden	21	246.5K followers
116	Skopje, North Macedonia	19	247.3K followers
117	San Francisco, USA	19	1M followers
118	Pristina, Kosovo	17	111.5K followers
119	Kraków, Poland	17	599.8K followers
120	Kyiv, Ukraine	16	655K followers
121	Sydney, Australia	15	1.8M followers
122	Kathmandu, Nepal	14	443.1K followers
123	Canberra, Australia	12	486.2K followers
124	Montreal, Canada	9	341.8K followers
125	Melbourne, Australia	7	844K followers