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	Kuwait City, Kuwait	171	169.8K followers
2	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	164	17.5K followers
3	Kampala, Uganda	132	39K followers
4	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	118	233K followers
5	Jerusalem, Israel	117	97.9K followers
6	Jakarta, Indonesia	112	2.2M followers
7	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	108	35.9K followers
8	Delhi, India	105	3.3M followers
9	Johannesburg, South Africa	95	109.7K followers
10	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	90	1M followers
11	Chengdu, China	90	2.4M followers
12	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	90	1.1M followers
13	Nairobi, Kenya	88	77.7K followers
14	Kobe, Japan	86	67.6K followers
15	Karachi, Pakistan	84	305.6K followers
16	Nice, France	82	594.9K followers
17	Cairo, Egypt	82	272K followers
18	Milan, Italy	81	504.6K followers
19	Osaka, Japan	78	651.8K followers
20	Kyoto, Japan	77	264K followers
21	Lahore, Pakistan	77	1.1M followers
22	Tokyo, Japan	77	1.7M followers
23	Algiers, Algeria	75	49.8K followers
24	Vancouver, Canada	75	539.9K followers
25	Manama, Bahrain	73	78.8K followers
26	Beijing, China	73	18.2M followers
27	Accra, Ghana	72	26.7K followers
28	Kolkata, India	71	1.6M followers
29	Denver, USA	71	2M followers
30	Dakar, Senegal	70	49.9K followers
31	Mexico City, Mexico	70	613.1K followers
32	Tehran, Iran	69	1.6M followers
33	Singapore, Singapore	69	1.3M followers
34	Madrid, Spain	69	756.9K followers
35	Guangzhou, China	69	2M followers
36	Chongqing, China	67	499.7K followers
37	Krasnoyarsk, Russia	66	156.8K followers
38	London, United Kingdom	66	1.2M followers
39	Shenzhen, China	64	848.2K followers
40	Lima, Peru	63	66.4K followers
41	Mumbai, India	62	1.8M followers
42	Baghdad, Iraq	62	286.4K followers
43	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	62	1.5M followers
44	Portland, USA	62	407.1K followers
45	Istanbul, Turkey	61	549K followers
46	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	60	387.9K followers
47	Dhaka, Bangladesh	60	487.4K followers
48	Incheon, South Korea	60	191.2K followers
49	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	60	2.8M followers
50	Seoul, South Korea	60	17.5M followers
51	Seattle, USA	60	748.2K followers
52	Athens, Greece	59	184.1K followers
53	Kabul, Afghanistan	58	61.8K followers
54	Yangon, Myanmar	58	226.7K followers
55	Hangzhou, China	58	779.4K followers
56	Washington D.C., USA	58	174.7K followers
57	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	57	1.2M followers
58	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	57	131.3K followers
59	Bern, Switzerland	56	215.1K followers
60	Birmingham, United Kingdom	56	363.5K followers
61	Munich, Germany	56	690K followers
62	Doha, Qatar	56	325.8K followers
63	Shanghai, China	56	3.4M followers
64	Medan, Indonesia	55	1.4M followers
65	Taipei, Taiwan	55	1.5M followers
66	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	55	1.1M followers
67	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	55	1M followers
68	Kuching, Malaysia	54	77.6K followers
69	Barcelona, Spain	54	612.9K followers
70	Santiago, Chile	53	175.9K followers
71	New York, USA	51	2.5M followers
72	Almaty, Kazakhstan	51	822.7K followers
73	Wuhan, China	50	634.5K followers
74	Hanoi, Vietnam	50	3.6M followers
75	Rome, Italy	49	417.9K followers
76	Lyon, France	48	695.8K followers
77	Ljubljana, Slovenia	48	203.3K followers
78	Salt Lake City, USA	47	255.9K followers
79	Vienna, Austria	45	477.4K followers
80	Bratislava, Slovakia	44	86.5K followers
81	Budapest, Hungary	44	158.4K followers
82	Paris, France	44	15.1M followers
83	Wrocław, Poland	42	441.3K followers
84	Lisbon, Portugal	41	200.9K followers
85	Prague, Czech Republic	41	284K followers
86	Los Angeles, USA	41	16M followers
87	Houston, USA	40	131.8K followers
88	Sao Paulo, Brazil	39	179.4K followers
89	Bucharest, Romania	39	207.2K followers
90	Busan, South Korea	39	1.1M followers
91	Bangkok, Thailand	39	17M followers
92	Copenhagen, Denmark	36	203.1K followers
93	Dublin, Ireland	36	121.5K followers
94	Belgrade, Serbia	35	1.3M followers
95	Oslo, Norway	34	189.2K followers
96	Baku, Azerbaijan	33	84.7K followers
97	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	33	603K followers
98	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	33	773.6K followers
99	Chicago, USA	33	218.2K followers
100	Zagreb, Croatia	32	266.9K followers
101	Brussels, Belgium	31	347K followers
102	Rotterdam, Netherlands	31	187K followers
103	Amsterdam, Netherlands	28	556.8K followers
104	Moscow, Russia	28	1.2M followers
105	Berlin, Germany	28	840K followers
106	Auckland, New Zealand	27	248.7K followers
107	Toronto, Canada	25	1.1M followers
108	Bogota, Colombia	23	143.1K followers
109	Helsinki, Finland	23	219.9K followers
110	Minneapolis, USA	23	91.9K followers
111	Skopje, North Macedonia	22	247.3K followers
112	Canberra, Australia	22	486.2K followers
113	Detroit, USA	22	75.3K followers
114	Sydney, Australia	22	1.8M followers
115	Chiang Mai, Thailand	22	15.9M followers
116	Melbourne, Australia	19	844K followers
117	San Francisco, USA	19	1M followers
118	Stockholm, Sweden	18	246.5K followers
119	Pristina, Kosovo	17	111.4K followers
120	Kathmandu, Nepal	17	443.1K followers
121	Sofia, Bulgaria	17	271.5K followers
122	Kyiv, Ukraine	14	654.9K followers
123	Montreal, Canada	13	341.8K followers
124	Warsaw, Poland	11	806.8K followers
125	Kraków, Poland	11	599.8K followers