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	162	39K followers
3	Johannesburg, South Africa	152	109.7K followers
4	Jerusalem, Israel	126	97.9K followers
5	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	124	35.9K followers
6	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	116	233K followers
7	Mexico City, Mexico	113	613.2K followers
8	Denver, USA	105	2M followers
9	Lahore, Pakistan	105	1.1M followers
10	Houston, USA	103	131.8K followers
11	Salt Lake City, USA	102	255.9K followers
12	Nairobi, Kenya	99	77.7K followers
13	Cairo, Egypt	96	272K followers
14	Chengdu, China	92	2.4M followers
15	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	92	1.1M followers
16	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	90	1M followers
17	Hanoi, Vietnam	89	3.6M followers
18	Manama, Bahrain	88	78.8K followers
19	Portland, USA	88	407.5K followers
20	Milan, Italy	87	504.6K followers
21	Madrid, Spain	84	757K followers
22	Karachi, Pakistan	83	305.6K followers
23	Algiers, Algeria	82	49.8K followers
24	Kobe, Japan	82	67.6K followers
25	Jakarta, Indonesia	82	2.2M followers
26	Dakar, Senegal	81	49.9K followers
27	Beijing, China	79	18.2M followers
28	Tehran, Iran	75	1.6M followers
29	Accra, Ghana	75	26.7K followers
30	Delhi, India	75	3.3M followers
31	Osaka, Japan	75	651.8K followers
32	Vancouver, Canada	75	540.2K followers
33	Krasnoyarsk, Russia	73	156.8K followers
34	Tokyo, Japan	73	1.7M followers
35	Kyoto, Japan	72	264K followers
36	Baghdad, Iraq	69	286.4K followers
37	Guangzhou, China	69	2M followers
38	Doha, Qatar	68	325.8K followers
39	Singapore, Singapore	68	1.3M followers
40	Mumbai, India	66	1.8M followers
41	Incheon, South Korea	64	191.2K followers
42	Seoul, South Korea	64	17.5M followers
43	Shanghai, China	64	3.4M followers
44	Seattle, USA	64	748.5K followers
45	Athens, Greece	63	184.1K followers
46	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	63	1.1M followers
47	Kolkata, India	62	1.6M followers
48	Shenzhen, China	62	848.2K followers
49	Chongqing, China	62	499.7K followers
50	Auckland, New Zealand	61	248.7K followers
51	Kuwait City, Kuwait	61	169.9K followers
52	Washington D.C., USA	61	174.7K followers
53	Sao Paulo, Brazil	60	179.4K followers
54	Istanbul, Turkey	59	549K followers
55	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	58	387.9K followers
56	Santiago, Chile	58	175.9K followers
57	Lima, Peru	58	66.4K followers
58	Hangzhou, China	58	779.4K followers
59	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	57	1.2M followers
60	Birmingham, United Kingdom	56	363.5K followers
61	Medan, Indonesia	55	1.4M followers
62	Kuching, Malaysia	55	77.6K followers
63	Kabul, Afghanistan	55	61.8K followers
64	Nice, France	55	594.9K followers
65	Yangon, Myanmar	55	226.7K followers
66	Baku, Azerbaijan	55	84.7K followers
67	Wuhan, China	55	634.5K followers
68	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	55	2.8M followers
69	Bangkok, Thailand	55	17M followers
70	Taipei, Taiwan	54	1.5M followers
71	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	54	131.3K followers
72	Dhaka, Bangladesh	53	487.4K followers
73	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	53	1M followers
74	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	53	1.5M followers
75	Rome, Italy	50	417.9K followers
76	Barcelona, Spain	49	612.9K followers
77	New York, USA	48	2.5M followers
78	Bern, Switzerland	46	215.1K followers
79	Munich, Germany	45	690K followers
80	Los Angeles, USA	45	16M followers
81	Lisbon, Portugal	44	200.9K followers
82	Lyon, France	43	695.8K followers
83	Vienna, Austria	41	477.4K followers
84	Bratislava, Slovakia	40	86.5K followers
85	Paris, France	40	15.1M followers
86	Rotterdam, Netherlands	39	187K followers
87	Moscow, Russia	39	1.2M followers
88	Busan, South Korea	39	1.1M followers
89	Bucharest, Romania	38	207.2K followers
90	Prague, Czech Republic	37	284K followers
91	Budapest, Hungary	36	158.4K followers
92	Chicago, USA	34	218.2K followers
93	Wrocław, Poland	33	441.3K followers
94	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	33	603.1K followers
95	Kraków, Poland	33	599.8K followers
96	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	33	773.6K followers
97	Sofia, Bulgaria	33	271.5K followers
98	London, United Kingdom	33	1.2M followers
99	Copenhagen, Denmark	32	203.1K followers
100	Bogota, Colombia	32	143.1K followers
101	Ljubljana, Slovenia	32	203.3K followers
102	Toronto, Canada	32	1.1M followers
103	Zagreb, Croatia	31	266.9K followers
104	Detroit, USA	31	75.3K followers
105	Amsterdam, Netherlands	30	556.8K followers
106	Oslo, Norway	30	189.2K followers
107	Brussels, Belgium	29	347K followers
108	Warsaw, Poland	28	806.8K followers
109	Chiang Mai, Thailand	28	15.9M followers
110	Belgrade, Serbia	27	1.3M followers
111	Minneapolis, USA	27	91.9K followers
112	Pristina, Kosovo	25	111.4K followers
113	Dublin, Ireland	23	121.5K followers
114	Skopje, North Macedonia	22	247.3K followers
115	Helsinki, Finland	21	219.9K followers
116	Stockholm, Sweden	21	246.5K followers
117	Berlin, Germany	21	840K followers
118	Almaty, Kazakhstan	20	822.7K followers
119	San Francisco, USA	19	1M followers
120	Kyiv, Ukraine	17	655K followers
121	Canberra, Australia	12	486.2K followers
122	Kathmandu, Nepal	12	443.1K followers
123	Sydney, Australia	12	1.8M followers
124	Montreal, Canada	9	341.8K followers
125	Melbourne, Australia	7	844K followers