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	170	17.5K followers
2	Kuwait City, Kuwait	151	169.9K followers
3	Kampala, Uganda	137	39K followers
4	Jakarta, Indonesia	134	2.2M followers
5	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	123	35.9K followers
6	Jerusalem, Israel	118	97.9K followers
7	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	116	233K followers
8	Johannesburg, South Africa	115	109.7K followers
9	Delhi, India	94	3.3M followers
10	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	92	1.1M followers
11	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	90	1M followers
12	Manama, Bahrain	86	78.8K followers
13	Chengdu, China	84	2.4M followers
14	Karachi, Pakistan	84	305.6K followers
15	Kobe, Japan	84	67.6K followers
16	Nairobi, Kenya	82	77.7K followers
17	Milan, Italy	81	504.6K followers
18	Madrid, Spain	80	756.9K followers
19	Cairo, Egypt	79	272K followers
20	Lahore, Pakistan	79	1.1M followers
21	Dakar, Senegal	77	49.9K followers
22	Osaka, Japan	77	651.8K followers
23	Beijing, China	77	18.2M followers
24	Kyoto, Japan	75	264K followers
25	Vancouver, Canada	74	540K followers
26	Kolkata, India	73	1.6M followers
27	Algiers, Algeria	71	49.8K followers
28	Tehran, Iran	71	1.6M followers
29	Nice, France	71	594.9K followers
30	Denver, USA	71	2M followers
31	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	71	1.5M followers
32	Tokyo, Japan	71	1.7M followers
33	Mexico City, Mexico	70	613.2K followers
34	Singapore, Singapore	69	1.3M followers
35	Guangzhou, China	69	2M followers
36	Baghdad, Iraq	68	286.4K followers
37	Accra, Ghana	68	26.7K followers
38	Portland, USA	67	407.2K followers
39	Bern, Switzerland	66	215.1K followers
40	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	66	387.9K followers
41	Chongqing, China	65	499.7K followers
42	Mumbai, India	64	1.8M followers
43	Seoul, South Korea	64	17.5M followers
44	London, United Kingdom	64	1.2M followers
45	Shenzhen, China	63	848.2K followers
46	Istanbul, Turkey	62	549K followers
47	Incheon, South Korea	62	191.2K followers
48	Seattle, USA	62	748.3K followers
49	Lima, Peru	61	66.4K followers
50	Krasnoyarsk, Russia	60	156.8K followers
51	Athens, Greece	60	184.1K followers
52	Doha, Qatar	59	325.8K followers
53	Hangzhou, China	58	779.4K followers
54	Washington D.C., USA	58	174.7K followers
55	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	58	2.8M followers
56	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	57	1.1M followers
57	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	57	1.2M followers
58	Kabul, Afghanistan	56	61.8K followers
59	Munich, Germany	56	690K followers
60	Hanoi, Vietnam	56	3.6M followers
61	Medan, Indonesia	55	1.4M followers
62	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	55	131.3K followers
63	Shanghai, China	55	3.4M followers
64	Santiago, Chile	54	175.9K followers
65	Kuching, Malaysia	53	77.6K followers
66	Taipei, Taiwan	53	1.5M followers
67	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	53	1M followers
68	Birmingham, United Kingdom	52	363.5K followers
69	Rome, Italy	52	417.9K followers
70	Dhaka, Bangladesh	50	487.4K followers
71	Barcelona, Spain	50	612.9K followers
72	New York, USA	49	2.5M followers
73	Prague, Czech Republic	46	284K followers
74	Salt Lake City, USA	46	255.9K followers
75	Bratislava, Slovakia	45	86.5K followers
76	Ljubljana, Slovenia	45	203.3K followers
77	Wrocław, Poland	44	441.3K followers
78	Wuhan, China	44	634.5K followers
79	Budapest, Hungary	44	158.4K followers
80	Vienna, Austria	44	477.4K followers
81	Sao Paulo, Brazil	44	179.4K followers
82	Bucharest, Romania	44	207.2K followers
83	Busan, South Korea	44	1.1M followers
84	Bangkok, Thailand	44	17M followers
85	Zagreb, Croatia	43	266.9K followers
86	Paris, France	43	15.1M followers
87	Houston, USA	43	131.8K followers
88	Los Angeles, USA	43	16M followers
89	Lisbon, Portugal	40	200.9K followers
90	Yangon, Myanmar	39	226.7K followers
91	Rotterdam, Netherlands	39	187K followers
92	Copenhagen, Denmark	37	203.1K followers
93	Oslo, Norway	34	189.2K followers
94	Belgrade, Serbia	34	1.3M followers
95	Brussels, Belgium	33	347K followers
96	Baku, Azerbaijan	33	84.7K followers
97	Moscow, Russia	33	1.2M followers
98	Dublin, Ireland	33	121.5K followers
99	Chicago, USA	33	218.2K followers
100	Amsterdam, Netherlands	30	556.8K followers
101	Almaty, Kazakhstan	29	822.7K followers
102	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	28	603K followers
103	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	28	773.6K followers
104	Stockholm, Sweden	27	246.5K followers
105	Minneapolis, USA	27	91.9K followers
106	Toronto, Canada	26	1.1M followers
107	Detroit, USA	26	75.3K followers
108	Berlin, Germany	25	840K followers
109	Helsinki, Finland	23	219.9K followers
110	Pristina, Kosovo	22	111.4K followers
111	Chiang Mai, Thailand	22	15.9M followers
112	Bogota, Colombia	21	143.1K followers
113	Canberra, Australia	19	486.2K followers
114	Sofia, Bulgaria	19	271.5K followers
115	San Francisco, USA	19	1M followers
116	Sydney, Australia	18	1.8M followers
117	Warsaw, Poland	17	806.8K followers
118	Skopje, North Macedonia	17	247.3K followers
119	Kathmandu, Nepal	17	443.1K followers
120	Kyiv, Ukraine	14	654.9K followers
121	Melbourne, Australia	13	844K followers
122	Montreal, Canada	12	341.8K followers
123	Kraków, Poland	11	599.8K followers
124	Auckland, New Zealand	10	248.7K followers