Live cleanest 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	Brussels, Belgium	10	350.6K followers
2	Canberra, Australia	11	492.9K followers
3	Auckland, New Zealand	11	251.8K followers
4	Detroit, USA	12	75.9K followers
5	Osaka, Japan	16	658.2K followers
6	Oslo, Norway	16	191.9K followers
7	Kobe, Japan	17	68.1K followers
8	Kyoto, Japan	17	265.9K followers
9	Paris, France	17	15.2M followers
10	Taipei, Taiwan	17	1.5M followers
11	Algiers, Algeria	17	50.1K followers
12	Sydney, Australia	18	1.8M followers
13	Dublin, Ireland	18	123.2K followers
14	Sofia, Bulgaria	19	274.4K followers
15	Melbourne, Australia	20	853.3K followers
16	San Francisco, USA	21	1.1M followers
17	London, United Kingdom	22	1.2M followers
18	Zagreb, Croatia	22	269.7K followers
19	Pristina, Kosovo	22	112.7K followers
20	Guangzhou, China	23	2M followers
21	Amsterdam, Netherlands	24	562.8K followers
22	Rotterdam, Netherlands	24	188.2K followers
23	Birmingham, United Kingdom	25	364.7K followers
24	Prague, Czech Republic	26	287K followers
25	Vancouver, Canada	26	559.1K followers
26	Moscow, Russia	28	1.2M followers
27	Budapest, Hungary	28	160.8K followers
28	Stockholm, Sweden	28	249.6K followers
29	Bern, Switzerland	28	219.3K followers
30	Copenhagen, Denmark	28	205.5K followers
31	Lyon, France	29	700.2K followers
32	Almaty, Kazakhstan	31	829.5K followers
33	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	31	132.8K followers
34	Ljubljana, Slovenia	31	205.5K followers
35	Helsinki, Finland	31	221.5K followers
36	Portland, USA	32	437.9K followers
37	Santiago, Chile	32	177.8K followers
38	Bogota, Colombia	32	144.3K followers
39	Bratislava, Slovakia	32	87.3K followers
40	Seoul, South Korea	33	17.6M followers
41	Busan, South Korea	33	1.1M followers
42	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	33	606.7K followers
43	Berlin, Germany	33	852.4K followers
44	Toronto, Canada	33	1.1M followers
45	Shenzhen, China	33	860K followers
46	Rome, Italy	33	424.9K followers
47	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	34	778.3K followers
48	Wrocław, Poland	34	442.6K followers
49	Seattle, USA	35	781.9K followers
50	Incheon, South Korea	36	192.9K followers
51	Minneapolis, USA	37	93.3K followers
52	Montreal, Canada	37	347.6K followers
53	Houston, USA	39	133.6K followers
54	Belgrade, Serbia	39	1.3M followers
55	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	39	1.2M followers
56	Denver, USA	40	2M followers
57	Los Angeles, USA	42	16.1M followers
58	Warsaw, Poland	42	813.3K followers
59	Kyiv, Ukraine	43	666K followers
60	Tokyo, Japan	44	1.7M followers
61	Barcelona, Spain	44	617.6K followers
62	Vienna, Austria	45	482.1K followers
63	New York, USA	46	2.5M followers
64	Chicago, USA	46	222.5K followers
65	Accra, Ghana	47	27.2K followers
66	Bucharest, Romania	49	210.2K followers
67	Chiang Mai, Thailand	50	16M followers
68	Athens, Greece	50	187.2K followers
69	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	50	1.1M followers
70	Dakar, Senegal	50	50.5K followers
71	Munich, Germany	52	694.6K followers
72	Bangkok, Thailand	53	17.1M followers
73	Mumbai, India	53	1.8M followers
74	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	53	1.1M followers
75	Madrid, Spain	54	772.6K followers
76	Mexico City, Mexico	54	618.5K followers
77	Lima, Peru	55	67.3K followers
78	Milan, Italy	55	510.2K followers
79	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	55	235.7K followers
80	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	56	2.9M followers
81	Hangzhou, China	56	787.7K followers
82	Istanbul, Turkey	56	553.3K followers
83	Kraków, Poland	56	602.8K followers
84	Nice, France	56	597.9K followers
85	Beijing, China	57	18.3M followers
86	Manila, Philippines	57	370.1K followers
87	Salt Lake City, USA	58	263.5K followers
88	Washington D.C., USA	58	177.2K followers
89	Nairobi, Kenya	58	78.4K followers
90	Skopje, North Macedonia	58	249.5K followers
91	Baghdad, Iraq	62	290.4K followers
92	Yangon, Myanmar	63	229.6K followers
93	Lisbon, Portugal	64	204.1K followers
94	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	64	36.3K followers
95	Chongqing, China	69	503.2K followers
96	Shanghai, China	69	3.4M followers
97	Wuhan, China	69	640.7K followers
98	Karachi, Pakistan	70	307.8K followers
99	Tehran, Iran	73	1.6M followers
100	Kathmandu, Nepal	75	446.4K followers
101	Kabul, Afghanistan	77	62.4K followers
102	Doha, Qatar	79	329K followers
103	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	79	392.7K followers
104	Sao Paulo, Brazil	80	181K followers
105	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	81	1.5M followers
106	Kuwait City, Kuwait	81	171.4K followers
107	Baku, Azerbaijan	82	85.6K followers
108	Manama, Bahrain	82	79.7K followers
109	Medan, Indonesia	84	1.4M followers
110	Kolkata, India	91	1.6M followers
111	Jerusalem, Israel	92	98.4K followers
112	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	94	18K followers
113	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	96	1.1M followers
114	Cairo, Egypt	96	275.5K followers
115	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	102	1.2M followers
116	Hanoi, Vietnam	105	3.6M followers
117	Johannesburg, South Africa	115	110.6K followers
118	Singapore, Singapore	126	1.3M followers
119	Delhi, India	131	3.3M followers
120	Dhaka, Bangladesh	132	490.6K followers
121	Lahore, Pakistan	144	1.1M followers
122	Chengdu, China	157	2.4M followers
123	Jakarta, Indonesia	158	2.2M followers
124	Kampala, Uganda	178	39.4K followers
125	Kuching, Malaysia	316	97.7K followers