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	Auckland, New Zealand	7	251.8K followers
2	Brussels, Belgium	10	350.6K followers
3	Osaka, Japan	15	658.2K followers
4	Canberra, Australia	16	492.9K followers
5	Oslo, Norway	16	191.9K followers
6	Sofia, Bulgaria	17	274.4K followers
7	Paris, France	17	15.2M followers
8	London, United Kingdom	18	1.2M followers
9	Dublin, Ireland	18	123.2K followers
10	Kyoto, Japan	19	265.9K followers
11	Pristina, Kosovo	19	112.7K followers
12	Birmingham, United Kingdom	19	364.7K followers
13	San Francisco, USA	21	1.1M followers
14	Sydney, Australia	21	1.8M followers
15	Vancouver, Canada	21	559.1K followers
16	Rotterdam, Netherlands	21	188.2K followers
17	Kobe, Japan	22	68.1K followers
18	Prague, Czech Republic	22	287K followers
19	Amsterdam, Netherlands	22	562.8K followers
20	Algiers, Algeria	22	50.1K followers
21	Melbourne, Australia	23	853.4K followers
22	Lyon, France	23	700.2K followers
23	Houston, USA	24	133.6K followers
24	Stockholm, Sweden	26	249.6K followers
25	Detroit, USA	27	75.9K followers
26	Toronto, Canada	27	1.1M followers
27	Portland, USA	28	437.9K followers
28	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	28	132.8K followers
29	Berlin, Germany	28	852.4K followers
30	Rome, Italy	28	424.9K followers
31	Taipei, Taiwan	28	1.5M followers
32	Helsinki, Finland	29	221.5K followers
33	Copenhagen, Denmark	29	205.6K followers
34	Seattle, USA	30	781.9K followers
35	Denver, USA	30	2M followers
36	New York, USA	31	2.5M followers
37	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	31	606.7K followers
38	Zagreb, Croatia	31	269.7K followers
39	Ljubljana, Slovenia	31	205.5K followers
40	Minneapolis, USA	33	93.3K followers
41	Moscow, Russia	33	1.2M followers
42	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	33	1.1M followers
43	Santiago, Chile	33	177.8K followers
44	Warsaw, Poland	33	813.3K followers
45	Dakar, Senegal	33	50.5K followers
46	Bogota, Colombia	34	144.3K followers
47	Bern, Switzerland	34	219.3K followers
48	Seoul, South Korea	35	17.6M followers
49	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	35	778.3K followers
50	Budapest, Hungary	36	160.8K followers
51	Almaty, Kazakhstan	37	829.5K followers
52	Busan, South Korea	37	1.1M followers
53	Bratislava, Slovakia	37	87.3K followers
54	Los Angeles, USA	38	16.1M followers
55	Belgrade, Serbia	39	1.3M followers
56	Bucharest, Romania	39	210.2K followers
57	Wrocław, Poland	39	442.6K followers
58	Montreal, Canada	42	347.6K followers
59	Vienna, Austria	42	482.1K followers
60	Incheon, South Korea	43	192.9K followers
61	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	43	1.1M followers
62	Tokyo, Japan	44	1.7M followers
63	Guangzhou, China	44	2M followers
64	Salt Lake City, USA	45	263.5K followers
65	Kyiv, Ukraine	47	666K followers
66	Bangkok, Thailand	49	17.1M followers
67	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	49	1.2M followers
68	Kraków, Poland	49	602.8K followers
69	Athens, Greece	51	187.2K followers
70	Mumbai, India	52	1.8M followers
71	Madrid, Spain	52	772.6K followers
72	Beijing, China	53	18.3M followers
73	Barcelona, Spain	53	617.6K followers
74	Shenzhen, China	53	860K followers
75	Mexico City, Mexico	53	618.5K followers
76	Milan, Italy	53	510.2K followers
77	Lisbon, Portugal	53	204.1K followers
78	Munich, Germany	53	694.6K followers
79	Chicago, USA	54	222.5K followers
80	Accra, Ghana	54	27.2K followers
81	Istanbul, Turkey	54	553.3K followers
82	Nice, France	54	597.9K followers
83	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	55	2.9M followers
84	Nairobi, Kenya	55	78.4K followers
85	Chiang Mai, Thailand	56	16M followers
86	Manila, Philippines	57	370.3K followers
87	Hangzhou, China	58	787.7K followers
88	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	58	36.3K followers
89	Washington D.C., USA	59	177.2K followers
90	Baghdad, Iraq	60	290.4K followers
91	Lima, Peru	61	67.3K followers
92	Chongqing, China	64	503.3K followers
93	Medan, Indonesia	64	1.4M followers
94	Yangon, Myanmar	65	229.6K followers
95	Wuhan, China	68	640.7K followers
96	Shanghai, China	69	3.4M followers
97	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	74	1.5M followers
98	Skopje, North Macedonia	75	249.5K followers
99	Karachi, Pakistan	77	307.8K followers
100	Hanoi, Vietnam	79	3.6M followers
101	Doha, Qatar	79	329K followers
102	Jerusalem, Israel	79	98.4K followers
103	Manama, Bahrain	79	79.7K followers
104	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	80	1.1M followers
105	Tehran, Iran	82	1.6M followers
106	Kathmandu, Nepal	83	446.4K followers
107	Baku, Azerbaijan	83	85.6K followers
108	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	84	392.7K followers
109	Kuwait City, Kuwait	88	171.4K followers
110	Sao Paulo, Brazil	89	181K followers
111	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	90	1.2M followers
112	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	95	18K followers
113	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	104	235.7K followers
114	Delhi, India	117	3.3M followers
115	Johannesburg, South Africa	119	110.6K followers
116	Cairo, Egypt	122	275.5K followers
117	Dhaka, Bangladesh	127	490.6K followers
118	Kabul, Afghanistan	132	62.4K followers
119	Kampala, Uganda	135	39.4K followers
120	Kolkata, India	139	1.6M followers
121	Singapore, Singapore	151	1.3M followers
122	Lahore, Pakistan	153	1.1M followers
123	Chengdu, China	158	2.4M followers
124	Jakarta, Indonesia	162	2.2M followers
125	Kuching, Malaysia	328	97.9K followers