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

newsroom

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	8	350.6K followers
3	London, United Kingdom	14	1.2M followers
4	Oslo, Norway	14	191.9K followers
5	Osaka, Japan	17	658.2K followers
6	Canberra, Australia	17	492.9K followers
7	Paris, France	19	15.2M followers
8	Amsterdam, Netherlands	19	562.8K followers
9	Pristina, Kosovo	19	112.7K followers
10	Birmingham, United Kingdom	19	364.7K followers
11	Melbourne, Australia	20	853.4K followers
12	Dublin, Ireland	20	123.2K followers
13	San Francisco, USA	21	1.1M followers
14	Vancouver, Canada	21	559.1K followers
15	Lyon, France	21	700.2K followers
16	Sydney, Australia	22	1.8M followers
17	Kobe, Japan	22	68.1K followers
18	Sofia, Bulgaria	22	274.4K followers
19	Kyoto, Japan	22	265.9K followers
20	Prague, Czech Republic	22	287K followers
21	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	23	132.8K followers
22	Stockholm, Sweden	23	249.6K followers
23	Budapest, Hungary	24	160.8K followers
24	Rotterdam, Netherlands	25	188.2K followers
25	Houston, USA	26	133.6K followers
26	Helsinki, Finland	26	221.5K followers
27	Portland, USA	28	437.9K followers
28	Berlin, Germany	28	852.4K followers
29	Toronto, Canada	28	1.1M followers
30	Taipei, Taiwan	28	1.5M followers
31	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	29	1.1M followers
32	Seattle, USA	30	781.9K followers
33	Minneapolis, USA	30	93.3K followers
34	Denver, USA	30	2M followers
35	Rome, Italy	31	424.9K followers
36	Warsaw, Poland	31	813.3K followers
37	Wrocław, Poland	31	442.6K followers
38	Zagreb, Croatia	32	269.7K followers
39	Dakar, Senegal	32	50.5K followers
40	New York, USA	33	2.5M followers
41	Belgrade, Serbia	33	1.3M followers
42	Kraków, Poland	33	602.8K followers
43	Ljubljana, Slovenia	33	205.5K followers
44	Bern, Switzerland	33	219.3K followers
45	Algiers, Algeria	33	50.1K followers
46	Detroit, USA	34	75.9K followers
47	Los Angeles, USA	35	16.1M followers
48	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	36	606.7K followers
49	Almaty, Kazakhstan	37	829.5K followers
50	Busan, South Korea	37	1.1M followers
51	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	37	778.3K followers
52	Bratislava, Slovakia	37	87.3K followers
53	Seoul, South Korea	39	17.6M followers
54	Madrid, Spain	39	772.6K followers
55	Bucharest, Romania	39	210.2K followers
56	Santiago, Chile	39	177.8K followers
57	Vienna, Austria	41	482.1K followers
58	Montreal, Canada	42	347.6K followers
59	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	43	1.1M followers
60	Moscow, Russia	44	1.2M followers
61	Salt Lake City, USA	45	263.5K followers
62	Bangkok, Thailand	47	17.1M followers
63	Incheon, South Korea	47	192.9K followers
64	Kyiv, Ukraine	47	666K followers
65	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	49	1.2M followers
66	Tokyo, Japan	50	1.7M followers
67	Bogota, Colombia	50	144.3K followers
68	Milan, Italy	50	510.3K followers
69	Athens, Greece	52	187.2K followers
70	Lisbon, Portugal	52	204.1K followers
71	Mexico City, Mexico	53	618.5K followers
72	Munich, Germany	53	694.6K followers
73	Beijing, China	54	18.3M followers
74	Accra, Ghana	54	27.2K followers
75	Nairobi, Kenya	54	78.4K followers
76	Chicago, USA	55	222.5K followers
77	Barcelona, Spain	55	617.7K followers
78	Istanbul, Turkey	55	553.3K followers
79	Guangzhou, China	55	2M followers
80	Nice, France	55	597.9K followers
81	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	56	2.9M followers
82	Yangon, Myanmar	56	229.7K followers
83	Manila, Philippines	57	370.3K followers
84	Chiang Mai, Thailand	58	16M followers
85	Washington D.C., USA	58	177.2K followers
86	Mumbai, India	59	1.8M followers
87	Shenzhen, China	59	860.1K followers
88	Hangzhou, China	60	787.8K followers
89	Skopje, North Macedonia	64	249.5K followers
90	Baghdad, Iraq	64	290.4K followers
91	Medan, Indonesia	64	1.4M followers
92	Chongqing, China	66	503.3K followers
93	Shanghai, China	68	3.4M followers
94	Lima, Peru	68	67.3K followers
95	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	68	36.3K followers
96	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	70	1.5M followers
97	Wuhan, China	71	640.7K followers
98	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	71	1.1M followers
99	Baku, Azerbaijan	71	85.6K followers
100	Karachi, Pakistan	77	307.8K followers
101	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	77	18K followers
102	Jerusalem, Israel	78	98.4K followers
103	Manama, Bahrain	78	79.7K followers
104	Kathmandu, Nepal	79	446.4K followers
105	Doha, Qatar	79	329K followers
106	Tehran, Iran	82	1.6M followers
107	Hanoi, Vietnam	84	3.6M followers
108	Kuwait City, Kuwait	86	171.4K followers
109	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	90	1.2M followers
110	Delhi, India	92	3.3M followers
111	Dhaka, Bangladesh	97	490.6K followers
112	Sao Paulo, Brazil	99	181K followers
113	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	99	392.8K followers
114	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	103	235.7K followers
115	Kabul, Afghanistan	112	62.4K followers
116	Cairo, Egypt	113	275.5K followers
117	Johannesburg, South Africa	119	110.6K followers
118	Kolkata, India	132	1.6M followers
119	Chengdu, China	132	2.4M followers
120	Lahore, Pakistan	147	1.1M followers
121	Kampala, Uganda	149	39.4K followers
122	Singapore, Singapore	151	1.3M followers
123	Jakarta, Indonesia	159	2.2M followers
124	Kuching, Malaysia	325	98K followers