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	Stockholm, Sweden	11	77.3K followers
2	Melbourne, Australia	14	265.2K followers
3	Kobe, Japan	17	21.4K followers
4	Budapest, Hungary	17	49.7K followers
5	Sydney, Australia	18	1.2M followers
6	Seattle, USA	20	230.1K followers
7	Vancouver, Canada	20	166.4K followers
8	Portland, USA	22	122.3K followers
9	Montreal, Canada	22	104.4K followers
10	Osaka, Japan	22	204.9K followers
11	Tehran, Iran	22	905.9K followers
12	Rotterdam, Netherlands	23	59.1K followers
13	San Francisco, USA	24	359.4K followers
14	Rome, Italy	24	130.5K followers
15	Birmingham, United Kingdom	24	115.3K followers
16	Munich, Germany	25	218.1K followers
17	Berlin, Germany	26	263.4K followers
18	Bangkok, Thailand	27	16.2M followers
19	London, United Kingdom	28	497.9K followers
20	Prague, Czech Republic	28	89.5K followers
21	Zagreb, Croatia	28	84.1K followers
22	Lisbon, Portugal	28	62.9K followers
23	Lyon, France	29	220.2K followers
24	Bern, Switzerland	29	67.5K followers
25	Bogota, Colombia	29	45K followers
26	Vienna, Austria	30	150.3K followers
27	Oslo, Norway	31	59.3K followers
28	Auckland, New Zealand	31	77.8K followers
29	Brussels, Belgium	31	109.3K followers
30	Washington D.C., USA	32	53.5K followers
31	Chiang Mai, Thailand	33	15.2M followers
32	Beijing, China	33	17.3M followers
33	Toronto, Canada	33	353.8K followers
34	Kyoto, Japan	33	83.3K followers
35	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	33	376.8K followers
36	Milan, Italy	33	158.6K followers
37	Bratislava, Slovakia	33	27.3K followers
38	Accra, Ghana	33	8.4K followers
39	Nice, France	33	188.4K followers
40	Medan, Indonesia	33	716K followers
41	Manila, Philippines	33	113.1K followers
42	Detroit, USA	34	22.7K followers
43	Singapore, Singapore	34	620K followers
44	Amsterdam, Netherlands	34	175.1K followers
45	New York, USA	36	1.8M followers
46	Paris, France	36	14.3M followers
47	Moscow, Russia	36	553.8K followers
48	Wrocław, Poland	36	140K followers
49	Kabul, Afghanistan	36	19.4K followers
50	Kuching, Malaysia	37	24.6K followers
51	Ljubljana, Slovenia	39	64.1K followers
52	Mexico City, Mexico	39	192.7K followers
53	Baku, Azerbaijan	39	26.7K followers
54	Chengdu, China	40	1.7M followers
55	Helsinki, Finland	40	69.4K followers
56	Minneapolis, USA	41	27.4K followers
57	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	41	548.2K followers
58	Lima, Peru	41	20.9K followers
59	Chicago, USA	43	64.8K followers
60	Los Angeles, USA	44	15.2M followers
61	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	44	41.3K followers
62	Canberra, Australia	44	152.5K followers
63	Algiers, Algeria	44	15.8K followers
64	Denver, USA	45	1.3M followers
65	Warsaw, Poland	47	254.4K followers
66	Kyiv, Ukraine	47	203.5K followers
67	Almaty, Kazakhstan	49	259.6K followers
68	Tokyo, Japan	50	1M followers
69	Busan, South Korea	50	430.2K followers
70	Madrid, Spain	50	238.1K followers
71	Barcelona, Spain	50	193.3K followers
72	Shenzhen, China	50	264.7K followers
73	Krasnoyarsk, Russia	50	49.5K followers
74	Seoul, South Korea	53	16.6M followers
75	Incheon, South Korea	53	60.4K followers
76	Bucharest, Romania	53	65.1K followers
77	Nairobi, Kenya	53	24.4K followers
78	Pristina, Kosovo	53	35K followers
79	Yangon, Myanmar	53	71.2K followers
80	Dublin, Ireland	54	38.1K followers
81	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	54	190.6K followers
82	Houston, USA	55	41.1K followers
83	Doha, Qatar	55	102.6K followers
84	Chongqing, China	56	157.7K followers
85	Kraków, Poland	56	189.9K followers
86	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	56	73.2K followers
87	Manama, Bahrain	56	24.8K followers
88	Sofia, Bulgaria	58	85.3K followers
89	Istanbul, Turkey	58	173.1K followers
90	Skopje, North Macedonia	58	78.1K followers
91	Shanghai, China	60	2.7M followers
92	Hanoi, Vietnam	60	2.9M followers
93	Belgrade, Serbia	60	638.4K followers
94	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	60	360.3K followers
95	Salt Lake City, USA	61	76.5K followers
96	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	62	364.5K followers
97	Mumbai, India	63	1.1M followers
98	Guangzhou, China	64	1.3M followers
99	Athens, Greece	64	57.3K followers
100	Taipei, Taiwan	64	775.9K followers
101	Jerusalem, Israel	64	30.9K followers
102	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	66	2.2M followers
103	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	68	832.5K followers
104	Baghdad, Iraq	69	90K followers
105	Kuwait City, Kuwait	71	53.5K followers
106	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	72	244.6K followers
107	Cairo, Egypt	74	85.4K followers
108	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	74	11.3K followers
109	Lahore, Pakistan	76	447.6K followers
110	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	77	457.9K followers
111	Hangzhou, China	78	244.6K followers
112	Kathmandu, Nepal	80	139.7K followers
113	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	81	122.1K followers
114	Kampala, Uganda	85	12.3K followers
115	Karachi, Pakistan	86	96.5K followers
116	Wuhan, China	92	199.6K followers
117	Dakar, Senegal	97	15.7K followers
118	Sao Paulo, Brazil	105	56.5K followers
119	Johannesburg, South Africa	121	34.7K followers
120	Jakarta, Indonesia	122	1.5M followers
121	Dhaka, Bangladesh	128	153.7K followers
122	Delhi, India	131	2.6M followers
123	Kolkata, India	147	902.3K followers
124	Santiago, Chile	161	55K followers
125	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	163	5.5K followers