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	9	254.1K followers
2	Kampala, Uganda	14	39.8K followers
3	Toronto, Canada	15	1.1M followers
4	Seattle, USA	16	792.5K followers
5	Sydney, Australia	16	1.9M followers
6	Vancouver, Canada	18	567.8K followers
7	San Francisco, USA	19	1.1M followers
8	Helsinki, Finland	19	224K followers
9	Chicago, USA	20	227.7K followers
10	Salt Lake City, USA	21	267.9K followers
11	Cairo, Egypt	22	280.2K followers
12	Canberra, Australia	23	504.7K followers
13	Krasnoyarsk, Russia	23	159.1K followers
14	Melbourne, Australia	26	867.4K followers
15	Copenhagen, Denmark	27	208.9K followers
16	Auckland, New Zealand	28	258.7K followers
17	Los Angeles, USA	31	16.3M followers
18	Minneapolis, USA	31	95K followers
19	Beijing, China	31	18.5M followers
20	Rome, Italy	31	434K followers
21	Detroit, USA	33	77K followers
22	Ljubljana, Slovenia	33	207.9K followers
23	Montreal, Canada	34	352.5K followers
24	Sofia, Bulgaria	36	277.4K followers
25	Dublin, Ireland	38	125.4K followers
26	Osaka, Japan	39	670.1K followers
27	Munich, Germany	39	701.2K followers
28	Wrocław, Poland	39	444.7K followers
29	Kyoto, Japan	42	269.5K followers
30	Bangkok, Thailand	44	17.3M followers
31	Accra, Ghana	44	27.8K followers
32	Kobe, Japan	44	69K followers
33	Nairobi, Kenya	44	79.5K followers
34	Sao Paulo, Brazil	44	183.2K followers
35	Johannesburg, South Africa	44	111.6K followers
36	Barcelona, Spain	45	623.3K followers
37	Zagreb, Croatia	47	273.7K followers
38	Kathmandu, Nepal	48	451.2K followers
39	Oslo, Norway	48	195.2K followers
40	Lima, Peru	50	68.3K followers
41	Taipei, Taiwan	50	1.5M followers
42	Portland, USA	52	447.2K followers
43	Kraków, Poland	52	607.8K followers
44	Athens, Greece	52	190.9K followers
45	Washington D.C., USA	53	180.3K followers
46	Skopje, North Macedonia	53	252.4K followers
47	Amsterdam, Netherlands	53	569.8K followers
48	Berlin, Germany	54	866.2K followers
49	Vienna, Austria	54	487.7K followers
50	Kyiv, Ukraine	54	676K followers
51	Nice, France	54	601.1K followers
52	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	55	239.5K followers
53	Baku, Azerbaijan	55	87.1K followers
54	Bern, Switzerland	55	222.6K followers
55	Algiers, Algeria	55	50.6K followers
56	Madrid, Spain	56	781.4K followers
57	Budapest, Hungary	56	163.9K followers
58	Bratislava, Slovakia	56	88.4K followers
59	Paris, France	56	15.3M followers
60	Istanbul, Turkey	57	560.8K followers
61	Warsaw, Poland	57	824K followers
62	Lyon, France	57	704.3K followers
63	Lisbon, Portugal	58	207.7K followers
64	Birmingham, United Kingdom	58	367K followers
65	Jerusalem, Israel	58	99.2K followers
66	Denver, USA	60	2M followers
67	Bucharest, Romania	60	213.6K followers
68	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	60	1.1M followers
69	Pristina, Kosovo	60	114.5K followers
70	Tokyo, Japan	62	1.7M followers
71	Chiang Mai, Thailand	62	16M followers
72	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	62	36.9K followers
73	New York, USA	63	2.6M followers
74	Belgrade, Serbia	63	1.3M followers
75	Houston, USA	64	136.3K followers
76	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	64	2.9M followers
77	Singapore, Singapore	64	1.4M followers
78	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	64	1.1M followers
79	Brussels, Belgium	64	354K followers
80	Moscow, Russia	65	1.3M followers
81	Kolkata, India	65	1.6M followers
82	Busan, South Korea	66	1.1M followers
83	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	66	398.8K followers
84	Chongqing, China	68	511.7K followers
85	Kabul, Afghanistan	68	63.2K followers
86	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	69	785.8K followers
87	London, United Kingdom	71	1.2M followers
88	Hanoi, Vietnam	71	3.6M followers
89	Prague, Czech Republic	72	290.4K followers
90	Kuching, Malaysia	72	110.5K followers
91	Bogota, Colombia	72	145.7K followers
92	Medan, Indonesia	77	1.4M followers
93	Manila, Philippines	81	381.4K followers
94	Chengdu, China	82	2.4M followers
95	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	82	18.4K followers
96	Manama, Bahrain	82	81K followers
97	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	84	1.2M followers
98	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	86	1.2M followers
99	Incheon, South Korea	86	194.9K followers
100	Milan, Italy	86	518.2K followers
101	Dakar, Senegal	86	52K followers
102	Santiago, Chile	87	179.9K followers
103	Yangon, Myanmar	88	234.4K followers
104	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	94	1.5M followers
105	Seoul, South Korea	94	17.7M followers
106	Lahore, Pakistan	95	1.1M followers
107	Tehran, Iran	96	1.6M followers
108	Doha, Qatar	97	333.3K followers
109	Guangzhou, China	102	2M followers
110	Shenzhen, China	108	871.5K followers
111	Delhi, India	110	3.3M followers
112	Kuwait City, Kuwait	113	173.6K followers
113	Shanghai, China	122	3.5M followers
114	Baghdad, Iraq	122	297.4K followers
115	Mumbai, India	126	1.8M followers
116	Jakarta, Indonesia	127	2.3M followers
117	Rotterdam, Netherlands	130	189.6K followers
118	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	132	135.7K followers
119	Wuhan, China	132	653.8K followers
120	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	133	1.2M followers
121	Hangzhou, China	134	802.5K followers
122	Karachi, Pakistan	140	311.5K followers
123	Mexico City, Mexico	141	624.9K followers
124	Dhaka, Bangladesh	152	495.8K followers
125	Almaty, Kazakhstan	155	841.9K followers
126	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	156	615.2K followers