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	Dublin, Ireland	13	123.2K followers
4	Auckland, New Zealand	13	251.8K followers
5	San Francisco, USA	15	1.1M followers
6	Sydney, Australia	16	1.8M followers
7	London, United Kingdom	17	1.2M followers
8	Kobe, Japan	17	68.1K followers
9	Osaka, Japan	17	658.2K followers
10	Oslo, Norway	17	191.9K followers
11	Algiers, Algeria	17	50.1K followers
12	Kyoto, Japan	19	265.9K followers
13	Sofia, Bulgaria	22	274.4K followers
14	Taipei, Taiwan	22	1.5M followers
15	Rotterdam, Netherlands	22	188.2K followers
16	Melbourne, Australia	23	853.3K followers
17	Berlin, Germany	23	852.4K followers
18	Guangzhou, China	23	2M followers
19	Stockholm, Sweden	23	249.6K followers
20	Almaty, Kazakhstan	24	829.5K followers
21	Houston, USA	25	133.6K followers
22	Shenzhen, China	25	860K followers
23	Detroit, USA	26	75.9K followers
24	Vancouver, Canada	27	559.1K followers
25	Budapest, Hungary	27	160.8K followers
26	Tokyo, Japan	28	1.7M followers
27	Incheon, South Korea	28	192.9K followers
28	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	28	132.8K followers
29	Santiago, Chile	28	177.8K followers
30	Amsterdam, Netherlands	28	562.8K followers
31	Pristina, Kosovo	28	112.7K followers
32	Copenhagen, Denmark	28	205.5K followers
33	Belgrade, Serbia	29	1.3M followers
34	Prague, Czech Republic	29	287K followers
35	Birmingham, United Kingdom	29	364.7K followers
36	Bern, Switzerland	29	219.3K followers
37	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	30	1.2M followers
38	Lyon, France	31	700.2K followers
39	Helsinki, Finland	31	221.5K followers
40	Seattle, USA	32	781.9K followers
41	Portland, USA	32	437.9K followers
42	Seoul, South Korea	33	17.6M followers
43	Paris, France	33	15.2M followers
44	Bogota, Colombia	33	144.3K followers
45	Kyiv, Ukraine	33	666K followers
46	Ljubljana, Slovenia	33	205.5K followers
47	Wrocław, Poland	33	442.6K followers
48	Chiang Mai, Thailand	34	16M followers
49	Zagreb, Croatia	35	269.7K followers
50	Minneapolis, USA	36	93.3K followers
51	Warsaw, Poland	36	813.3K followers
52	Toronto, Canada	37	1.1M followers
53	Denver, USA	38	2M followers
54	Montreal, Canada	38	347.6K followers
55	Busan, South Korea	39	1.1M followers
56	Barcelona, Spain	39	617.6K followers
57	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	39	1.1M followers
58	Los Angeles, USA	40	16.1M followers
59	Rome, Italy	40	424.9K followers
60	Vienna, Austria	41	482.1K followers
61	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	42	778.3K followers
62	Moscow, Russia	44	1.2M followers
63	Accra, Ghana	44	27.2K followers
64	Bratislava, Slovakia	44	87.3K followers
65	Munich, Germany	44	694.6K followers
66	Kraków, Poland	48	602.8K followers
67	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	51	606.7K followers
68	Kathmandu, Nepal	52	446.4K followers
69	Bucharest, Romania	52	210.2K followers
70	Athens, Greece	52	187.2K followers
71	Lima, Peru	52	67.3K followers
72	Bangkok, Thailand	53	17.1M followers
73	Mumbai, India	53	1.8M followers
74	Nairobi, Kenya	53	78.4K followers
75	Istanbul, Turkey	54	553.3K followers
76	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	55	2.9M followers
77	Hangzhou, China	55	787.7K followers
78	Beijing, China	56	18.3M followers
79	Yangon, Myanmar	56	229.6K followers
80	Milan, Italy	57	510.2K followers
81	Nice, France	57	597.9K followers
82	Chicago, USA	58	222.5K followers
83	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	58	1.1M followers
84	Lisbon, Portugal	59	204.1K followers
85	Madrid, Spain	60	772.6K followers
86	Baghdad, Iraq	60	290.4K followers
87	Kabul, Afghanistan	60	62.4K followers
88	Salt Lake City, USA	61	263.4K followers
89	Shanghai, China	64	3.4M followers
90	Manila, Philippines	65	370K followers
91	Karachi, Pakistan	66	307.8K followers
92	Dakar, Senegal	66	50.5K followers
93	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	67	36.3K followers
94	Washington D.C., USA	68	177.2K followers
95	Sao Paulo, Brazil	68	181K followers
96	Doha, Qatar	69	329K followers
97	Chongqing, China	71	503.2K followers
98	Medan, Indonesia	71	1.4M followers
99	Wuhan, China	75	640.6K followers
100	Kuwait City, Kuwait	75	171.4K followers
101	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	77	392.7K followers
102	New York, USA	78	2.5M followers
103	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	80	1.5M followers
104	Baku, Azerbaijan	81	85.6K followers
105	Cairo, Egypt	82	275.5K followers
106	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	84	1.1M followers
107	Manama, Bahrain	84	79.7K followers
108	Skopje, North Macedonia	85	249.5K followers
109	Dhaka, Bangladesh	85	490.6K followers
110	Tehran, Iran	94	1.6M followers
111	Jerusalem, Israel	94	98.4K followers
112	Johannesburg, South Africa	96	110.6K followers
113	Kolkata, India	102	1.6M followers
114	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	105	1.2M followers
115	Mexico City, Mexico	115	618.5K followers
116	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	117	235.7K followers
117	Singapore, Singapore	128	1.3M followers
118	Lahore, Pakistan	129	1.1M followers
119	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	137	18K followers
120	Delhi, India	144	3.3M followers
121	Hanoi, Vietnam	154	3.6M followers
122	Jakarta, Indonesia	159	2.2M followers
123	Chengdu, China	165	2.4M followers
124	Kampala, Uganda	188	39.4K followers
125	Kuching, Malaysia	289	97.5K followers