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	Melbourne, Australia	14	851.5K followers
2	Canberra, Australia	14	491.3K followers
3	Montreal, Canada	16	346.6K followers
4	San Francisco, USA	17	1.1M followers
5	Yangon, Myanmar	17	229.1K followers
6	Beijing, China	19	18.3M followers
7	Kobe, Japan	22	68K followers
8	Auckland, New Zealand	23	251.3K followers
9	Kyiv, Ukraine	24	663.4K followers
10	Moscow, Russia	27	1.2M followers
11	Lyon, France	27	699.5K followers
12	Seoul, South Korea	28	17.5M followers
13	Incheon, South Korea	28	192.6K followers
14	Kyoto, Japan	28	265.5K followers
15	Osaka, Japan	28	656.7K followers
16	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	28	1.1M followers
17	Bangkok, Thailand	30	17.1M followers
18	Budapest, Hungary	31	160.4K followers
19	Oslo, Norway	31	191.4K followers
20	Stockholm, Sweden	31	249K followers
21	Taipei, Taiwan	31	1.5M followers
22	Bern, Switzerland	32	218.2K followers
23	Sydney, Australia	33	1.8M followers
24	Chiang Mai, Thailand	33	16M followers
25	Pristina, Kosovo	33	112.4K followers
26	Copenhagen, Denmark	33	205K followers
27	New York, USA	34	2.5M followers
28	Paris, France	34	15.2M followers
29	Berlin, Germany	36	850.6K followers
30	Brussels, Belgium	36	350.2K followers
31	Almaty, Kazakhstan	37	827.6K followers
32	Vienna, Austria	37	481.2K followers
33	Portland, USA	39	436.1K followers
34	Madrid, Spain	39	771.3K followers
35	Kathmandu, Nepal	39	445.7K followers
36	Barcelona, Spain	39	616.9K followers
37	Ljubljana, Slovenia	39	204.9K followers
38	Kraków, Poland	39	602.3K followers
39	Lisbon, Portugal	39	203.6K followers
40	Washington D.C., USA	40	176.8K followers
41	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	40	1.2M followers
42	Birmingham, United Kingdom	40	364.5K followers
43	Rome, Italy	41	423.3K followers
44	Wrocław, Poland	42	442.4K followers
45	Detroit, USA	43	75.8K followers
46	London, United Kingdom	44	1.2M followers
47	Toronto, Canada	44	1.1M followers
48	Dakar, Senegal	44	50.3K followers
49	Santiago, Chile	46	177.5K followers
50	Amsterdam, Netherlands	46	561.8K followers
51	Bratislava, Slovakia	48	87.2K followers
52	Sofia, Bulgaria	50	273.9K followers
53	Algiers, Algeria	50	50K followers
54	Bucharest, Romania	51	209.6K followers
55	Prague, Czech Republic	51	286.4K followers
56	Bogota, Colombia	51	144.1K followers
57	Dublin, Ireland	52	122.9K followers
58	Shenzhen, China	52	858.3K followers
59	Tokyo, Japan	53	1.7M followers
60	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	53	1.1M followers
61	Zagreb, Croatia	53	269K followers
62	Medan, Indonesia	53	1.4M followers
63	Houston, USA	54	133.3K followers
64	Vancouver, Canada	54	557.7K followers
65	Athens, Greece	54	186.7K followers
66	Chongqing, China	55	502.5K followers
67	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	55	2.9M followers
68	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	55	132.5K followers
69	Belgrade, Serbia	55	1.3M followers
70	Guangzhou, China	56	2M followers
71	Hangzhou, China	56	786.1K followers
72	Nairobi, Kenya	56	78.2K followers
73	Lima, Peru	56	67.1K followers
74	Wuhan, China	56	639.2K followers
75	Munich, Germany	56	693.8K followers
76	Helsinki, Finland	56	221.2K followers
77	Rotterdam, Netherlands	56	188K followers
78	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	57	605.9K followers
79	Chicago, USA	58	221.8K followers
80	Seattle, USA	60	780.7K followers
81	Minneapolis, USA	60	93K followers
82	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	60	776.9K followers
83	Denver, USA	61	2M followers
84	Shanghai, China	62	3.4M followers
85	Mumbai, India	62	1.8M followers
86	Tehran, Iran	65	1.6M followers
87	Istanbul, Turkey	66	552.4K followers
88	Dhaka, Bangladesh	66	489.9K followers
89	Accra, Ghana	67	27.1K followers
90	Warsaw, Poland	68	812K followers
91	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	69	1.5M followers
92	Manila, Philippines	70	363.2K followers
93	Sao Paulo, Brazil	72	180.7K followers
94	Chengdu, China	73	2.4M followers
95	Baghdad, Iraq	73	289.4K followers
96	Kabul, Afghanistan	73	62.3K followers
97	Kolkata, India	75	1.6M followers
98	Baku, Azerbaijan	75	85.5K followers
99	Skopje, North Macedonia	77	249K followers
100	Johannesburg, South Africa	77	110.4K followers
101	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	77	36.2K followers
102	Singapore, Singapore	80	1.3M followers
103	Milan, Italy	80	508.9K followers
104	Kampala, Uganda	80	39.3K followers
105	Busan, South Korea	81	1.1M followers
106	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	81	391.9K followers
107	Mexico City, Mexico	82	617.4K followers
108	Karachi, Pakistan	90	307.4K followers
109	Kuwait City, Kuwait	92	171.1K followers
110	Cairo, Egypt	97	274.8K followers
111	Salt Lake City, USA	98	262.9K followers
112	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	99	1.2M followers
113	Manama, Bahrain	101	79.5K followers
114	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	103	235.1K followers
115	Los Angeles, USA	107	16.1M followers
116	Jerusalem, Israel	112	98.3K followers
117	Hanoi, Vietnam	117	3.6M followers
118	Kuching, Malaysia	126	85.3K followers
119	Jakarta, Indonesia	130	2.2M followers
120	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	143	17.9K followers
121	Doha, Qatar	144	328.3K followers
122	Lahore, Pakistan	155	1.1M followers
123	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	193	1.1M followers
124	Delhi, India	238	3.3M followers