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	Auckland, New Zealand	10	251.8K followers
2	Brussels, Belgium	10	350.6K followers
3	London, United Kingdom	16	1.2M followers
4	Kobe, Japan	17	68.1K followers
5	Sofia, Bulgaria	17	274.4K followers
6	Kyoto, Japan	17	265.9K followers
7	Osaka, Japan	17	658.2K followers
8	Paris, France	17	15.2M followers
9	Oslo, Norway	17	191.9K followers
10	Algiers, Algeria	17	50.1K followers
11	Dublin, Ireland	18	123.2K followers
12	Detroit, USA	19	75.9K followers
13	Canberra, Australia	19	492.9K followers
14	Sydney, Australia	20	1.8M followers
15	San Francisco, USA	21	1.1M followers
16	Vancouver, Canada	21	559.1K followers
17	Rotterdam, Netherlands	21	188.2K followers
18	Melbourne, Australia	22	853.3K followers
19	Amsterdam, Netherlands	22	562.8K followers
20	Pristina, Kosovo	22	112.7K followers
21	Budapest, Hungary	23	160.8K followers
22	Taipei, Taiwan	25	1.5M followers
23	Birmingham, United Kingdom	25	364.7K followers
24	Prague, Czech Republic	26	287K followers
25	Bogota, Colombia	26	144.3K followers
26	Stockholm, Sweden	26	249.6K followers
27	Bern, Switzerland	26	219.3K followers
28	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	28	132.8K followers
29	Toronto, Canada	28	1.1M followers
30	Ljubljana, Slovenia	28	205.5K followers
31	Rome, Italy	29	424.9K followers
32	Copenhagen, Denmark	29	205.5K followers
33	Houston, USA	30	133.6K followers
34	Denver, USA	30	2M followers
35	Lyon, France	30	700.2K followers
36	Helsinki, Finland	30	221.5K followers
37	Moscow, Russia	31	1.2M followers
38	Zagreb, Croatia	31	269.7K followers
39	Portland, USA	32	437.9K followers
40	Santiago, Chile	32	177.8K followers
41	Minneapolis, USA	33	93.3K followers
42	New York, USA	33	2.5M followers
43	Seoul, South Korea	33	17.6M followers
44	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	33	606.7K followers
45	Berlin, Germany	33	852.4K followers
46	Guangzhou, China	33	2M followers
47	Warsaw, Poland	33	813.3K followers
48	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	34	778.3K followers
49	Seattle, USA	35	781.9K followers
50	Bratislava, Slovakia	35	87.3K followers
51	Wrocław, Poland	35	442.6K followers
52	Busan, South Korea	36	1.1M followers
53	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	36	1.1M followers
54	Incheon, South Korea	37	192.9K followers
55	Kyiv, Ukraine	37	666K followers
56	Los Angeles, USA	38	16.1M followers
57	Belgrade, Serbia	39	1.3M followers
58	Bucharest, Romania	39	210.2K followers
59	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	39	1.2M followers
60	Shenzhen, China	39	860K followers
61	Dakar, Senegal	39	50.5K followers
62	Montreal, Canada	41	347.6K followers
63	Vienna, Austria	42	482.1K followers
64	Salt Lake City, USA	45	263.5K followers
65	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	47	1.1M followers
66	Tokyo, Japan	50	1.7M followers
67	Athens, Greece	51	187.2K followers
68	Bangkok, Thailand	52	17.1M followers
69	Almaty, Kazakhstan	52	829.5K followers
70	Kraków, Poland	53	602.8K followers
71	Munich, Germany	53	694.6K followers
72	Chiang Mai, Thailand	54	16M followers
73	Chicago, USA	54	222.5K followers
74	Mumbai, India	54	1.8M followers
75	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	55	2.9M followers
76	Beijing, China	55	18.3M followers
77	Accra, Ghana	55	27.2K followers
78	Madrid, Spain	55	772.6K followers
79	Barcelona, Spain	55	617.6K followers
80	Milan, Italy	55	510.2K followers
81	Nice, France	55	597.9K followers
82	Hangzhou, China	56	787.7K followers
83	Istanbul, Turkey	56	553.3K followers
84	Mexico City, Mexico	56	618.5K followers
85	Manila, Philippines	57	370.2K followers
86	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	58	235.7K followers
87	Baghdad, Iraq	58	290.4K followers
88	Washington D.C., USA	59	177.2K followers
89	Nairobi, Kenya	59	78.4K followers
90	Lima, Peru	62	67.3K followers
91	Skopje, North Macedonia	62	249.5K followers
92	Lisbon, Portugal	62	204.1K followers
93	Medan, Indonesia	62	1.4M followers
94	Wuhan, China	64	640.7K followers
95	Yangon, Myanmar	64	229.6K followers
96	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	64	36.3K followers
97	Chongqing, China	72	503.2K followers
98	Shanghai, China	72	3.4M followers
99	Karachi, Pakistan	75	307.8K followers
100	Baku, Azerbaijan	75	85.6K followers
101	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	79	1.5M followers
102	Tehran, Iran	79	1.6M followers
103	Kathmandu, Nepal	80	446.4K followers
104	Kuwait City, Kuwait	81	171.4K followers
105	Hanoi, Vietnam	82	3.6M followers
106	Doha, Qatar	82	329K followers
107	Kabul, Afghanistan	84	62.4K followers
108	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	86	392.7K followers
109	Sao Paulo, Brazil	89	181K followers
110	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	89	18K followers
111	Cairo, Egypt	90	275.5K followers
112	Manama, Bahrain	90	79.7K followers
113	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	91	1.1M followers
114	Jerusalem, Israel	94	98.4K followers
115	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	99	1.2M followers
116	Johannesburg, South Africa	107	110.6K followers
117	Delhi, India	117	3.3M followers
118	Dhaka, Bangladesh	127	490.6K followers
119	Kolkata, India	142	1.6M followers
120	Singapore, Singapore	144	1.3M followers
121	Lahore, Pakistan	153	1.1M followers
122	Kampala, Uganda	153	39.4K followers
123	Jakarta, Indonesia	164	2.2M followers
124	Chengdu, China	164	2.4M followers
125	Kuching, Malaysia	328	97.8K followers