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	Beijing, China	17	17.3M followers
2	Stockholm, Sweden	17	77.3K followers
3	Houston, USA	18	41.1K followers
4	Bangkok, Thailand	19	16.2M followers
5	Dublin, Ireland	19	38.1K followers
6	Vienna, Austria	20	150.3K followers
7	Almaty, Kazakhstan	22	259.6K followers
8	Portland, USA	22	122.3K followers
9	Brussels, Belgium	22	109.3K followers
10	San Francisco, USA	24	359.4K followers
11	Melbourne, Australia	24	265.1K followers
12	Bogota, Colombia	24	45K followers
13	Vancouver, Canada	25	166.4K followers
14	Ljubljana, Slovenia	25	64.1K followers
15	Rotterdam, Netherlands	25	59.1K followers
16	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	27	548.2K followers
17	Canberra, Australia	27	152.5K followers
18	Lyon, France	27	220.2K followers
19	London, United Kingdom	28	497.8K followers
20	Birmingham, United Kingdom	28	115.3K followers
21	Seattle, USA	29	230.1K followers
22	Oslo, Norway	29	59.3K followers
23	Amsterdam, Netherlands	29	175.1K followers
24	Nice, France	30	188.4K followers
25	Zagreb, Croatia	31	84.1K followers
26	Lisbon, Portugal	31	62.9K followers
27	Helsinki, Finland	31	69.4K followers
28	Budapest, Hungary	32	49.7K followers
29	Tokyo, Japan	33	1M followers
30	Chiang Mai, Thailand	33	15.2M followers
31	Shenzhen, China	33	264.6K followers
32	Munich, Germany	33	218K followers
33	Bern, Switzerland	33	67.5K followers
34	Detroit, USA	34	22.7K followers
35	Prague, Czech Republic	34	89.5K followers
36	Singapore, Singapore	34	619.9K followers
37	Bratislava, Slovakia	36	27.3K followers
38	Toronto, Canada	38	353.8K followers
39	Kraków, Poland	38	189.9K followers
40	Kobe, Japan	39	21.4K followers
41	Barcelona, Spain	39	193.3K followers
42	Paris, France	39	14.3M followers
43	Auckland, New Zealand	39	77.8K followers
44	Algiers, Algeria	39	15.8K followers
45	Hanoi, Vietnam	40	2.9M followers
46	Sydney, Australia	42	1.2M followers
47	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	42	376.7K followers
48	Incheon, South Korea	43	60.4K followers
49	Kyiv, Ukraine	43	203.5K followers
50	Seoul, South Korea	44	16.6M followers
51	Berlin, Germany	44	263.4K followers
52	Doha, Qatar	44	102.6K followers
53	Milan, Italy	44	158.6K followers
54	Minneapolis, USA	46	27.4K followers
55	Kyoto, Japan	47	83.3K followers
56	Warsaw, Poland	47	254.4K followers
57	Denver, USA	49	1.3M followers
58	Busan, South Korea	50	430.2K followers
59	Osaka, Japan	50	204.9K followers
60	Rome, Italy	50	130.5K followers
61	Wrocław, Poland	50	140K followers
62	Chicago, USA	52	64.8K followers
63	Sofia, Bulgaria	52	85.3K followers
64	Baku, Azerbaijan	52	26.7K followers
65	Kuching, Malaysia	52	24.6K followers
66	Los Angeles, USA	53	15.2M followers
67	Belgrade, Serbia	53	638.4K followers
68	Bucharest, Romania	53	65.1K followers
69	New York, USA	54	1.8M followers
70	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	54	360.2K followers
71	Washington D.C., USA	55	53.5K followers
72	Lima, Peru	55	20.8K followers
73	Nairobi, Kenya	55	24.4K followers
74	Skopje, North Macedonia	55	78.1K followers
75	Accra, Ghana	55	8.4K followers
76	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	56	832.5K followers
77	Madrid, Spain	56	238.1K followers
78	Sao Paulo, Brazil	56	56.5K followers
79	Taipei, Taiwan	56	775.9K followers
80	Yangon, Myanmar	56	71.2K followers
81	Jerusalem, Israel	56	30.9K followers
82	Salt Lake City, USA	57	76.5K followers
83	Guangzhou, China	58	1.3M followers
84	Shanghai, China	58	2.7M followers
85	Montreal, Canada	58	104.4K followers
86	Istanbul, Turkey	58	173.1K followers
87	Manama, Bahrain	58	24.8K followers
88	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	59	190.6K followers
89	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	60	41.3K followers
90	Chengdu, China	60	1.7M followers
91	Manila, Philippines	60	113.1K followers
92	Athens, Greece	61	57.3K followers
93	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	62	364.5K followers
94	Pristina, Kosovo	62	35K followers
95	Mumbai, India	63	1.1M followers
96	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	65	73.2K followers
97	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	65	11.3K followers
98	Kathmandu, Nepal	66	139.7K followers
99	Moscow, Russia	66	553.8K followers
100	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	68	244.6K followers
101	Tehran, Iran	69	905.8K followers
102	Kabul, Afghanistan	69	19.4K followers
103	Kuwait City, Kuwait	70	53.5K followers
104	Medan, Indonesia	71	716K followers
105	Chongqing, China	73	157.7K followers
106	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	73	457.9K followers
107	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	75	2.2M followers
108	Cairo, Egypt	75	85.4K followers
109	Delhi, India	77	2.6M followers
110	Kolkata, India	77	902.3K followers
111	Hangzhou, China	82	244.6K followers
112	Dhaka, Bangladesh	82	153.7K followers
113	Karachi, Pakistan	84	96.5K followers
114	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	85	122K followers
115	Mexico City, Mexico	86	192.7K followers
116	Baghdad, Iraq	88	90K followers
117	Kampala, Uganda	92	12.3K followers
118	Wuhan, China	94	199.5K followers
119	Krasnoyarsk, Russia	103	49.5K followers
120	Dakar, Senegal	118	15.7K followers
121	Lahore, Pakistan	146	447.5K followers
122	Santiago, Chile	156	55K followers
123	Jakarta, Indonesia	160	1.5M followers
124	Johannesburg, South Africa	160	34.7K followers
125	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	179	5.5K followers