Live cleanest global major city ranking
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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	Vancouver, Canada	8	557.3K followers
2	Seattle, USA	11	780K followers
3	San Francisco, USA	11	1.1M followers
4	Moscow, Russia	11	1.2M followers
5	Warsaw, Poland	11	811.7K followers
6	Kyiv, Ukraine	14	663.1K followers
7	Portland, USA	15	435.3K followers
8	Berlin, Germany	17	850.2K followers
9	Sydney, Australia	18	1.8M followers
10	Washington D.C., USA	19	176.6K followers
11	Toronto, Canada	20	1.1M followers
12	Montreal, Canada	21	346.4K followers
13	Sofia, Bulgaria	22	273.9K followers
14	Kraków, Poland	22	602.1K followers
15	Taipei, Taiwan	23	1.5M followers
16	Pristina, Kosovo	25	112.4K followers
17	Bangkok, Thailand	26	17.1M followers
18	Denver, USA	26	2M followers
19	Dublin, Ireland	26	122.8K followers
20	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	26	1.1M followers
21	Kobe, Japan	28	68K followers
22	Melbourne, Australia	28	851.1K followers
23	Osaka, Japan	28	656.4K followers
24	Canberra, Australia	28	490.9K followers
25	Oslo, Norway	28	191.2K followers
26	Helsinki, Finland	28	221.1K followers
27	Copenhagen, Denmark	28	204.9K followers
28	Lisbon, Portugal	30	203.4K followers
29	Auckland, New Zealand	30	251.1K followers
30	New York, USA	31	2.5M followers
31	Barcelona, Spain	31	616.6K followers
32	Stockholm, Sweden	32	248.8K followers
33	Bogota, Colombia	32	144.1K followers
34	Rome, Italy	33	423K followers
35	Baku, Azerbaijan	33	85.4K followers
36	Rotterdam, Netherlands	36	188K followers
37	Amsterdam, Netherlands	37	561.5K followers
38	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	38	776.7K followers
39	Zagreb, Croatia	38	268.9K followers
40	Hangzhou, China	39	785.7K followers
41	Prague, Czech Republic	43	286.2K followers
42	Paris, France	43	15.2M followers
43	Milan, Italy	43	508.6K followers
44	Bratislava, Slovakia	43	87.1K followers
45	Wrocław, Poland	43	442.3K followers
46	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	44	1.5M followers
47	Seoul, South Korea	44	17.5M followers
48	Dakar, Senegal	44	50.3K followers
49	Johannesburg, South Africa	44	110.4K followers
50	Algiers, Algeria	44	50K followers
51	Salt Lake City, USA	45	262.7K followers
52	Belgrade, Serbia	45	1.3M followers
53	Nairobi, Kenya	45	78.2K followers
54	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	45	1.2M followers
55	Bern, Switzerland	45	218K followers
56	Nice, France	45	597.4K followers
57	Brussels, Belgium	45	350K followers
58	Vienna, Austria	46	481K followers
59	Lyon, France	47	699.4K followers
60	London, United Kingdom	48	1.2M followers
61	Houston, USA	48	133.2K followers
62	Madrid, Spain	48	770.9K followers
63	Budapest, Hungary	48	160.2K followers
64	Birmingham, United Kingdom	48	364.4K followers
65	Ljubljana, Slovenia	49	204.8K followers
66	Munich, Germany	49	693.6K followers
67	Incheon, South Korea	50	192.5K followers
68	Shenzhen, China	50	857.8K followers
69	Wuhan, China	50	639K followers
70	Los Angeles, USA	51	16.1M followers
71	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	52	1.1M followers
72	Chiang Mai, Thailand	53	16M followers
73	Shanghai, China	53	3.4M followers
74	Chicago, USA	53	221.6K followers
75	Kyoto, Japan	53	265.4K followers
76	Athens, Greece	54	186.5K followers
77	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	55	132.5K followers
78	Sao Paulo, Brazil	55	180.6K followers
79	Yangon, Myanmar	55	228.9K followers
80	Almaty, Kazakhstan	56	827.2K followers
81	Tokyo, Japan	56	1.7M followers
82	Busan, South Korea	56	1.1M followers
83	Mumbai, India	56	1.8M followers
84	Kolkata, India	56	1.6M followers
85	Skopje, North Macedonia	56	248.5K followers
86	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	56	605.8K followers
87	Kabul, Afghanistan	56	62.3K followers
88	Tehran, Iran	56	1.6M followers
89	Hanoi, Vietnam	58	3.6M followers
90	Istanbul, Turkey	58	552.2K followers
91	Dhaka, Bangladesh	58	489.8K followers
92	Bucharest, Romania	59	209.5K followers
93	Mexico City, Mexico	59	617.1K followers
94	Accra, Ghana	64	27.1K followers
95	Doha, Qatar	65	328.1K followers
96	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	65	391.7K followers
97	Baghdad, Iraq	65	289.2K followers
98	Cairo, Egypt	66	274.6K followers
99	Minneapolis, USA	67	92.9K followers
100	Chongqing, China	68	502.2K followers
101	Guangzhou, China	68	2M followers
102	Manama, Bahrain	68	79.5K followers
103	Detroit, USA	70	75.8K followers
104	Chengdu, China	72	2.4M followers
105	Lima, Peru	73	67.1K followers
106	Kathmandu, Nepal	74	445.6K followers
107	Kuwait City, Kuwait	77	171.1K followers
108	Santiago, Chile	79	177.4K followers
109	Manila, Philippines	81	363K followers
110	Beijing, China	83	18.3M followers
111	Karachi, Pakistan	86	307.2K followers
112	Kampala, Uganda	88	39.2K followers
113	Singapore, Singapore	91	1.3M followers
114	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	93	2.9M followers
115	Lahore, Pakistan	94	1.1M followers
116	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	105	1.1M followers
117	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	116	36.2K followers
118	Jerusalem, Israel	118	98.3K followers
119	Delhi, India	122	3.3M followers
120	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	122	235.1K followers
121	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	131	1.1M followers
122	Medan, Indonesia	139	1.4M followers
123	Jakarta, Indonesia	144	2.2M followers
124	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	176	17.9K followers
125	Kuching, Malaysia	177	84.8K followers