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	Canberra, Australia	13	491.3K followers
2	Auckland, New Zealand	13	251.3K followers
3	Sydney, Australia	15	1.8M followers
4	Montreal, Canada	16	346.7K followers
5	Melbourne, Australia	18	851.6K followers
6	San Francisco, USA	19	1.1M followers
7	Bangkok, Thailand	22	17.1M followers
8	Kobe, Japan	22	68K followers
9	Beijing, China	23	18.3M followers
10	Bogota, Colombia	23	144.1K followers
11	Kyoto, Japan	25	265.5K followers
12	Copenhagen, Denmark	25	205K followers
13	Almaty, Kazakhstan	28	827.6K followers
14	Budapest, Hungary	28	160.4K followers
15	Moscow, Russia	28	1.2M followers
16	Stockholm, Sweden	28	249K followers
17	Lyon, France	28	699.6K followers
18	Dakar, Senegal	28	50.3K followers
19	New York, USA	29	2.5M followers
20	Oslo, Norway	29	191.4K followers
21	Brussels, Belgium	30	350.2K followers
22	Houston, USA	31	133.3K followers
23	Berlin, Germany	31	850.6K followers
24	Vienna, Austria	33	481.2K followers
25	Osaka, Japan	33	656.7K followers
26	Taipei, Taiwan	33	1.5M followers
27	Yangon, Myanmar	33	229.1K followers
28	Bern, Switzerland	33	218.2K followers
29	Paris, France	34	15.2M followers
30	Detroit, USA	35	75.8K followers
31	Munich, Germany	35	693.8K followers
32	Portland, USA	36	436.1K followers
33	Washington D.C., USA	36	176.8K followers
34	Shenzhen, China	36	858.4K followers
35	Amsterdam, Netherlands	36	561.8K followers
36	Chiang Mai, Thailand	38	16M followers
37	Kyiv, Ukraine	38	663.5K followers
38	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	39	605.9K followers
39	Madrid, Spain	39	771.3K followers
40	Barcelona, Spain	39	616.9K followers
41	Lisbon, Portugal	39	203.6K followers
42	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	40	1.2M followers
43	Prague, Czech Republic	40	286.4K followers
44	Birmingham, United Kingdom	40	364.5K followers
45	Rome, Italy	41	423.3K followers
46	Bratislava, Slovakia	42	87.2K followers
47	Seoul, South Korea	44	17.5M followers
48	Incheon, South Korea	44	192.6K followers
49	Ljubljana, Slovenia	44	204.9K followers
50	Chicago, USA	45	221.8K followers
51	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	45	132.5K followers
52	Kraków, Poland	45	602.3K followers
53	Toronto, Canada	46	1.1M followers
54	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	47	1.1M followers
55	Pristina, Kosovo	47	112.4K followers
56	Rotterdam, Netherlands	48	188K followers
57	Zagreb, Croatia	50	269K followers
58	Algiers, Algeria	50	50K followers
59	Bucharest, Romania	51	209.6K followers
60	Dublin, Ireland	51	122.9K followers
61	Athens, Greece	51	186.7K followers
62	Wrocław, Poland	51	442.4K followers
63	Santiago, Chile	52	177.5K followers
64	Helsinki, Finland	52	221.2K followers
65	London, United Kingdom	53	1.2M followers
66	Sofia, Bulgaria	53	273.9K followers
67	Lima, Peru	53	67.1K followers
68	Belgrade, Serbia	55	1.3M followers
69	Hangzhou, China	55	786.1K followers
70	Kathmandu, Nepal	55	445.7K followers
71	Guangzhou, China	56	2M followers
72	Warsaw, Poland	56	812.1K followers
73	Tehran, Iran	56	1.6M followers
74	Tokyo, Japan	58	1.7M followers
75	Vancouver, Canada	58	557.8K followers
76	Milan, Italy	58	508.9K followers
77	Seattle, USA	59	780.7K followers
78	Minneapolis, USA	59	93K followers
79	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	59	1.1M followers
80	Medan, Indonesia	61	1.4M followers
81	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	62	1.5M followers
82	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	62	2.9M followers
83	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	62	776.9K followers
84	Mumbai, India	63	1.8M followers
85	Baku, Azerbaijan	63	85.5K followers
86	Chongqing, China	64	502.5K followers
87	Shanghai, China	64	3.4M followers
88	Nairobi, Kenya	64	78.2K followers
89	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	67	235.2K followers
90	Baghdad, Iraq	67	289.4K followers
91	Accra, Ghana	68	27.1K followers
92	Skopje, North Macedonia	68	249K followers
93	Wuhan, China	68	639.2K followers
94	Kabul, Afghanistan	68	62.3K followers
95	Istanbul, Turkey	69	552.4K followers
96	Mexico City, Mexico	69	617.5K followers
97	Denver, USA	71	2M followers
98	Sao Paulo, Brazil	71	180.7K followers
99	Busan, South Korea	75	1.1M followers
100	Johannesburg, South Africa	75	110.4K followers
101	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	77	36.2K followers
102	Kuwait City, Kuwait	79	171.1K followers
103	Chengdu, China	83	2.4M followers
104	Karachi, Pakistan	84	307.4K followers
105	Singapore, Singapore	84	1.3M followers
106	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	90	391.9K followers
107	Cairo, Egypt	90	274.8K followers
108	Manama, Bahrain	99	79.5K followers
109	Los Angeles, USA	100	16.1M followers
110	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	102	1.2M followers
111	Dhaka, Bangladesh	103	489.9K followers
112	Salt Lake City, USA	104	262.9K followers
113	Hanoi, Vietnam	107	3.6M followers
114	Kolkata, India	112	1.6M followers
115	Jerusalem, Israel	115	98.3K followers
116	Manila, Philippines	115	363.2K followers
117	Kuching, Malaysia	118	85.4K followers
118	Kampala, Uganda	142	39.3K followers
119	Jakarta, Indonesia	145	2.2M followers
120	Doha, Qatar	156	328.3K followers
121	Lahore, Pakistan	157	1.1M followers
122	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	160	17.9K followers
123	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	188	1.1M followers
124	Delhi, India	196	3.3M followers