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	Montreal, Canada	11	346.6K followers
2	Sydney, Australia	12	1.8M followers
3	Melbourne, Australia	13	851.5K followers
4	Moscow, Russia	17	1.2M followers
5	Kyiv, Ukraine	17	663.4K followers
6	Canberra, Australia	18	491.2K followers
7	San Francisco, USA	19	1.1M followers
8	New York, USA	22	2.5M followers
9	Kobe, Japan	22	68K followers
10	Toronto, Canada	22	1.1M followers
11	Dakar, Senegal	22	50.3K followers
12	Algiers, Algeria	22	50K followers
13	Denver, USA	24	2M followers
14	Osaka, Japan	25	656.7K followers
15	Auckland, New Zealand	26	251.3K followers
16	Budapest, Hungary	27	160.4K followers
17	Bangkok, Thailand	28	17.1M followers
18	Santiago, Chile	28	177.5K followers
19	Taipei, Taiwan	28	1.5M followers
20	Yangon, Myanmar	28	229.1K followers
21	Beijing, China	29	18.3M followers
22	Rome, Italy	29	423.3K followers
23	Incheon, South Korea	31	192.6K followers
24	Detroit, USA	31	75.8K followers
25	Oslo, Norway	31	191.4K followers
26	Stockholm, Sweden	31	248.9K followers
27	Barcelona, Spain	32	616.8K followers
28	Seoul, South Korea	33	17.5M followers
29	Kyoto, Japan	33	265.5K followers
30	Seattle, USA	34	780.6K followers
31	Zagreb, Croatia	35	269K followers
32	Wrocław, Poland	37	442.4K followers
33	Berlin, Germany	38	850.5K followers
34	Lisbon, Portugal	38	203.5K followers
35	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	39	1.1M followers
36	Pristina, Kosovo	39	112.4K followers
37	Johannesburg, South Africa	39	110.4K followers
38	Kraków, Poland	41	602.3K followers
39	Copenhagen, Denmark	41	205K followers
40	Almaty, Kazakhstan	42	827.6K followers
41	Salt Lake City, USA	43	262.9K followers
42	Chicago, USA	43	221.8K followers
43	Madrid, Spain	43	771.2K followers
44	Brussels, Belgium	43	350.1K followers
45	London, United Kingdom	44	1.2M followers
46	Vienna, Austria	46	481.2K followers
47	Prague, Czech Republic	46	286.4K followers
48	Ljubljana, Slovenia	46	204.9K followers
49	Amsterdam, Netherlands	46	561.8K followers
50	Helsinki, Finland	46	221.2K followers
51	Rotterdam, Netherlands	46	188K followers
52	Nice, France	46	597.5K followers
53	Lyon, France	48	699.5K followers
54	Chiang Mai, Thailand	49	16M followers
55	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	49	1.1M followers
56	Tokyo, Japan	50	1.7M followers
57	Munich, Germany	50	693.8K followers
58	Washington D.C., USA	51	176.7K followers
59	Bratislava, Slovakia	51	87.2K followers
60	Los Angeles, USA	52	16.1M followers
61	Portland, USA	52	436K followers
62	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	52	1.2M followers
63	Guangzhou, China	53	2M followers
64	Sofia, Bulgaria	53	273.9K followers
65	Bucharest, Romania	53	209.6K followers
66	Dublin, Ireland	53	122.8K followers
67	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	53	776.9K followers
68	Bern, Switzerland	53	218.1K followers
69	Tehran, Iran	53	1.6M followers
70	Athens, Greece	54	186.7K followers
71	Bogota, Colombia	54	144.1K followers
72	Shanghai, China	55	3.4M followers
73	Nairobi, Kenya	55	78.2K followers
74	Vancouver, Canada	55	557.6K followers
75	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	56	605.9K followers
76	Kabul, Afghanistan	56	62.3K followers
77	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	57	1.5M followers
78	Minneapolis, USA	58	93K followers
79	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	58	2.9M followers
80	Accra, Ghana	58	27.1K followers
81	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	58	132.5K followers
82	Warsaw, Poland	58	812K followers
83	Sao Paulo, Brazil	59	180.7K followers
84	Shenzhen, China	59	858.3K followers
85	Kathmandu, Nepal	60	445.7K followers
86	Mexico City, Mexico	60	617.4K followers
87	Wuhan, China	60	639.2K followers
88	Hangzhou, China	61	786K followers
89	Baku, Azerbaijan	62	85.5K followers
90	Mumbai, India	63	1.8M followers
91	Skopje, North Macedonia	63	249K followers
92	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	64	391.9K followers
93	Istanbul, Turkey	65	552.4K followers
94	Chongqing, China	66	502.4K followers
95	Baghdad, Iraq	66	289.4K followers
96	Belgrade, Serbia	67	1.3M followers
97	Dhaka, Bangladesh	69	489.9K followers
98	Birmingham, United Kingdom	69	364.5K followers
99	Cairo, Egypt	71	274.8K followers
100	Houston, USA	73	133.3K followers
101	Busan, South Korea	79	1.1M followers
102	Kampala, Uganda	79	39.3K followers
103	Lima, Peru	80	67.1K followers
104	Milan, Italy	80	508.9K followers
105	Manila, Philippines	81	363.2K followers
106	Kuwait City, Kuwait	86	171.1K followers
107	Karachi, Pakistan	87	307.3K followers
108	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	87	36.2K followers
109	Manama, Bahrain	90	79.5K followers
110	Paris, France	91	15.2M followers
111	Singapore, Singapore	95	1.3M followers
112	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	96	1.2M followers
113	Chengdu, China	97	2.4M followers
114	Doha, Qatar	98	328.3K followers
115	Hanoi, Vietnam	102	3.6M followers
116	Jakarta, Indonesia	102	2.2M followers
117	Kolkata, India	105	1.6M followers
118	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	112	235.1K followers
119	Jerusalem, Israel	116	98.3K followers
120	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	122	17.9K followers
121	Medan, Indonesia	133	1.4M followers
122	Lahore, Pakistan	142	1.1M followers
123	Kuching, Malaysia	153	85.3K followers
124	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	188	1.1M followers
125	Delhi, India	212	3.3M followers