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	Zagreb, Croatia	10	84.1K followers
2	Chiang Mai, Thailand	11	15.2M followers
3	Baku, Azerbaijan	11	26.7K followers
4	Canberra, Australia	13	152.4K followers
5	Sydney, Australia	15	1.2M followers
6	Houston, USA	16	41K followers
7	Melbourne, Australia	16	265.1K followers
8	Accra, Ghana	17	8.4K followers
9	Yangon, Myanmar	17	71.2K followers
10	Bogota, Colombia	17	45K followers
11	Manila, Philippines	17	113.1K followers
12	Brussels, Belgium	18	109.3K followers
13	Vienna, Austria	20	150.2K followers
14	Lisbon, Portugal	20	62.9K followers
15	Almaty, Kazakhstan	21	259.6K followers
16	Vancouver, Canada	21	166.4K followers
17	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	22	41.3K followers
18	Belgrade, Serbia	22	638.3K followers
19	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	22	364.4K followers
20	Budapest, Hungary	22	49.7K followers
21	Moscow, Russia	22	553.7K followers
22	Ljubljana, Slovenia	22	64.1K followers
23	Munich, Germany	22	218K followers
24	Milan, Italy	23	158.6K followers
25	Bern, Switzerland	23	67.5K followers
26	Portland, USA	24	122.3K followers
27	Kraków, Poland	25	189.9K followers
28	Wrocław, Poland	25	140K followers
29	Lyon, France	25	220.1K followers
30	Krasnoyarsk, Russia	25	49.5K followers
31	Bangkok, Thailand	28	16.2M followers
32	Seattle, USA	28	230K followers
33	San Francisco, USA	28	359.4K followers
34	London, United Kingdom	28	497.7K followers
35	Barcelona, Spain	28	193.3K followers
36	Berlin, Germany	28	263.4K followers
37	Rome, Italy	28	130.5K followers
38	Stockholm, Sweden	28	77.3K followers
39	Bratislava, Slovakia	28	27.3K followers
40	Birmingham, United Kingdom	28	115.3K followers
41	Auckland, New Zealand	28	77.8K followers
42	Beijing, China	29	17.3M followers
43	Paris, France	29	14.3M followers
44	Nice, France	30	188.3K followers
45	Madrid, Spain	31	238.1K followers
46	Dublin, Ireland	31	38K followers
47	Tokyo, Japan	33	1M followers
48	Salt Lake City, USA	33	76.5K followers
49	Kobe, Japan	33	21.4K followers
50	Shenzhen, China	33	264.6K followers
51	Oslo, Norway	33	59.3K followers
52	Amsterdam, Netherlands	33	175K followers
53	Kabul, Afghanistan	33	19.4K followers
54	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	36	548.2K followers
55	Rotterdam, Netherlands	36	59.1K followers
56	Denver, USA	37	1.3M followers
57	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	38	376.7K followers
58	Osaka, Japan	39	204.9K followers
59	Warsaw, Poland	39	254.4K followers
60	Algiers, Algeria	39	15.8K followers
61	Lima, Peru	40	20.8K followers
62	Chicago, USA	44	64.8K followers
63	Pristina, Kosovo	44	35K followers
64	Kuching, Malaysia	44	24.6K followers
65	Shanghai, China	45	2.7M followers
66	Kyiv, Ukraine	46	203.4K followers
67	Busan, South Korea	47	430.1K followers
68	Minneapolis, USA	49	27.4K followers
69	Seoul, South Korea	49	16.6M followers
70	Skopje, North Macedonia	50	78.1K followers
71	Doha, Qatar	50	102.6K followers
72	Kyoto, Japan	53	83.3K followers
73	Mexico City, Mexico	53	192.7K followers
74	Taipei, Taiwan	53	775.8K followers
75	Guangzhou, China	55	1.3M followers
76	Montreal, Canada	55	104.3K followers
77	Singapore, Singapore	55	619.9K followers
78	New York, USA	56	1.8M followers
79	Washington D.C., USA	56	53.5K followers
80	Sao Paulo, Brazil	56	56.4K followers
81	Medan, Indonesia	56	715.9K followers
82	Detroit, USA	57	22.7K followers
83	Bucharest, Romania	57	65.1K followers
84	Athens, Greece	57	57.2K followers
85	Prague, Czech Republic	57	89.4K followers
86	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	60	244.6K followers
87	Baghdad, Iraq	60	89.9K followers
88	Mumbai, India	61	1.1M followers
89	Istanbul, Turkey	62	173.1K followers
90	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	62	190.6K followers
91	Helsinki, Finland	62	69.4K followers
92	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	62	11.3K followers
93	Los Angeles, USA	63	15.2M followers
94	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	64	2.2M followers
95	Kuwait City, Kuwait	64	53.5K followers
96	Hanoi, Vietnam	65	2.9M followers
97	Jerusalem, Israel	65	30.9K followers
98	Toronto, Canada	67	353.7K followers
99	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	69	457.8K followers
100	Incheon, South Korea	69	60.4K followers
101	Nairobi, Kenya	71	24.4K followers
102	Tehran, Iran	71	905.7K followers
103	Hangzhou, China	73	244.5K followers
104	Johannesburg, South Africa	73	34.7K followers
105	Manama, Bahrain	73	24.7K followers
106	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	75	832.3K followers
107	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	76	73.2K followers
108	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	77	360.2K followers
109	Chongqing, China	79	157.7K followers
110	Kathmandu, Nepal	79	139.6K followers
111	Sofia, Bulgaria	79	85.3K followers
112	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	81	122K followers
113	Karachi, Pakistan	82	96.4K followers
114	Dakar, Senegal	82	15.7K followers
115	Chengdu, China	85	1.7M followers
116	Kolkata, India	99	902.3K followers
117	Wuhan, China	107	199.5K followers
118	Jakarta, Indonesia	121	1.5M followers
119	Lahore, Pakistan	127	447.5K followers
120	Delhi, India	129	2.6M followers
121	Kampala, Uganda	134	12.3K followers
122	Santiago, Chile	148	55K followers
123	Dhaka, Bangladesh	151	153.7K followers
124	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	179	5.5K followers
125	Cairo, Egypt	179	85.4K followers