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	Melbourne, Australia	13	265.1K followers
2	Stockholm, Sweden	16	77.3K followers
3	Montreal, Canada	19	104.4K followers
4	Vienna, Austria	19	150.3K followers
5	Seattle, USA	20	230.1K followers
6	Budapest, Hungary	20	49.7K followers
7	Bangkok, Thailand	21	16.2M followers
8	Vancouver, Canada	22	166.4K followers
9	Kabul, Afghanistan	22	19.4K followers
10	Bern, Switzerland	23	67.5K followers
11	Detroit, USA	24	22.7K followers
12	San Francisco, USA	25	359.4K followers
13	Almaty, Kazakhstan	25	259.6K followers
14	Accra, Ghana	25	8.4K followers
15	Birmingham, United Kingdom	25	115.3K followers
16	Portland, USA	26	122.3K followers
17	Singapore, Singapore	26	620K followers
18	Munich, Germany	26	218K followers
19	Wrocław, Poland	26	140K followers
20	Rotterdam, Netherlands	26	59.1K followers
21	Sydney, Australia	27	1.2M followers
22	Lyon, France	27	220.2K followers
23	London, United Kingdom	28	497.8K followers
24	Kobe, Japan	28	21.4K followers
25	Oslo, Norway	28	59.3K followers
26	Dublin, Ireland	29	38.1K followers
27	Prague, Czech Republic	29	89.5K followers
28	Ljubljana, Slovenia	29	64.1K followers
29	Zagreb, Croatia	29	84.1K followers
30	Lisbon, Portugal	29	62.9K followers
31	Amsterdam, Netherlands	29	175.1K followers
32	Brussels, Belgium	29	109.3K followers
33	Auckland, New Zealand	31	77.8K followers
34	Canberra, Australia	32	152.5K followers
35	Chiang Mai, Thailand	33	15.2M followers
36	Houston, USA	33	41.1K followers
37	Beijing, China	33	17.3M followers
38	Toronto, Canada	33	353.8K followers
39	Osaka, Japan	33	204.9K followers
40	Shenzhen, China	33	264.7K followers
41	Nice, France	33	188.4K followers
42	Manila, Philippines	33	113.1K followers
43	Milan, Italy	36	158.6K followers
44	Baku, Azerbaijan	36	26.7K followers
45	Bratislava, Slovakia	37	27.3K followers
46	Bogota, Colombia	37	45K followers
47	Kuching, Malaysia	37	24.6K followers
48	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	38	548.2K followers
49	Kyoto, Japan	39	83.3K followers
50	Rome, Italy	39	130.5K followers
51	Nairobi, Kenya	41	24.4K followers
52	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	42	190.6K followers
53	Los Angeles, USA	44	15.2M followers
54	Tokyo, Japan	44	1M followers
55	Paris, France	44	14.3M followers
56	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	44	360.3K followers
57	Algiers, Algeria	44	15.8K followers
58	New York, USA	45	1.8M followers
59	Chicago, USA	45	64.8K followers
60	Denver, USA	45	1.3M followers
61	Warsaw, Poland	45	254.4K followers
62	Helsinki, Finland	45	69.4K followers
63	Washington D.C., USA	46	53.5K followers
64	Minneapolis, USA	47	27.4K followers
65	Kraków, Poland	47	189.9K followers
66	Seoul, South Korea	50	16.6M followers
67	Hanoi, Vietnam	50	2.9M followers
68	Busan, South Korea	50	430.2K followers
69	Barcelona, Spain	52	193.3K followers
70	Incheon, South Korea	53	60.4K followers
71	Bucharest, Romania	53	65.1K followers
72	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	53	376.8K followers
73	Kyiv, Ukraine	53	203.5K followers
74	Yangon, Myanmar	53	71.2K followers
75	Salt Lake City, USA	54	76.5K followers
76	Lima, Peru	54	20.8K followers
77	Berlin, Germany	54	263.4K followers
78	Doha, Qatar	54	102.6K followers
79	Madrid, Spain	55	238.1K followers
80	Tehran, Iran	55	905.8K followers
81	Belgrade, Serbia	56	638.4K followers
82	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	56	364.5K followers
83	Sofia, Bulgaria	57	85.3K followers
84	Istanbul, Turkey	58	173.1K followers
85	Skopje, North Macedonia	58	78.1K followers
86	Moscow, Russia	59	553.8K followers
87	Shanghai, China	60	2.7M followers
88	Taipei, Taiwan	60	775.9K followers
89	Pristina, Kosovo	60	35K followers
90	Mumbai, India	61	1.1M followers
91	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	62	41.3K followers
92	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	64	73.2K followers
93	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	64	11.3K followers
94	Jerusalem, Israel	64	30.9K followers
95	Guangzhou, China	65	1.3M followers
96	Krasnoyarsk, Russia	66	49.5K followers
97	Medan, Indonesia	66	716K followers
98	Chongqing, China	68	157.7K followers
99	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	68	2.2M followers
100	Athens, Greece	68	57.3K followers
101	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	68	122K followers
102	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	69	832.5K followers
103	Hangzhou, China	69	244.6K followers
104	Mexico City, Mexico	69	192.7K followers
105	Kuwait City, Kuwait	69	53.5K followers
106	Manama, Bahrain	69	24.8K followers
107	Kampala, Uganda	70	12.3K followers
108	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	71	244.6K followers
109	Chengdu, China	71	1.7M followers
110	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	79	457.9K followers
111	Cairo, Egypt	80	85.4K followers
112	Kathmandu, Nepal	83	139.7K followers
113	Karachi, Pakistan	84	96.5K followers
114	Johannesburg, South Africa	84	34.7K followers
115	Baghdad, Iraq	84	90K followers
116	Delhi, India	86	2.6M followers
117	Sao Paulo, Brazil	90	56.5K followers
118	Kolkata, India	93	902.3K followers
119	Wuhan, China	105	199.6K followers
120	Dakar, Senegal	116	15.7K followers
121	Santiago, Chile	152	55K followers
122	Lahore, Pakistan	157	447.5K followers
123	Dhaka, Bangladesh	158	153.7K followers
124	Jakarta, Indonesia	163	1.5M followers
125	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	190	5.5K followers