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	Kyoto, Japan	6	83.3K followers
2	Kobe, Japan	11	21.4K followers
3	Osaka, Japan	11	205K followers
4	Vancouver, Canada	14	166.5K followers
5	Kraków, Poland	16	189.9K followers
6	Tokyo, Japan	17	1M followers
7	Chiang Mai, Thailand	17	15.2M followers
8	Montreal, Canada	17	104.4K followers
9	Warsaw, Poland	17	254.5K followers
10	Medan, Indonesia	17	716K followers
11	Portland, USA	21	122.4K followers
12	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	21	41.3K followers
13	Taipei, Taiwan	22	776K followers
14	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	23	548.3K followers
15	Dublin, Ireland	23	38.1K followers
16	San Francisco, USA	24	359.5K followers
17	Ljubljana, Slovenia	24	64.2K followers
18	Brussels, Belgium	24	109.3K followers
19	Bangkok, Thailand	25	16.3M followers
20	Toronto, Canada	25	353.9K followers
21	Rome, Italy	25	130.5K followers
22	Seattle, USA	26	230.1K followers
23	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	27	376.8K followers
24	Singapore, Singapore	27	620K followers
25	Melbourne, Australia	28	265.2K followers
26	Rotterdam, Netherlands	28	59.1K followers
27	Bogota, Colombia	28	45K followers
28	Chongqing, China	29	157.7K followers
29	Berlin, Germany	29	263.5K followers
30	Lisbon, Portugal	29	62.9K followers
31	Amsterdam, Netherlands	30	175.1K followers
32	Helsinki, Finland	30	69.4K followers
33	Almaty, Kazakhstan	32	259.6K followers
34	Barcelona, Spain	32	193.3K followers
35	Belgrade, Serbia	33	638.5K followers
36	Sofia, Bulgaria	33	85.3K followers
37	Paris, France	33	14.3M followers
38	Shenzhen, China	33	264.7K followers
39	Stockholm, Sweden	33	77.4K followers
40	Birmingham, United Kingdom	33	115.3K followers
41	Yangon, Myanmar	33	71.2K followers
42	New York, USA	35	1.8M followers
43	Wrocław, Poland	35	140K followers
44	Prague, Czech Republic	36	89.5K followers
45	Oslo, Norway	36	59.3K followers
46	Canberra, Australia	37	152.5K followers
47	Kuching, Malaysia	37	24.6K followers
48	Zagreb, Croatia	38	84.1K followers
49	Lyon, France	38	220.2K followers
50	Houston, USA	39	41.1K followers
51	Munich, Germany	39	218.1K followers
52	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	39	190.6K followers
53	Auckland, New Zealand	39	77.8K followers
54	Budapest, Hungary	40	49.7K followers
55	Bern, Switzerland	40	67.5K followers
56	Nice, France	40	188.4K followers
57	Detroit, USA	41	22.7K followers
58	Vienna, Austria	41	150.3K followers
59	Salt Lake City, USA	42	76.6K followers
60	Chicago, USA	42	64.8K followers
61	Beijing, China	42	17.3M followers
62	Bucharest, Romania	42	65.1K followers
63	Tehran, Iran	44	906K followers
64	Milan, Italy	46	158.7K followers
65	Lima, Peru	47	20.9K followers
66	Washington D.C., USA	49	53.5K followers
67	Denver, USA	49	1.3M followers
68	Los Angeles, USA	50	15.2M followers
69	London, United Kingdom	50	498K followers
70	Busan, South Korea	50	430.2K followers
71	Madrid, Spain	50	238.1K followers
72	Bratislava, Slovakia	50	27.3K followers
73	Minneapolis, USA	52	27.4K followers
74	Jerusalem, Israel	52	30.9K followers
75	Guangzhou, China	53	1.3M followers
76	Krasnoyarsk, Russia	53	49.5K followers
77	Skopje, North Macedonia	54	78.1K followers
78	Seoul, South Korea	55	16.6M followers
79	Sao Paulo, Brazil	55	56.5K followers
80	Moscow, Russia	55	553.9K followers
81	Doha, Qatar	55	102.6K followers
82	Sydney, Australia	56	1.2M followers
83	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	56	364.5K followers
84	Pristina, Kosovo	56	35K followers
85	Kabul, Afghanistan	56	19.4K followers
86	Algiers, Algeria	56	15.8K followers
87	Incheon, South Korea	58	60.4K followers
88	Chengdu, China	58	1.7M followers
89	Kyiv, Ukraine	58	203.5K followers
90	Manila, Philippines	58	113.1K followers
91	Hangzhou, China	60	244.7K followers
92	Istanbul, Turkey	61	173.1K followers
93	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	61	73.2K followers
94	Athens, Greece	62	57.3K followers
95	Hanoi, Vietnam	64	2.9M followers
96	Nairobi, Kenya	64	24.4K followers
97	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	64	11.3K followers
98	Manama, Bahrain	64	24.8K followers
99	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	66	2.2M followers
100	Baghdad, Iraq	66	90K followers
101	Baku, Azerbaijan	66	26.7K followers
102	Kuwait City, Kuwait	66	53.6K followers
103	Shanghai, China	68	2.7M followers
104	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	68	244.7K followers
105	Wuhan, China	69	199.6K followers
106	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	69	360.3K followers
107	Accra, Ghana	69	8.4K followers
108	Mumbai, India	70	1.1M followers
109	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	70	122.1K followers
110	Kolkata, India	73	902.3K followers
111	Dhaka, Bangladesh	80	153.7K followers
112	Cairo, Egypt	80	85.4K followers
113	Kathmandu, Nepal	81	139.7K followers
114	Dakar, Senegal	84	15.7K followers
115	Kampala, Uganda	84	12.3K followers
116	Mexico City, Mexico	88	192.7K followers
117	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	92	458K followers
118	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	92	832.7K followers
119	Delhi, India	95	2.6M followers
120	Karachi, Pakistan	96	96.5K followers
121	Johannesburg, South Africa	122	34.7K followers
122	Santiago, Chile	133	55K followers
123	Lahore, Pakistan	147	447.6K followers
124	Jakarta, Indonesia	159	1.5M followers
125	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	176	5.5K followers