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	Auckland, New Zealand	11	251.3K followers
2	Melbourne, Australia	14	851.6K followers
3	Montreal, Canada	15	346.7K followers
4	Sydney, Australia	16	1.8M followers
5	San Francisco, USA	19	1.1M followers
6	Canberra, Australia	19	491.3K followers
7	Oslo, Norway	21	191.4K followers
8	Bern, Switzerland	22	218.2K followers
9	Seattle, USA	23	780.7K followers
10	New York, USA	23	2.5M followers
11	Houston, USA	24	133.3K followers
12	Portland, USA	25	436.1K followers
13	Dakar, Senegal	25	50.3K followers
14	Bangkok, Thailand	26	17.1M followers
15	Lisbon, Portugal	26	203.6K followers
16	Moscow, Russia	28	1.2M followers
17	Lyon, France	28	699.6K followers
18	Brussels, Belgium	28	350.2K followers
19	Stockholm, Sweden	29	249K followers
20	Bogota, Colombia	29	144.2K followers
21	Copenhagen, Denmark	29	205K followers
22	Milan, Italy	32	508.9K followers
23	Kobe, Japan	33	68K followers
24	Beijing, China	33	18.3M followers
25	Kyoto, Japan	33	265.5K followers
26	Budapest, Hungary	33	160.4K followers
27	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	33	1.1M followers
28	Munich, Germany	33	693.8K followers
29	Madrid, Spain	34	771.3K followers
30	Detroit, USA	34	75.8K followers
31	Paris, France	34	15.2M followers
32	Washington D.C., USA	36	176.8K followers
33	Rome, Italy	36	423.3K followers
34	Almaty, Kazakhstan	37	827.7K followers
35	Barcelona, Spain	39	616.9K followers
36	Vienna, Austria	39	481.2K followers
37	Osaka, Japan	39	656.8K followers
38	Prague, Czech Republic	39	286.4K followers
39	Shenzhen, China	39	858.4K followers
40	Zagreb, Croatia	39	269K followers
41	Chiang Mai, Thailand	41	16M followers
42	Kraków, Poland	41	602.3K followers
43	Los Angeles, USA	42	16.1M followers
44	Minneapolis, USA	42	93K followers
45	Chicago, USA	43	221.8K followers
46	Berlin, Germany	44	850.6K followers
47	Kyiv, Ukraine	44	663.5K followers
48	Wrocław, Poland	44	442.4K followers
49	Amsterdam, Netherlands	44	561.8K followers
50	Helsinki, Finland	44	221.2K followers
51	Tehran, Iran	44	1.6M followers
52	Denver, USA	46	2M followers
53	Salt Lake City, USA	47	262.9K followers
54	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	49	1.2M followers
55	Taipei, Taiwan	50	1.5M followers
56	Dublin, Ireland	51	122.9K followers
57	Warsaw, Poland	51	812.1K followers
58	Birmingham, United Kingdom	51	364.5K followers
59	Toronto, Canada	52	1.1M followers
60	Athens, Greece	52	186.7K followers
61	Yangon, Myanmar	52	229.1K followers
62	Incheon, South Korea	53	192.7K followers
63	Sofia, Bulgaria	53	273.9K followers
64	Ljubljana, Slovenia	53	204.9K followers
65	Bratislava, Slovakia	53	87.2K followers
66	London, United Kingdom	55	1.2M followers
67	Seoul, South Korea	55	17.5M followers
68	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	55	132.5K followers
69	Bucharest, Romania	55	209.6K followers
70	Santiago, Chile	55	177.5K followers
71	Guangzhou, China	56	2M followers
72	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	56	2.9M followers
73	Busan, South Korea	56	1.1M followers
74	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	58	606K followers
75	Mumbai, India	58	1.8M followers
76	Mexico City, Mexico	58	617.5K followers
77	Wuhan, China	58	639.2K followers
78	Kabul, Afghanistan	58	62.3K followers
79	Kathmandu, Nepal	59	445.7K followers
80	Johannesburg, South Africa	59	110.4K followers
81	Pristina, Kosovo	60	112.4K followers
82	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	61	776.9K followers
83	Hangzhou, China	62	786.1K followers
84	Skopje, North Macedonia	62	249K followers
85	Chongqing, China	64	502.5K followers
86	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	64	1.1M followers
87	Belgrade, Serbia	65	1.3M followers
88	Manila, Philippines	66	363.2K followers
89	Shanghai, China	68	3.4M followers
90	Accra, Ghana	68	27.1K followers
91	Algiers, Algeria	68	50K followers
92	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	69	1.5M followers
93	Baku, Azerbaijan	69	85.5K followers
94	Istanbul, Turkey	70	552.5K followers
95	Dhaka, Bangladesh	70	490K followers
96	Lima, Peru	71	67.1K followers
97	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	72	235.2K followers
98	Baghdad, Iraq	72	289.4K followers
99	Tokyo, Japan	73	1.7M followers
100	Sao Paulo, Brazil	75	180.7K followers
101	Medan, Indonesia	75	1.4M followers
102	Nairobi, Kenya	80	78.2K followers
103	Rotterdam, Netherlands	82	188K followers
104	Singapore, Singapore	84	1.3M followers
105	Chengdu, China	87	2.4M followers
106	Hanoi, Vietnam	89	3.6M followers
107	Kolkata, India	90	1.6M followers
108	Vancouver, Canada	90	557.8K followers
109	Karachi, Pakistan	93	307.4K followers
110	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	93	36.2K followers
111	Kuwait City, Kuwait	96	171.1K followers
112	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	97	391.9K followers
113	Jakarta, Indonesia	101	2.2M followers
114	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	104	1.1M followers
115	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	122	1.2M followers
116	Jerusalem, Israel	124	98.3K followers
117	Kampala, Uganda	129	39.3K followers
118	Cairo, Egypt	137	274.8K followers
119	Manama, Bahrain	145	79.5K followers
120	Lahore, Pakistan	147	1.1M followers
121	Doha, Qatar	156	328.3K followers
122	Kuching, Malaysia	160	85.5K followers
123	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	171	17.9K followers
124	Delhi, India	187	3.3M followers