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	Canberra, Australia	16	491.4K followers
3	Melbourne, Australia	17	851.6K followers
4	Montreal, Canada	17	346.7K followers
5	Bern, Switzerland	17	218.2K followers
6	New York, USA	18	2.5M followers
7	Sydney, Australia	18	1.8M followers
8	San Francisco, USA	19	1.1M followers
9	Portland, USA	19	436.2K followers
10	Seattle, USA	20	780.8K followers
11	Moscow, Russia	21	1.2M followers
12	Chiang Mai, Thailand	22	16M followers
13	Incheon, South Korea	22	192.7K followers
14	Kyoto, Japan	22	265.5K followers
15	Bangkok, Thailand	23	17.1M followers
16	Copenhagen, Denmark	24	205.1K followers
17	Lisbon, Portugal	25	203.6K followers
18	Yangon, Myanmar	25	229.1K followers
19	Tehran, Iran	25	1.6M followers
20	Houston, USA	27	133.3K followers
21	Denver, USA	27	2M followers
22	Kobe, Japan	28	68K followers
23	Milan, Italy	28	508.9K followers
24	Detroit, USA	29	75.8K followers
25	Oslo, Norway	30	191.4K followers
26	Zagreb, Croatia	31	269.1K followers
27	Almaty, Kazakhstan	33	827.7K followers
28	Salt Lake City, USA	33	262.9K followers
29	Taipei, Taiwan	33	1.5M followers
30	Washington D.C., USA	34	176.8K followers
31	Osaka, Japan	36	656.8K followers
32	Budapest, Hungary	36	160.4K followers
33	Stockholm, Sweden	36	249K followers
34	Lyon, France	37	699.6K followers
35	Bogota, Colombia	38	144.2K followers
36	Chicago, USA	39	221.8K followers
37	Kathmandu, Nepal	39	445.7K followers
38	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	39	1.2M followers
39	Vienna, Austria	39	481.2K followers
40	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	39	1.1M followers
41	Rome, Italy	39	423.4K followers
42	Helsinki, Finland	39	221.2K followers
43	Barcelona, Spain	42	616.9K followers
44	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	42	1.1M followers
45	Beijing, China	44	18.3M followers
46	Kraków, Poland	44	602.3K followers
47	Amsterdam, Netherlands	44	561.8K followers
48	Madrid, Spain	47	771.4K followers
49	Shenzhen, China	47	858.4K followers
50	Paris, France	47	15.2M followers
51	Los Angeles, USA	48	16.1M followers
52	Kyiv, Ukraine	48	663.5K followers
53	Dublin, Ireland	49	122.9K followers
54	Santiago, Chile	49	177.5K followers
55	Wuhan, China	49	639.3K followers
56	Brussels, Belgium	49	350.2K followers
57	Busan, South Korea	50	1.1M followers
58	Vancouver, Canada	50	557.9K followers
59	Warsaw, Poland	50	812.1K followers
60	Munich, Germany	50	693.8K followers
61	Dakar, Senegal	50	50.3K followers
62	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	52	606K followers
63	Kabul, Afghanistan	52	62.3K followers
64	Manila, Philippines	52	363.3K followers
65	Minneapolis, USA	53	93K followers
66	Sofia, Bulgaria	53	273.9K followers
67	Toronto, Canada	53	1.1M followers
68	Athens, Greece	53	186.7K followers
69	Ljubljana, Slovenia	53	204.9K followers
70	Hangzhou, China	53	786.2K followers
71	Seoul, South Korea	55	17.5M followers
72	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	55	132.5K followers
73	Guangzhou, China	55	2M followers
74	Prague, Czech Republic	55	286.4K followers
75	Bratislava, Slovakia	55	87.2K followers
76	Mumbai, India	57	1.8M followers
77	Lima, Peru	57	67.1K followers
78	Chongqing, China	58	502.5K followers
79	Bucharest, Romania	58	209.7K followers
80	Mexico City, Mexico	58	617.5K followers
81	Belgrade, Serbia	59	1.3M followers
82	Berlin, Germany	59	850.7K followers
83	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	60	1.5M followers
84	Skopje, North Macedonia	61	249K followers
85	Birmingham, United Kingdom	61	364.5K followers
86	Kampala, Uganda	61	39.3K followers
87	Tokyo, Japan	62	1.7M followers
88	Pristina, Kosovo	62	112.4K followers
89	London, United Kingdom	64	1.2M followers
90	Hanoi, Vietnam	64	3.6M followers
91	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	64	2.9M followers
92	Wrocław, Poland	64	442.4K followers
93	Medan, Indonesia	66	1.4M followers
94	Nairobi, Kenya	67	78.2K followers
95	Singapore, Singapore	67	1.3M followers
96	Baku, Azerbaijan	68	85.5K followers
97	Shanghai, China	71	3.4M followers
98	Johannesburg, South Africa	71	110.4K followers
99	Chengdu, China	75	2.4M followers
100	Algiers, Algeria	75	50K followers
101	Accra, Ghana	76	27.1K followers
102	Istanbul, Turkey	76	552.5K followers
103	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	76	36.2K followers
104	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	77	777K followers
105	Sao Paulo, Brazil	81	180.7K followers
106	Kolkata, India	86	1.6M followers
107	Doha, Qatar	88	328.3K followers
108	Baghdad, Iraq	88	289.5K followers
109	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	88	392K followers
110	Lahore, Pakistan	94	1.1M followers
111	Jakarta, Indonesia	96	2.2M followers
112	Dhaka, Bangladesh	105	490K followers
113	Karachi, Pakistan	107	307.4K followers
114	Rotterdam, Netherlands	109	188K followers
115	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	117	1.2M followers
116	Kuwait City, Kuwait	117	171.1K followers
117	Jerusalem, Israel	117	98.3K followers
118	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	124	235.2K followers
119	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	127	1.1M followers
120	Manama, Bahrain	151	79.5K followers
121	Cairo, Egypt	152	274.8K followers
122	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	153	17.9K followers
123	Kuching, Malaysia	160	85.5K followers
124	Delhi, India	166	3.3M followers