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	Kraków, Poland	6	602.5K followers
2	Warsaw, Poland	6	812.7K followers
3	Bern, Switzerland	8	219.1K followers
4	Busan, South Korea	11	1.1M followers
5	Vancouver, Canada	18	558.5K followers
6	Seattle, USA	19	781.4K followers
7	Portland, USA	19	436.7K followers
8	Denver, USA	19	2M followers
9	Canberra, Australia	21	492K followers
10	Salt Lake City, USA	22	263.2K followers
11	Houston, USA	24	133.4K followers
12	Dublin, Ireland	24	123K followers
13	San Francisco, USA	26	1.1M followers
14	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	26	1.1M followers
15	Auckland, New Zealand	26	251.6K followers
16	Rotterdam, Netherlands	27	188.1K followers
17	Stockholm, Sweden	28	249.4K followers
18	New York, USA	31	2.5M followers
19	Lisbon, Portugal	31	203.8K followers
20	Copenhagen, Denmark	32	205.3K followers
21	Kyoto, Japan	33	265.7K followers
22	Osaka, Japan	33	657.5K followers
23	Paris, France	33	15.2M followers
24	Taipei, Taiwan	33	1.5M followers
25	London, United Kingdom	34	1.2M followers
26	Birmingham, United Kingdom	35	364.6K followers
27	Amsterdam, Netherlands	35	562.3K followers
28	Brussels, Belgium	35	350.4K followers
29	Santiago, Chile	36	177.7K followers
30	Chiang Mai, Thailand	39	16M followers
31	Barcelona, Spain	39	617.3K followers
32	Melbourne, Australia	39	852.4K followers
33	Nairobi, Kenya	39	78.3K followers
34	Beijing, China	39	18.3M followers
35	Berlin, Germany	39	851.6K followers
36	Shenzhen, China	39	859.4K followers
37	Helsinki, Finland	39	221.4K followers
38	Algiers, Algeria	39	50.1K followers
39	Oslo, Norway	40	191.6K followers
40	Munich, Germany	40	694.2K followers
41	Bogota, Colombia	41	144.3K followers
42	Wrocław, Poland	42	442.5K followers
43	Tehran, Iran	42	1.6M followers
44	Incheon, South Korea	44	192.8K followers
45	Sofia, Bulgaria	44	274.2K followers
46	Prague, Czech Republic	44	286.7K followers
47	Baku, Azerbaijan	44	85.5K followers
48	Madrid, Spain	45	772K followers
49	Montreal, Canada	46	347.2K followers
50	Hangzhou, China	47	786.9K followers
51	Nice, France	47	597.8K followers
52	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	48	1.2M followers
53	Kyiv, Ukraine	49	665.2K followers
54	Tokyo, Japan	50	1.7M followers
55	Seoul, South Korea	50	17.5M followers
56	Washington D.C., USA	50	177K followers
57	Vienna, Austria	50	481.7K followers
58	Bratislava, Slovakia	50	87.3K followers
59	Pristina, Kosovo	50	112.6K followers
60	Johannesburg, South Africa	50	110.5K followers
61	Moscow, Russia	52	1.2M followers
62	Athens, Greece	53	187K followers
63	Minneapolis, USA	54	93.1K followers
64	Guangzhou, China	54	2M followers
65	Sydney, Australia	55	1.8M followers
66	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	55	2.9M followers
67	Kobe, Japan	55	68.1K followers
68	Rome, Italy	55	424.2K followers
69	Bangkok, Thailand	56	17.1M followers
70	Shanghai, China	56	3.4M followers
71	Zagreb, Croatia	56	269.5K followers
72	Chicago, USA	58	222.2K followers
73	Mumbai, India	58	1.8M followers
74	Toronto, Canada	58	1.1M followers
75	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	58	777.9K followers
76	Kabul, Afghanistan	58	62.3K followers
77	Almaty, Kazakhstan	59	828.4K followers
78	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	59	1.1M followers
79	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	60	132.7K followers
80	Detroit, USA	60	75.8K followers
81	Istanbul, Turkey	60	552.9K followers
82	Los Angeles, USA	61	16.1M followers
83	Milan, Italy	61	509.6K followers
84	Skopje, North Macedonia	62	249.2K followers
85	Medan, Indonesia	62	1.4M followers
86	Bucharest, Romania	63	209.9K followers
87	Kolkata, India	63	1.6M followers
88	Accra, Ghana	64	27.1K followers
89	Cairo, Egypt	64	275.2K followers
90	Dakar, Senegal	66	50.4K followers
91	Kampala, Uganda	70	39.3K followers
92	Chongqing, China	71	502.9K followers
93	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	71	606.3K followers
94	Budapest, Hungary	71	160.6K followers
95	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	71	392.3K followers
96	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	73	1.5M followers
97	Mexico City, Mexico	73	618K followers
98	Belgrade, Serbia	75	1.3M followers
99	Chengdu, China	75	2.4M followers
100	Ljubljana, Slovenia	75	205.3K followers
101	Sao Paulo, Brazil	76	180.9K followers
102	Kuwait City, Kuwait	77	171.3K followers
103	Karachi, Pakistan	79	307.6K followers
104	Wuhan, China	79	639.9K followers
105	Singapore, Singapore	83	1.3M followers
106	Dhaka, Bangladesh	84	490.4K followers
107	Kathmandu, Nepal	85	446.1K followers
108	Yangon, Myanmar	85	229.4K followers
109	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	88	1.2M followers
110	Lima, Peru	89	67.2K followers
111	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	92	18K followers
112	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	95	1.1M followers
113	Baghdad, Iraq	105	290K followers
114	Lahore, Pakistan	107	1.1M followers
115	Jakarta, Indonesia	108	2.2M followers
116	Manila, Philippines	115	363.7K followers
117	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	116	36.3K followers
118	Jerusalem, Israel	118	98.4K followers
119	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	122	235.5K followers
120	Doha, Qatar	129	328.7K followers
121	Manama, Bahrain	129	79.6K followers
122	Hanoi, Vietnam	137	3.6M followers
123	Delhi, India	160	3.3M followers
124	Kuching, Malaysia	343	89.2K followers