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	251.6K followers
2	Budapest, Hungary	17	160.6K followers
3	Lisbon, Portugal	17	203.8K followers
4	Vienna, Austria	19	481.7K followers
5	Zagreb, Croatia	19	269.4K followers
6	Bern, Switzerland	20	219K followers
7	Canberra, Australia	22	492K followers
8	Ljubljana, Slovenia	22	205.3K followers
9	Munich, Germany	22	694.2K followers
10	London, United Kingdom	23	1.2M followers
11	Paris, France	23	15.2M followers
12	Prague, Czech Republic	24	286.6K followers
13	Portland, USA	25	436.7K followers
14	Busan, South Korea	25	1.1M followers
15	New York, USA	26	2.5M followers
16	Denver, USA	26	2M followers
17	Vancouver, Canada	26	558.5K followers
18	Taipei, Taiwan	26	1.5M followers
19	Wrocław, Poland	26	442.5K followers
20	Seattle, USA	27	781.3K followers
21	Barcelona, Spain	27	617.2K followers
22	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	27	1.1M followers
23	Oslo, Norway	27	191.6K followers
24	Birmingham, United Kingdom	27	364.6K followers
25	Copenhagen, Denmark	28	205.3K followers
26	San Francisco, USA	29	1.1M followers
27	Berlin, Germany	29	851.4K followers
28	Dublin, Ireland	29	123K followers
29	Lyon, France	29	699.9K followers
30	Brussels, Belgium	30	350.3K followers
31	Almaty, Kazakhstan	31	828.3K followers
32	Washington D.C., USA	31	177K followers
33	Hangzhou, China	31	786.9K followers
34	Houston, USA	32	133.4K followers
35	Salt Lake City, USA	32	263.1K followers
36	Melbourne, Australia	32	852.4K followers
37	Montreal, Canada	32	347.1K followers
38	Milan, Italy	32	509.5K followers
39	Tokyo, Japan	33	1.7M followers
40	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	33	132.7K followers
41	Madrid, Spain	33	771.9K followers
42	Bogota, Colombia	33	144.3K followers
43	Baku, Azerbaijan	33	85.5K followers
44	Nice, France	33	597.7K followers
45	Tehran, Iran	33	1.6M followers
46	Sydney, Australia	37	1.8M followers
47	Bratislava, Slovakia	37	87.3K followers
48	Stockholm, Sweden	38	249.3K followers
49	Amsterdam, Netherlands	38	562.2K followers
50	Kraków, Poland	39	602.5K followers
51	Warsaw, Poland	39	812.7K followers
52	Helsinki, Finland	39	221.3K followers
53	Rotterdam, Netherlands	39	188.1K followers
54	Algiers, Algeria	39	50.1K followers
55	Moscow, Russia	40	1.2M followers
56	Kabul, Afghanistan	42	62.3K followers
57	Detroit, USA	43	75.8K followers
58	Beijing, China	43	18.3M followers
59	Toronto, Canada	43	1.1M followers
60	Bangkok, Thailand	44	17.1M followers
61	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	44	2.9M followers
62	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	44	1.1M followers
63	Lima, Peru	44	67.2K followers
64	Dhaka, Bangladesh	50	490.3K followers
65	Seoul, South Korea	52	17.5M followers
66	Chicago, USA	52	222.1K followers
67	Kyiv, Ukraine	52	665.1K followers
68	Chiang Mai, Thailand	53	16M followers
69	Mumbai, India	54	1.8M followers
70	Athens, Greece	54	186.9K followers
71	Minneapolis, USA	55	93.1K followers
72	Incheon, South Korea	55	192.7K followers
73	Kyoto, Japan	55	265.7K followers
74	Shanghai, China	55	3.4M followers
75	Hanoi, Vietnam	56	3.6M followers
76	Johannesburg, South Africa	56	110.5K followers
77	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	57	606.3K followers
78	Kathmandu, Nepal	57	446K followers
79	Kobe, Japan	58	68.1K followers
80	Osaka, Japan	58	657.4K followers
81	Wuhan, China	58	639.8K followers
82	Rome, Italy	59	424.1K followers
83	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	60	1.2M followers
84	Guangzhou, China	60	2M followers
85	Shenzhen, China	60	859.3K followers
86	Mexico City, Mexico	60	618K followers
87	Medan, Indonesia	60	1.4M followers
88	Los Angeles, USA	61	16.1M followers
89	Istanbul, Turkey	61	552.8K followers
90	Bucharest, Romania	63	209.9K followers
91	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	64	1.5M followers
92	Chongqing, China	64	502.8K followers
93	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	64	777.8K followers
94	Yangon, Myanmar	64	229.4K followers
95	Accra, Ghana	65	27.1K followers
96	Sofia, Bulgaria	65	274.1K followers
97	Cairo, Egypt	66	275.1K followers
98	Nairobi, Kenya	67	78.3K followers
99	Dakar, Senegal	68	50.4K followers
100	Santiago, Chile	69	177.7K followers
101	Kolkata, India	71	1.6M followers
102	Chengdu, China	71	2.4M followers
103	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	74	1.1M followers
104	Singapore, Singapore	75	1.3M followers
105	Pristina, Kosovo	75	112.5K followers
106	Karachi, Pakistan	77	307.5K followers
107	Skopje, North Macedonia	77	249.2K followers
108	Belgrade, Serbia	80	1.3M followers
109	Sao Paulo, Brazil	84	180.8K followers
110	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	89	36.3K followers
111	Jakarta, Indonesia	96	2.2M followers
112	Kuwait City, Kuwait	101	171.3K followers
113	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	102	18K followers
114	Baghdad, Iraq	110	290K followers
115	Manila, Philippines	111	363.6K followers
116	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	113	392.3K followers
117	Jerusalem, Israel	114	98.4K followers
118	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	115	1.2M followers
119	Lahore, Pakistan	117	1.1M followers
120	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	134	235.5K followers
121	Manama, Bahrain	137	79.6K followers
122	Doha, Qatar	152	328.6K followers
123	Kampala, Uganda	157	39.3K followers
124	Kuching, Malaysia	337	88K followers
125	Delhi, India	350	3.3M followers