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	8	251.6K followers
2	Budapest, Hungary	17	160.6K followers
3	Zagreb, Croatia	17	269.4K followers
4	Warsaw, Poland	17	812.7K followers
5	Lisbon, Portugal	17	203.8K followers
6	Canberra, Australia	19	492K followers
7	Vienna, Austria	20	481.7K followers
8	Bogota, Colombia	20	144.3K followers
9	Bern, Switzerland	20	219K followers
10	Vancouver, Canada	22	558.5K followers
11	Wrocław, Poland	22	442.5K followers
12	London, United Kingdom	23	1.2M followers
13	Paris, France	23	15.2M followers
14	Milan, Italy	23	509.6K followers
15	Melbourne, Australia	24	852.4K followers
16	Portland, USA	25	436.7K followers
17	Kabul, Afghanistan	25	62.3K followers
18	New York, USA	26	2.5M followers
19	Denver, USA	26	2M followers
20	Taipei, Taiwan	26	1.5M followers
21	Seattle, USA	27	781.3K followers
22	Barcelona, Spain	27	617.2K followers
23	Oslo, Norway	27	191.6K followers
24	Busan, South Korea	28	1.1M followers
25	Madrid, Spain	28	771.9K followers
26	Prague, Czech Republic	28	286.6K followers
27	Ljubljana, Slovenia	28	205.3K followers
28	Lyon, France	28	699.9K followers
29	Birmingham, United Kingdom	28	364.6K followers
30	Copenhagen, Denmark	28	205.3K followers
31	San Francisco, USA	29	1.1M followers
32	Washington D.C., USA	29	177K followers
33	Berlin, Germany	29	851.5K followers
34	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	29	1.1M followers
35	Hangzhou, China	29	786.9K followers
36	Brussels, Belgium	29	350.4K followers
37	Almaty, Kazakhstan	31	828.3K followers
38	Houston, USA	32	133.4K followers
39	Salt Lake City, USA	32	263.1K followers
40	Dublin, Ireland	32	123K followers
41	Nice, France	32	597.7K followers
42	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	33	132.7K followers
43	Montreal, Canada	33	347.1K followers
44	Kraków, Poland	33	602.5K followers
45	Baku, Azerbaijan	33	85.5K followers
46	Sydney, Australia	36	1.8M followers
47	Moscow, Russia	36	1.2M followers
48	Amsterdam, Netherlands	36	562.2K followers
49	Bratislava, Slovakia	38	87.3K followers
50	Stockholm, Sweden	39	249.3K followers
51	Munich, Germany	39	694.2K followers
52	Rotterdam, Netherlands	39	188.1K followers
53	Tehran, Iran	39	1.6M followers
54	Helsinki, Finland	40	221.3K followers
55	Rome, Italy	41	424.1K followers
56	Tokyo, Japan	44	1.7M followers
57	Beijing, China	44	18.3M followers
58	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	44	1.1M followers
59	Toronto, Canada	44	1.1M followers
60	Kathmandu, Nepal	45	446.1K followers
61	Detroit, USA	46	75.8K followers
62	Kyiv, Ukraine	46	665.1K followers
63	Bangkok, Thailand	49	17.1M followers
64	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	50	2.9M followers
65	Shenzhen, China	50	859.3K followers
66	Chicago, USA	51	222.1K followers
67	Chiang Mai, Thailand	52	16M followers
68	Lima, Peru	52	67.2K followers
69	Incheon, South Korea	53	192.7K followers
70	Dhaka, Bangladesh	53	490.3K followers
71	Wuhan, China	53	639.8K followers
72	Minneapolis, USA	54	93.1K followers
73	Mumbai, India	54	1.8M followers
74	Johannesburg, South Africa	54	110.5K followers
75	Seoul, South Korea	55	17.5M followers
76	Hanoi, Vietnam	55	3.6M followers
77	Guangzhou, China	55	2M followers
78	Shanghai, China	55	3.4M followers
79	Athens, Greece	55	186.9K followers
80	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	56	606.3K followers
81	Kyoto, Japan	56	265.7K followers
82	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	56	1.2M followers
83	Osaka, Japan	58	657.4K followers
84	Algiers, Algeria	58	50.1K followers
85	Kobe, Japan	59	68.1K followers
86	Los Angeles, USA	60	16.1M followers
87	Mexico City, Mexico	60	618K followers
88	Kolkata, India	61	1.6M followers
89	Santiago, Chile	63	177.7K followers
90	Sofia, Bulgaria	64	274.1K followers
91	Nairobi, Kenya	64	78.3K followers
92	Bucharest, Romania	64	209.9K followers
93	Yangon, Myanmar	64	229.4K followers
94	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	65	1.5M followers
95	Chongqing, China	65	502.8K followers
96	Dakar, Senegal	66	50.4K followers
97	Istanbul, Turkey	67	552.8K followers
98	Cairo, Egypt	67	275.1K followers
99	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	69	777.9K followers
100	Kampala, Uganda	69	39.3K followers
101	Manila, Philippines	69	363.6K followers
102	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	70	1.1M followers
103	Accra, Ghana	71	27.1K followers
104	Belgrade, Serbia	71	1.3M followers
105	Pristina, Kosovo	75	112.5K followers
106	Singapore, Singapore	77	1.3M followers
107	Skopje, North Macedonia	77	249.2K followers
108	Karachi, Pakistan	78	307.6K followers
109	Medan, Indonesia	80	1.4M followers
110	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	82	392.3K followers
111	Sao Paulo, Brazil	84	180.8K followers
112	Jakarta, Indonesia	92	2.2M followers
113	Chengdu, China	92	2.4M followers
114	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	93	36.3K followers
115	Kuwait City, Kuwait	103	171.3K followers
116	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	105	1.2M followers
117	Jerusalem, Israel	115	98.4K followers
118	Lahore, Pakistan	118	1.1M followers
119	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	124	18K followers
120	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	133	235.5K followers
121	Manama, Bahrain	139	79.6K followers
122	Doha, Qatar	149	328.6K followers
123	Baghdad, Iraq	158	290K followers
124	Delhi, India	273	3.3M followers
125	Kuching, Malaysia	346	88.1K followers