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	Montreal, Canada	11	346.7K followers
2	Auckland, New Zealand	12	251.3K followers
3	Canberra, Australia	14	491.3K followers
4	Sydney, Australia	16	1.8M followers
5	Melbourne, Australia	18	851.6K followers
6	Oslo, Norway	18	191.4K followers
7	San Francisco, USA	19	1.1M followers
8	Bangkok, Thailand	22	17.1M followers
9	Dakar, Senegal	22	50.3K followers
10	Bogota, Colombia	22	144.1K followers
11	Beijing, China	24	18.3M followers
12	Almaty, Kazakhstan	26	827.6K followers
13	Copenhagen, Denmark	26	205K followers
14	Houston, USA	27	133.3K followers
15	Amsterdam, Netherlands	27	561.8K followers
16	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	28	1.2M followers
17	Budapest, Hungary	28	160.4K followers
18	Moscow, Russia	28	1.2M followers
19	Lyon, France	28	699.6K followers
20	Bern, Switzerland	28	218.2K followers
21	Brussels, Belgium	28	350.2K followers
22	New York, USA	29	2.5M followers
23	Berlin, Germany	29	850.6K followers
24	Kobe, Japan	33	68K followers
25	Kyoto, Japan	33	265.5K followers
26	Vienna, Austria	33	481.2K followers
27	Osaka, Japan	33	656.8K followers
28	Prague, Czech Republic	33	286.4K followers
29	Shenzhen, China	33	858.4K followers
30	Stockholm, Sweden	33	249K followers
31	Kabul, Afghanistan	33	62.3K followers
32	Detroit, USA	34	75.8K followers
33	Barcelona, Spain	34	616.9K followers
34	Paris, France	34	15.2M followers
35	Washington D.C., USA	36	176.8K followers
36	Lisbon, Portugal	37	203.6K followers
37	Portland, USA	39	436.1K followers
38	Chiang Mai, Thailand	39	16M followers
39	Zagreb, Croatia	39	269K followers
40	Kyiv, Ukraine	42	663.5K followers
41	Bucharest, Romania	43	209.6K followers
42	Seoul, South Korea	44	17.5M followers
43	Madrid, Spain	44	771.3K followers
44	Rome, Italy	44	423.3K followers
45	Taipei, Taiwan	44	1.5M followers
46	Birmingham, United Kingdom	44	364.5K followers
47	Pristina, Kosovo	44	112.4K followers
48	Yangon, Myanmar	44	229.1K followers
49	Chicago, USA	45	221.8K followers
50	Bratislava, Slovakia	47	87.2K followers
51	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	49	605.9K followers
52	Kraków, Poland	49	602.3K followers
53	Incheon, South Korea	50	192.6K followers
54	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	50	132.5K followers
55	Athens, Greece	50	186.7K followers
56	Munich, Germany	50	693.8K followers
57	Toronto, Canada	52	1.1M followers
58	Dublin, Ireland	52	122.9K followers
59	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	52	1.1M followers
60	Ljubljana, Slovenia	52	204.9K followers
61	Wrocław, Poland	52	442.4K followers
62	Helsinki, Finland	52	221.2K followers
63	Rotterdam, Netherlands	52	188K followers
64	Tehran, Iran	52	1.6M followers
65	London, United Kingdom	53	1.2M followers
66	Sofia, Bulgaria	53	273.9K followers
67	Warsaw, Poland	53	812.1K followers
68	Seattle, USA	54	780.7K followers
69	Hangzhou, China	54	786.1K followers
70	Santiago, Chile	55	177.5K followers
71	Lima, Peru	55	67.1K followers
72	Guangzhou, China	56	2M followers
73	Belgrade, Serbia	56	1.3M followers
74	Minneapolis, USA	58	93K followers
75	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	58	1.1M followers
76	Nairobi, Kenya	59	78.2K followers
77	Vancouver, Canada	59	557.8K followers
78	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	61	776.9K followers
79	Tokyo, Japan	62	1.7M followers
80	Medan, Indonesia	62	1.4M followers
81	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	63	1.5M followers
82	Kathmandu, Nepal	63	445.7K followers
83	Chongqing, China	64	502.5K followers
84	Shanghai, China	64	3.4M followers
85	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	66	2.9M followers
86	Accra, Ghana	66	27.1K followers
87	Milan, Italy	66	508.9K followers
88	Skopje, North Macedonia	67	249K followers
89	Sao Paulo, Brazil	68	180.7K followers
90	Mumbai, India	69	1.8M followers
91	Istanbul, Turkey	69	552.4K followers
92	Baghdad, Iraq	69	289.4K followers
93	Baku, Azerbaijan	69	85.5K followers
94	Johannesburg, South Africa	70	110.4K followers
95	Denver, USA	71	2M followers
96	Wuhan, China	71	639.2K followers
97	Mexico City, Mexico	75	617.5K followers
98	Kuwait City, Kuwait	75	171.1K followers
99	Busan, South Korea	77	1.1M followers
100	Algiers, Algeria	79	50K followers
101	Los Angeles, USA	81	16.1M followers
102	Singapore, Singapore	83	1.3M followers
103	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	83	36.2K followers
104	Karachi, Pakistan	86	307.4K followers
105	Chengdu, China	86	2.4M followers
106	Cairo, Egypt	88	274.8K followers
107	Kolkata, India	94	1.6M followers
108	Salt Lake City, USA	104	262.9K followers
109	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	104	235.2K followers
110	Hanoi, Vietnam	109	3.6M followers
111	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	110	391.9K followers
112	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	112	1.2M followers
113	Dhaka, Bangladesh	112	489.9K followers
114	Manama, Bahrain	113	79.5K followers
115	Jerusalem, Israel	115	98.3K followers
116	Manila, Philippines	115	363.2K followers
117	Kuching, Malaysia	124	85.4K followers
118	Jakarta, Indonesia	137	2.2M followers
119	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	153	17.9K followers
120	Kampala, Uganda	154	39.3K followers
121	Doha, Qatar	155	328.3K followers
122	Lahore, Pakistan	158	1.1M followers
123	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	174	1.1M followers
124	Delhi, India	211	3.3M followers