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	Ljubljana, Slovenia	6	64.1K followers
2	Vancouver, Canada	9	166.4K followers
3	Baku, Azerbaijan	11	26.7K followers
4	Houston, USA	12	41K followers
5	Chiang Mai, Thailand	17	15.2M followers
6	Kraków, Poland	17	189.9K followers
7	Lisbon, Portugal	17	62.9K followers
8	Bern, Switzerland	17	67.5K followers
9	Bogota, Colombia	17	45K followers
10	Warsaw, Poland	19	254.4K followers
11	Stockholm, Sweden	19	77.3K followers
12	Almaty, Kazakhstan	22	259.6K followers
13	Moscow, Russia	22	553.7K followers
14	Amsterdam, Netherlands	22	175K followers
15	Bangkok, Thailand	23	16.2M followers
16	London, United Kingdom	23	497.8K followers
17	Rome, Italy	23	130.5K followers
18	Brussels, Belgium	23	109.3K followers
19	Oslo, Norway	24	59.3K followers
20	Auckland, New Zealand	24	77.8K followers
21	Portland, USA	25	122.3K followers
22	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	25	41.3K followers
23	Milan, Italy	25	158.6K followers
24	Birmingham, United Kingdom	25	115.3K followers
25	Krasnoyarsk, Russia	25	49.5K followers
26	Seattle, USA	26	230K followers
27	San Francisco, USA	26	359.4K followers
28	Canberra, Australia	26	152.4K followers
29	Beijing, China	27	17.3M followers
30	Rotterdam, Netherlands	27	59.1K followers
31	Tokyo, Japan	28	1M followers
32	Barcelona, Spain	28	193.3K followers
33	Dublin, Ireland	28	38K followers
34	Kabul, Afghanistan	28	19.4K followers
35	Paris, France	29	14.3M followers
36	Budapest, Hungary	29	49.7K followers
37	Zagreb, Croatia	29	84.1K followers
38	Chicago, USA	30	64.8K followers
39	Guangzhou, China	31	1.3M followers
40	Denver, USA	31	1.3M followers
41	Munich, Germany	31	218K followers
42	Sydney, Australia	32	1.2M followers
43	Salt Lake City, USA	32	76.5K followers
44	Lyon, France	32	220.1K followers
45	Belgrade, Serbia	33	638.3K followers
46	Berlin, Germany	33	263.4K followers
47	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	33	364.4K followers
48	Bratislava, Slovakia	33	27.3K followers
49	Accra, Ghana	33	8.4K followers
50	Manila, Philippines	33	113.1K followers
51	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	34	548.2K followers
52	Wrocław, Poland	35	140K followers
53	Lima, Peru	37	20.8K followers
54	Vienna, Austria	37	150.2K followers
55	Prague, Czech Republic	38	89.4K followers
56	Osaka, Japan	39	204.9K followers
57	Shenzhen, China	39	264.6K followers
58	Johannesburg, South Africa	39	34.7K followers
59	Algiers, Algeria	39	15.8K followers
60	Kyiv, Ukraine	40	203.4K followers
61	Madrid, Spain	42	238.1K followers
62	Kobe, Japan	44	21.4K followers
63	Skopje, North Macedonia	44	78.1K followers
64	Pristina, Kosovo	44	35K followers
65	Baghdad, Iraq	44	90K followers
66	Yangon, Myanmar	44	71.2K followers
67	Nice, France	44	188.3K followers
68	Busan, South Korea	47	430.1K followers
69	Doha, Qatar	50	102.6K followers
70	Melbourne, Australia	51	265.1K followers
71	Kyoto, Japan	52	83.3K followers
72	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	52	376.7K followers
73	Singapore, Singapore	52	619.9K followers
74	Kuching, Malaysia	52	24.6K followers
75	Minneapolis, USA	53	27.4K followers
76	Seoul, South Korea	53	16.6M followers
77	Shanghai, China	53	2.7M followers
78	Detroit, USA	53	22.7K followers
79	Bucharest, Romania	53	65.1K followers
80	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	53	190.6K followers
81	Incheon, South Korea	54	60.4K followers
82	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	54	11.3K followers
83	Hanoi, Vietnam	55	2.9M followers
84	Mexico City, Mexico	55	192.7K followers
85	Taipei, Taiwan	55	775.8K followers
86	Medan, Indonesia	55	715.9K followers
87	Athens, Greece	56	57.2K followers
88	Montreal, Canada	56	104.3K followers
89	Manama, Bahrain	56	24.7K followers
90	Washington D.C., USA	57	53.5K followers
91	Istanbul, Turkey	59	173.1K followers
92	New York, USA	60	1.8M followers
93	Mumbai, India	60	1.1M followers
94	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	61	832.4K followers
95	Los Angeles, USA	62	15.2M followers
96	Kuwait City, Kuwait	63	53.5K followers
97	Tehran, Iran	63	905.7K followers
98	Sao Paulo, Brazil	65	56.4K followers
99	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	66	2.2M followers
100	Kathmandu, Nepal	66	139.6K followers
101	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	66	244.6K followers
102	Helsinki, Finland	67	69.4K followers
103	Nairobi, Kenya	68	24.4K followers
104	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	69	457.8K followers
105	Sofia, Bulgaria	69	85.3K followers
106	Toronto, Canada	69	353.7K followers
107	Hangzhou, China	71	244.5K followers
108	Chengdu, China	73	1.7M followers
109	Karachi, Pakistan	75	96.4K followers
110	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	75	122K followers
111	Chongqing, China	77	157.7K followers
112	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	77	360.2K followers
113	Jerusalem, Israel	77	30.9K followers
114	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	82	73.2K followers
115	Kampala, Uganda	82	12.3K followers
116	Cairo, Egypt	90	85.4K followers
117	Dakar, Senegal	96	15.7K followers
118	Kolkata, India	112	902.3K followers
119	Wuhan, China	112	199.5K followers
120	Lahore, Pakistan	113	447.5K followers
121	Delhi, India	125	2.6M followers
122	Jakarta, Indonesia	129	1.5M followers
123	Santiago, Chile	142	55K followers
124	Dhaka, Bangladesh	157	153.7K followers
125	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	182	5.5K followers