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	12	251.3K followers
2	Sydney, Australia	14	1.8M followers
3	Melbourne, Australia	14	851.6K followers
4	Montreal, Canada	15	346.7K followers
5	Canberra, Australia	16	491.3K followers
6	San Francisco, USA	19	1.1M followers
7	Bangkok, Thailand	22	17.1M followers
8	Bogota, Colombia	23	144.1K followers
9	Beijing, China	24	18.3M followers
10	Oslo, Norway	25	191.4K followers
11	Copenhagen, Denmark	26	205K followers
12	Almaty, Kazakhstan	27	827.7K followers
13	Houston, USA	27	133.3K followers
14	Amsterdam, Netherlands	27	561.8K followers
15	Brussels, Belgium	27	350.2K followers
16	Budapest, Hungary	28	160.4K followers
17	Moscow, Russia	28	1.2M followers
18	New York, USA	29	2.5M followers
19	Stockholm, Sweden	29	249K followers
20	Kobe, Japan	33	68K followers
21	Barcelona, Spain	33	616.9K followers
22	Vienna, Austria	33	481.2K followers
23	Prague, Czech Republic	33	286.4K followers
24	Shenzhen, China	33	858.4K followers
25	Kyiv, Ukraine	33	663.5K followers
26	Zagreb, Croatia	33	269K followers
27	Lisbon, Portugal	33	203.6K followers
28	Lyon, France	33	699.6K followers
29	Dakar, Senegal	33	50.3K followers
30	Madrid, Spain	34	771.3K followers
31	Detroit, USA	34	75.8K followers
32	Paris, France	34	15.2M followers
33	Washington D.C., USA	36	176.8K followers
34	Kyoto, Japan	36	265.5K followers
35	Berlin, Germany	36	850.6K followers
36	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	37	1.2M followers
37	Bern, Switzerland	37	218.2K followers
38	Portland, USA	39	436.1K followers
39	Seoul, South Korea	39	17.5M followers
40	Osaka, Japan	39	656.8K followers
41	Tehran, Iran	39	1.6M followers
42	Seattle, USA	42	780.7K followers
43	Taipei, Taiwan	42	1.5M followers
44	Chiang Mai, Thailand	44	16M followers
45	Kabul, Afghanistan	44	62.3K followers
46	Chicago, USA	45	221.8K followers
47	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	47	1.1M followers
48	Munich, Germany	47	693.8K followers
49	Birmingham, United Kingdom	47	364.5K followers
50	Wrocław, Poland	47	442.4K followers
51	Helsinki, Finland	48	221.2K followers
52	Kraków, Poland	49	602.3K followers
53	Sofia, Bulgaria	50	273.9K followers
54	Pristina, Kosovo	50	112.4K followers
55	Algiers, Algeria	50	50K followers
56	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	51	132.5K followers
57	Bucharest, Romania	51	209.6K followers
58	Warsaw, Poland	51	812.1K followers
59	Minneapolis, USA	52	93K followers
60	Athens, Greece	52	186.7K followers
61	Rome, Italy	52	423.3K followers
62	Bratislava, Slovakia	52	87.2K followers
63	London, United Kingdom	53	1.2M followers
64	Incheon, South Korea	53	192.7K followers
65	Toronto, Canada	53	1.1M followers
66	Dublin, Ireland	53	122.9K followers
67	Ljubljana, Slovenia	53	204.9K followers
68	Santiago, Chile	54	177.5K followers
69	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	55	1.1M followers
70	Milan, Italy	55	508.9K followers
71	Yangon, Myanmar	55	229.1K followers
72	Guangzhou, China	56	2M followers
73	Belgrade, Serbia	56	1.3M followers
74	Hangzhou, China	56	786.1K followers
75	Nairobi, Kenya	60	78.2K followers
76	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	61	776.9K followers
77	Chongqing, China	64	502.5K followers
78	Shanghai, China	64	3.4M followers
79	Accra, Ghana	64	27.1K followers
80	Lima, Peru	64	67.1K followers
81	Medan, Indonesia	64	1.4M followers
82	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	65	2.9M followers
83	Johannesburg, South Africa	65	110.4K followers
84	Tokyo, Japan	66	1.7M followers
85	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	66	605.9K followers
86	Skopje, North Macedonia	67	249K followers
87	Vancouver, Canada	68	557.8K followers
88	Wuhan, China	68	639.2K followers
89	Baghdad, Iraq	68	289.4K followers
90	Istanbul, Turkey	69	552.4K followers
91	Baku, Azerbaijan	69	85.5K followers
92	Mumbai, India	70	1.8M followers
93	Denver, USA	71	2M followers
94	Sao Paulo, Brazil	71	180.7K followers
95	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	72	1.5M followers
96	Busan, South Korea	73	1.1M followers
97	Kolkata, India	73	1.6M followers
98	Kathmandu, Nepal	74	445.7K followers
99	Mexico City, Mexico	75	617.5K followers
100	Rotterdam, Netherlands	79	188K followers
101	Kuwait City, Kuwait	79	171.1K followers
102	Manila, Philippines	80	363.2K followers
103	Los Angeles, USA	81	16.1M followers
104	Karachi, Pakistan	86	307.4K followers
105	Singapore, Singapore	87	1.3M followers
106	Dhaka, Bangladesh	87	490K followers
107	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	88	36.2K followers
108	Chengdu, China	93	2.4M followers
109	Cairo, Egypt	96	274.8K followers
110	Salt Lake City, USA	104	262.9K followers
111	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	104	235.2K followers
112	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	108	391.9K followers
113	Hanoi, Vietnam	114	3.6M followers
114	Jerusalem, Israel	115	98.3K followers
115	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	116	1.2M followers
116	Jakarta, Indonesia	117	2.2M followers
117	Manama, Bahrain	133	79.5K followers
118	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	144	17.9K followers
119	Kuching, Malaysia	144	85.4K followers
120	Doha, Qatar	154	328.3K followers
121	Kampala, Uganda	154	39.3K followers
122	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	157	1.1M followers
123	Lahore, Pakistan	161	1.1M followers
124	Delhi, India	204	3.3M followers