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	Melbourne, Australia	12	265.2K followers
2	Bangkok, Thailand	17	16.2M followers
3	Montreal, Canada	17	104.4K followers
4	Kobe, Japan	19	21.4K followers
5	Stockholm, Sweden	21	77.3K followers
6	Auckland, New Zealand	21	77.8K followers
7	Seattle, USA	22	230.1K followers
8	Vancouver, Canada	22	166.4K followers
9	Kabul, Afghanistan	22	19.4K followers
10	Bern, Switzerland	23	67.5K followers
11	Vienna, Austria	24	150.3K followers
12	Portland, USA	25	122.3K followers
13	Osaka, Japan	25	204.9K followers
14	Birmingham, United Kingdom	25	115.3K followers
15	Rotterdam, Netherlands	25	59.1K followers
16	San Francisco, USA	26	359.4K followers
17	Detroit, USA	26	22.7K followers
18	Munich, Germany	26	218.1K followers
19	Sydney, Australia	27	1.2M followers
20	Toronto, Canada	27	353.8K followers
21	Prague, Czech Republic	27	89.5K followers
22	Brussels, Belgium	27	109.3K followers
23	London, United Kingdom	28	497.9K followers
24	Beijing, China	28	17.3M followers
25	Budapest, Hungary	28	49.7K followers
26	Zagreb, Croatia	28	84.1K followers
27	Oslo, Norway	28	59.3K followers
28	Lisbon, Portugal	28	62.9K followers
29	Lyon, France	28	220.2K followers
30	Bogota, Colombia	28	45K followers
31	Dublin, Ireland	29	38.1K followers
32	Ljubljana, Slovenia	29	64.1K followers
33	Bratislava, Slovakia	29	27.3K followers
34	Wrocław, Poland	30	140K followers
35	Amsterdam, Netherlands	31	175.1K followers
36	Nice, France	31	188.4K followers
37	Almaty, Kazakhstan	32	259.6K followers
38	Canberra, Australia	32	152.5K followers
39	Chiang Mai, Thailand	33	15.2M followers
40	Shenzhen, China	33	264.7K followers
41	Baku, Azerbaijan	33	26.7K followers
42	Manila, Philippines	33	113.1K followers
43	Singapore, Singapore	34	620K followers
44	Kuching, Malaysia	34	24.6K followers
45	Houston, USA	35	41.1K followers
46	Milan, Italy	36	158.6K followers
47	Washington D.C., USA	37	53.5K followers
48	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	39	548.2K followers
49	Kyoto, Japan	39	83.3K followers
50	Nairobi, Kenya	39	24.4K followers
51	Accra, Ghana	39	8.4K followers
52	Tehran, Iran	39	905.8K followers
53	Busan, South Korea	42	430.2K followers
54	Paris, France	42	14.3M followers
55	Warsaw, Poland	43	254.4K followers
56	Helsinki, Finland	43	69.4K followers
57	Los Angeles, USA	44	15.2M followers
58	Tokyo, Japan	44	1M followers
59	Seoul, South Korea	44	16.6M followers
60	Berlin, Germany	44	263.4K followers
61	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	44	376.8K followers
62	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	44	190.6K followers
63	Algiers, Algeria	44	15.8K followers
64	New York, USA	45	1.8M followers
65	Chicago, USA	45	64.8K followers
66	Denver, USA	45	1.3M followers
67	Minneapolis, USA	47	27.4K followers
68	Kyiv, Ukraine	47	203.5K followers
69	Kraków, Poland	48	189.9K followers
70	Rome, Italy	50	130.5K followers
71	Yangon, Myanmar	50	71.2K followers
72	Hanoi, Vietnam	52	2.9M followers
73	Lima, Peru	52	20.8K followers
74	Incheon, South Korea	53	60.4K followers
75	Bucharest, Romania	53	65.1K followers
76	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	53	73.2K followers
77	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	53	360.3K followers
78	Krasnoyarsk, Russia	53	49.5K followers
79	Salt Lake City, USA	54	76.5K followers
80	Barcelona, Spain	54	193.3K followers
81	Doha, Qatar	54	102.6K followers
82	Kampala, Uganda	54	12.3K followers
83	Jerusalem, Israel	54	30.9K followers
84	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	55	41.3K followers
85	Istanbul, Turkey	57	173.1K followers
86	Taipei, Taiwan	57	775.9K followers
87	Belgrade, Serbia	58	638.4K followers
88	Sofia, Bulgaria	58	85.3K followers
89	Moscow, Russia	58	553.8K followers
90	Pristina, Kosovo	58	35K followers
91	Chengdu, China	59	1.7M followers
92	Skopje, North Macedonia	59	78.1K followers
93	Shanghai, China	60	2.7M followers
94	Madrid, Spain	60	238.1K followers
95	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	63	364.5K followers
96	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	63	11.3K followers
97	Mumbai, India	64	1.1M followers
98	Johannesburg, South Africa	65	34.7K followers
99	Guangzhou, China	66	1.3M followers
100	Hangzhou, China	66	244.6K followers
101	Medan, Indonesia	66	716K followers
102	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	67	2.2M followers
103	Athens, Greece	67	57.3K followers
104	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	68	832.5K followers
105	Chongqing, China	69	157.7K followers
106	Manama, Bahrain	69	24.8K followers
107	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	71	244.6K followers
108	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	72	122K followers
109	Mexico City, Mexico	73	192.7K followers
110	Baghdad, Iraq	77	90K followers
111	Kuwait City, Kuwait	77	53.5K followers
112	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	79	457.9K followers
113	Kathmandu, Nepal	82	139.7K followers
114	Karachi, Pakistan	84	96.5K followers
115	Cairo, Egypt	84	85.4K followers
116	Delhi, India	86	2.6M followers
117	Sao Paulo, Brazil	90	56.5K followers
118	Kolkata, India	93	902.3K followers
119	Wuhan, China	105	199.6K followers
120	Dakar, Senegal	110	15.7K followers
121	Lahore, Pakistan	119	447.6K followers
122	Santiago, Chile	155	55K followers
123	Jakarta, Indonesia	156	1.5M followers
124	Dhaka, Bangladesh	178	153.7K followers
125	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	181	5.5K followers