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	10	851.5K followers
2	Yangon, Myanmar	14	229.1K followers
3	Montreal, Canada	17	346.6K followers
4	San Francisco, USA	18	1.1M followers
5	Sydney, Australia	18	1.8M followers
6	Kobe, Japan	19	68K followers
7	Canberra, Australia	19	491.3K followers
8	Beijing, China	20	18.3M followers
9	Osaka, Japan	22	656.7K followers
10	Kyiv, Ukraine	22	663.4K followers
11	Auckland, New Zealand	22	251.3K followers
12	Taipei, Taiwan	23	1.5M followers
13	Moscow, Russia	26	1.2M followers
14	Oslo, Norway	27	191.4K followers
15	Kyoto, Japan	28	265.5K followers
16	Dakar, Senegal	28	50.3K followers
17	Bogota, Colombia	29	144.1K followers
18	Denver, USA	31	2M followers
19	Prague, Czech Republic	31	286.4K followers
20	Budapest, Hungary	31	160.4K followers
21	Rome, Italy	31	423.3K followers
22	Stockholm, Sweden	31	249K followers
23	Lisbon, Portugal	31	203.6K followers
24	New York, USA	32	2.5M followers
25	Kraków, Poland	32	602.3K followers
26	Bangkok, Thailand	33	17.1M followers
27	Portland, USA	33	436.1K followers
28	Seoul, South Korea	33	17.5M followers
29	Incheon, South Korea	33	192.6K followers
30	Berlin, Germany	34	850.6K followers
31	Lyon, France	34	699.5K followers
32	Santiago, Chile	35	177.5K followers
33	Ljubljana, Slovenia	36	204.9K followers
34	Bern, Switzerland	37	218.1K followers
35	Chiang Mai, Thailand	38	16M followers
36	Paris, France	38	15.2M followers
37	Copenhagen, Denmark	38	205K followers
38	Birmingham, United Kingdom	39	364.5K followers
39	Algiers, Algeria	39	50K followers
40	Chicago, USA	40	221.8K followers
41	Madrid, Spain	40	771.3K followers
42	Washington D.C., USA	41	176.7K followers
43	Barcelona, Spain	42	616.8K followers
44	Vienna, Austria	42	481.2K followers
45	Detroit, USA	43	75.8K followers
46	Toronto, Canada	43	1.1M followers
47	Almaty, Kazakhstan	44	827.6K followers
48	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	44	1.2M followers
49	Zagreb, Croatia	44	269K followers
50	London, United Kingdom	46	1.2M followers
51	Houston, USA	46	133.3K followers
52	Amsterdam, Netherlands	46	561.8K followers
53	Brussels, Belgium	46	350.1K followers
54	Helsinki, Finland	48	221.2K followers
55	Kathmandu, Nepal	50	445.7K followers
56	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	50	1.1M followers
57	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	50	1.1M followers
58	Bratislava, Slovakia	50	87.2K followers
59	Pristina, Kosovo	50	112.4K followers
60	Rotterdam, Netherlands	50	188K followers
61	Bucharest, Romania	51	209.6K followers
62	Dublin, Ireland	52	122.8K followers
63	Lima, Peru	52	67.1K followers
64	Los Angeles, USA	53	16.1M followers
65	Seattle, USA	53	780.6K followers
66	Tokyo, Japan	53	1.7M followers
67	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	53	2.9M followers
68	Shenzhen, China	53	858.3K followers
69	Wrocław, Poland	53	442.4K followers
70	Guangzhou, China	55	2M followers
71	Belgrade, Serbia	55	1.3M followers
72	Sofia, Bulgaria	55	273.9K followers
73	Athens, Greece	55	186.7K followers
74	Medan, Indonesia	55	1.4M followers
75	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	56	132.5K followers
76	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	56	605.9K followers
77	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	56	776.9K followers
78	Hangzhou, China	57	786.1K followers
79	Vancouver, Canada	58	557.7K followers
80	Wuhan, China	59	639.2K followers
81	Minneapolis, USA	60	93K followers
82	Shanghai, China	62	3.4M followers
83	Chongqing, China	63	502.5K followers
84	Nairobi, Kenya	63	78.2K followers
85	Mumbai, India	64	1.8M followers
86	Munich, Germany	65	693.8K followers
87	Tehran, Iran	65	1.6M followers
88	Warsaw, Poland	66	812K followers
89	Kabul, Afghanistan	66	62.3K followers
90	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	68	391.9K followers
91	Chengdu, China	70	2.4M followers
92	Salt Lake City, USA	71	262.9K followers
93	Istanbul, Turkey	72	552.4K followers
94	Accra, Ghana	73	27.1K followers
95	Dhaka, Bangladesh	73	489.9K followers
96	Johannesburg, South Africa	73	110.4K followers
97	Sao Paulo, Brazil	75	180.7K followers
98	Baghdad, Iraq	75	289.4K followers
99	Busan, South Korea	79	1.1M followers
100	Baku, Azerbaijan	79	85.5K followers
101	Milan, Italy	80	508.9K followers
102	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	82	1.5M followers
103	Singapore, Singapore	82	1.3M followers
104	Skopje, North Macedonia	84	249K followers
105	Mexico City, Mexico	84	617.4K followers
106	Karachi, Pakistan	88	307.3K followers
107	Kuwait City, Kuwait	90	171.1K followers
108	Kolkata, India	95	1.6M followers
109	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	96	1.2M followers
110	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	96	36.2K followers
111	Manama, Bahrain	96	79.5K followers
112	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	103	235.1K followers
113	Cairo, Egypt	105	274.8K followers
114	Manila, Philippines	108	363.2K followers
115	Jerusalem, Israel	109	98.3K followers
116	Kampala, Uganda	110	39.3K followers
117	Doha, Qatar	118	328.3K followers
118	Jakarta, Indonesia	121	2.2M followers
119	Hanoi, Vietnam	123	3.6M followers
120	Kuching, Malaysia	123	85.3K followers
121	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	151	17.9K followers
122	Lahore, Pakistan	154	1.1M followers
123	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	195	1.1M followers
124	Delhi, India	255	3.3M followers