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	Kobe, Japan	11	21.4K followers
2	Seattle, USA	16	230.1K followers
3	Osaka, Japan	17	204.9K followers
4	Stockholm, Sweden	17	77.3K followers
5	Warsaw, Poland	19	254.4K followers
6	Rotterdam, Netherlands	19	59.1K followers
7	Portland, USA	20	122.3K followers
8	Vancouver, Canada	20	166.4K followers
9	Zagreb, Croatia	22	84.1K followers
10	Milan, Italy	22	158.6K followers
11	Accra, Ghana	22	8.4K followers
12	San Francisco, USA	23	359.5K followers
13	Auckland, New Zealand	23	77.8K followers
14	Sydney, Australia	24	1.2M followers
15	Melbourne, Australia	24	265.2K followers
16	Prague, Czech Republic	24	89.5K followers
17	Rome, Italy	24	130.5K followers
18	Bangkok, Thailand	25	16.3M followers
19	Kyoto, Japan	25	83.3K followers
20	Birmingham, United Kingdom	25	115.3K followers
21	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	27	364.5K followers
22	Almaty, Kazakhstan	28	259.6K followers
23	London, United Kingdom	28	497.9K followers
24	Berlin, Germany	28	263.4K followers
25	Nairobi, Kenya	28	24.4K followers
26	Moscow, Russia	28	553.8K followers
27	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	28	376.8K followers
28	Pristina, Kosovo	28	35K followers
29	Kabul, Afghanistan	28	19.4K followers
30	Beijing, China	29	17.3M followers
31	Singapore, Singapore	29	620K followers
32	Wrocław, Poland	29	140K followers
33	Bern, Switzerland	29	67.5K followers
34	Oslo, Norway	30	59.3K followers
35	Toronto, Canada	31	353.8K followers
36	Montreal, Canada	31	104.4K followers
37	Budapest, Hungary	31	49.7K followers
38	Kuching, Malaysia	31	24.6K followers
39	Busan, South Korea	33	430.2K followers
40	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	33	548.3K followers
41	Lima, Peru	33	20.9K followers
42	Bratislava, Slovakia	33	27.3K followers
43	Krasnoyarsk, Russia	33	49.5K followers
44	Brussels, Belgium	33	109.3K followers
45	Manila, Philippines	33	113.1K followers
46	Washington D.C., USA	34	53.5K followers
47	Munich, Germany	34	218.1K followers
48	Amsterdam, Netherlands	34	175.1K followers
49	Minneapolis, USA	36	27.4K followers
50	Detroit, USA	36	22.7K followers
51	Shenzhen, China	36	264.7K followers
52	Kraków, Poland	36	189.9K followers
53	Vienna, Austria	37	150.3K followers
54	Lisbon, Portugal	38	62.9K followers
55	Lyon, France	38	220.2K followers
56	Chiang Mai, Thailand	39	15.2M followers
57	Salt Lake City, USA	39	76.5K followers
58	Chengdu, China	39	1.7M followers
59	Baku, Azerbaijan	39	26.7K followers
60	Tehran, Iran	39	905.9K followers
61	Bogota, Colombia	40	45K followers
62	Chicago, USA	41	64.8K followers
63	Denver, USA	42	1.3M followers
64	Paris, France	43	14.3M followers
65	Nice, France	43	188.4K followers
66	Medan, Indonesia	43	716K followers
67	New York, USA	44	1.8M followers
68	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	44	41.3K followers
69	Ljubljana, Slovenia	44	64.1K followers
70	Doha, Qatar	44	102.6K followers
71	Helsinki, Finland	44	69.4K followers
72	Barcelona, Spain	47	193.3K followers
73	Los Angeles, USA	49	15.2M followers
74	Seoul, South Korea	50	16.6M followers
75	Madrid, Spain	50	238.1K followers
76	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	50	190.6K followers
77	Yangon, Myanmar	50	71.2K followers
78	Algiers, Algeria	50	15.8K followers
79	Bucharest, Romania	52	65.1K followers
80	Sofia, Bulgaria	52	85.3K followers
81	Canberra, Australia	52	152.5K followers
82	Mexico City, Mexico	52	192.7K followers
83	Incheon, South Korea	53	60.4K followers
84	Kyiv, Ukraine	53	203.5K followers
85	Houston, USA	54	41.1K followers
86	Johannesburg, South Africa	54	34.7K followers
87	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	55	360.3K followers
88	Tokyo, Japan	56	1M followers
89	Dublin, Ireland	56	38.1K followers
90	Manama, Bahrain	56	24.8K followers
91	Belgrade, Serbia	57	638.4K followers
92	Skopje, North Macedonia	57	78.1K followers
93	Chongqing, China	58	157.7K followers
94	Shanghai, China	58	2.7M followers
95	Istanbul, Turkey	58	173.1K followers
96	Athens, Greece	59	57.3K followers
97	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	60	832.6K followers
98	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	60	11.3K followers
99	Hanoi, Vietnam	62	2.9M followers
100	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	62	2.2M followers
101	Guangzhou, China	63	1.3M followers
102	Taipei, Taiwan	63	775.9K followers
103	Mumbai, India	65	1.1M followers
104	Jerusalem, Israel	67	30.9K followers
105	Lahore, Pakistan	69	447.6K followers
106	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	69	73.2K followers
107	Kathmandu, Nepal	71	139.7K followers
108	Baghdad, Iraq	71	90K followers
109	Kampala, Uganda	72	12.3K followers
110	Cairo, Egypt	73	85.4K followers
111	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	77	457.9K followers
112	Hangzhou, China	77	244.6K followers
113	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	78	244.6K followers
114	Kuwait City, Kuwait	79	53.5K followers
115	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	80	122.1K followers
116	Karachi, Pakistan	86	96.5K followers
117	Wuhan, China	86	199.6K followers
118	Dhaka, Bangladesh	94	153.7K followers
119	Jakarta, Indonesia	99	1.5M followers
120	Dakar, Senegal	102	15.7K followers
121	Sao Paulo, Brazil	115	56.5K followers
122	Kolkata, India	138	902.3K followers
123	Delhi, India	148	2.6M followers
124	Santiago, Chile	159	55K followers
125	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	179	5.5K followers