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	Toronto, Canada	11	1.1M followers
2	Canberra, Australia	11	491.2K followers
3	Auckland, New Zealand	14	251.3K followers
4	Sydney, Australia	17	1.8M followers
5	Chiang Mai, Thailand	17	16M followers
6	Montreal, Canada	17	346.6K followers
7	Kyiv, Ukraine	17	663.4K followers
8	Dakar, Senegal	19	50.3K followers
9	San Francisco, USA	20	1.1M followers
10	New York, USA	22	2.5M followers
11	Houston, USA	22	133.3K followers
12	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	22	605.9K followers
13	Algiers, Algeria	22	50K followers
14	Osaka, Japan	25	656.7K followers
15	Detroit, USA	26	75.8K followers
16	Dublin, Ireland	27	122.8K followers
17	Copenhagen, Denmark	27	205K followers
18	Kobe, Japan	28	68K followers
19	Zagreb, Croatia	28	269K followers
20	Taipei, Taiwan	28	1.5M followers
21	Yangon, Myanmar	28	229.1K followers
22	Kabul, Afghanistan	28	62.3K followers
23	Denver, USA	29	2M followers
24	Oslo, Norway	29	191.4K followers
25	Barcelona, Spain	31	616.8K followers
26	Kyoto, Japan	31	265.5K followers
27	Stockholm, Sweden	31	248.9K followers
28	Amsterdam, Netherlands	31	561.7K followers
29	Bern, Switzerland	32	218.1K followers
30	Seattle, USA	33	780.5K followers
31	Almaty, Kazakhstan	33	827.6K followers
32	Melbourne, Australia	33	851.5K followers
33	Moscow, Russia	33	1.2M followers
34	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	33	1.1M followers
35	Kraków, Poland	33	602.2K followers
36	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	34	1.5M followers
37	Berlin, Germany	35	850.5K followers
38	Wrocław, Poland	35	442.4K followers
39	Brussels, Belgium	36	350.1K followers
40	London, United Kingdom	37	1.2M followers
41	Madrid, Spain	37	771.2K followers
42	Bangkok, Thailand	39	17.1M followers
43	Incheon, South Korea	39	192.6K followers
44	Ljubljana, Slovenia	39	204.9K followers
45	Pristina, Kosovo	39	112.4K followers
46	Budapest, Hungary	40	160.3K followers
47	Lyon, France	40	699.5K followers
48	Seoul, South Korea	42	17.5M followers
49	Salt Lake City, USA	42	262.9K followers
50	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	44	132.5K followers
51	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	44	1.1M followers
52	Birmingham, United Kingdom	44	364.5K followers
53	Nice, France	44	597.5K followers
54	Los Angeles, USA	45	16.1M followers
55	Washington D.C., USA	46	176.7K followers
56	Beijing, China	47	18.3M followers
57	Milan, Italy	47	508.9K followers
58	Lisbon, Portugal	47	203.5K followers
59	Vienna, Austria	48	481.2K followers
60	Chicago, USA	49	221.8K followers
61	Tokyo, Japan	50	1.7M followers
62	Hangzhou, China	50	786K followers
63	Sao Paulo, Brazil	50	180.7K followers
64	Bratislava, Slovakia	50	87.2K followers
65	Bogota, Colombia	50	144.1K followers
66	Vancouver, Canada	52	557.6K followers
67	Santiago, Chile	52	177.5K followers
68	Nairobi, Kenya	53	78.2K followers
69	Prague, Czech Republic	53	286.4K followers
70	Wuhan, China	53	639.1K followers
71	Portland, USA	55	435.9K followers
72	Shanghai, China	55	3.4M followers
73	Guangzhou, China	55	2M followers
74	Bucharest, Romania	55	209.6K followers
75	Athens, Greece	55	186.7K followers
76	Shenzhen, China	55	858.3K followers
77	Paris, France	55	15.2M followers
78	Tehran, Iran	55	1.6M followers
79	Sofia, Bulgaria	56	273.9K followers
80	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	56	1.2M followers
81	Rome, Italy	56	423.2K followers
82	Munich, Germany	56	693.7K followers
83	Helsinki, Finland	56	221.2K followers
84	Kathmandu, Nepal	57	445.7K followers
85	Lima, Peru	57	67.1K followers
86	Mexico City, Mexico	57	617.3K followers
87	Warsaw, Poland	58	812K followers
88	Chongqing, China	59	502.4K followers
89	Minneapolis, USA	59	93K followers
90	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	60	2.9M followers
91	Rotterdam, Netherlands	61	188K followers
92	Johannesburg, South Africa	62	110.4K followers
93	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	65	776.8K followers
94	Istanbul, Turkey	66	552.4K followers
95	Dhaka, Bangladesh	66	489.9K followers
96	Skopje, North Macedonia	66	249K followers
97	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	67	391.9K followers
98	Accra, Ghana	68	27.1K followers
99	Chengdu, China	69	2.4M followers
100	Mumbai, India	70	1.8M followers
101	Baku, Azerbaijan	70	85.4K followers
102	Kampala, Uganda	70	39.3K followers
103	Baghdad, Iraq	72	289.4K followers
104	Belgrade, Serbia	74	1.3M followers
105	Kolkata, India	75	1.6M followers
106	Busan, South Korea	82	1.1M followers
107	Kuwait City, Kuwait	82	171.1K followers
108	Manama, Bahrain	84	79.5K followers
109	Hanoi, Vietnam	86	3.6M followers
110	Medan, Indonesia	86	1.4M followers
111	Karachi, Pakistan	88	307.3K followers
112	Doha, Qatar	90	328.3K followers
113	Cairo, Egypt	92	274.7K followers
114	Jakarta, Indonesia	98	2.2M followers
115	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	107	235.1K followers
116	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	108	17.9K followers
117	Singapore, Singapore	113	1.3M followers
118	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	119	1.2M followers
119	Manila, Philippines	120	363.2K followers
120	Jerusalem, Israel	122	98.3K followers
121	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	123	36.2K followers
122	Lahore, Pakistan	139	1.1M followers
123	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	154	1.1M followers
124	Kuching, Malaysia	157	85.2K followers
125	Delhi, India	163	3.3M followers