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	Stockholm, Sweden	12	77.3K followers
2	Melbourne, Australia	14	265.2K followers
3	Montreal, Canada	17	104.4K followers
4	Auckland, New Zealand	21	77.8K followers
5	Sydney, Australia	22	1.2M followers
6	Kobe, Japan	22	21.4K followers
7	Prague, Czech Republic	22	89.5K followers
8	Osaka, Japan	22	204.9K followers
9	Budapest, Hungary	22	49.7K followers
10	Zagreb, Croatia	22	84.1K followers
11	Rotterdam, Netherlands	22	59.1K followers
12	Portland, USA	23	122.3K followers
13	Vancouver, Canada	23	166.4K followers
14	Bratislava, Slovakia	23	27.3K followers
15	Seattle, USA	25	230.1K followers
16	San Francisco, USA	26	359.4K followers
17	Lyon, France	27	220.2K followers
18	Bangkok, Thailand	28	16.2M followers
19	London, United Kingdom	28	497.9K followers
20	Berlin, Germany	28	263.4K followers
21	Munich, Germany	28	218.1K followers
22	Birmingham, United Kingdom	28	115.3K followers
23	Tehran, Iran	28	905.9K followers
24	Medan, Indonesia	28	716K followers
25	Manila, Philippines	28	113.1K followers
26	Singapore, Singapore	29	620K followers
27	Rome, Italy	29	130.5K followers
28	Lisbon, Portugal	29	62.9K followers
29	Vienna, Austria	30	150.3K followers
30	Bern, Switzerland	30	67.5K followers
31	Nice, France	31	188.4K followers
32	Brussels, Belgium	31	109.3K followers
33	Washington D.C., USA	32	53.5K followers
34	Toronto, Canada	32	353.8K followers
35	Bogota, Colombia	32	45K followers
36	Chiang Mai, Thailand	33	15.2M followers
37	Beijing, China	33	17.3M followers
38	Kyoto, Japan	33	83.3K followers
39	Oslo, Norway	33	59.3K followers
40	Paris, France	35	14.3M followers
41	Amsterdam, Netherlands	35	175.1K followers
42	Detroit, USA	36	22.7K followers
43	New York, USA	37	1.8M followers
44	Canberra, Australia	39	152.5K followers
45	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	39	376.8K followers
46	Ljubljana, Slovenia	39	64.1K followers
47	Milan, Italy	39	158.6K followers
48	Accra, Ghana	39	8.4K followers
49	Algiers, Algeria	39	15.8K followers
50	Kabul, Afghanistan	39	19.4K followers
51	Chengdu, China	40	1.7M followers
52	Helsinki, Finland	41	69.4K followers
53	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	42	548.2K followers
54	Wrocław, Poland	42	140K followers
55	Kuching, Malaysia	42	24.6K followers
56	Tokyo, Japan	44	1M followers
57	Minneapolis, USA	44	27.4K followers
58	Houston, USA	44	41.1K followers
59	Nairobi, Kenya	44	24.4K followers
60	Shenzhen, China	44	264.7K followers
61	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	44	190.6K followers
62	Los Angeles, USA	45	15.2M followers
63	Chicago, USA	46	64.8K followers
64	Denver, USA	46	1.3M followers
65	Lima, Peru	46	20.9K followers
66	Baku, Azerbaijan	50	26.7K followers
67	Almaty, Kazakhstan	52	259.6K followers
68	Bucharest, Romania	52	65.1K followers
69	Mexico City, Mexico	52	192.7K followers
70	Seoul, South Korea	53	16.6M followers
71	Busan, South Korea	53	430.2K followers
72	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	53	41.3K followers
73	Incheon, South Korea	53	60.4K followers
74	Barcelona, Spain	53	193.3K followers
75	Dublin, Ireland	53	38.1K followers
76	Kraków, Poland	53	189.9K followers
77	Warsaw, Poland	53	254.4K followers
78	Yangon, Myanmar	53	71.2K followers
79	Madrid, Spain	54	238.1K followers
80	Kyiv, Ukraine	54	203.5K followers
81	Doha, Qatar	55	102.6K followers
82	Jerusalem, Israel	55	30.9K followers
83	Moscow, Russia	56	553.8K followers
84	Taipei, Taiwan	56	775.9K followers
85	Pristina, Kosovo	56	35K followers
86	Salt Lake City, USA	58	76.5K followers
87	Belgrade, Serbia	58	638.4K followers
88	Istanbul, Turkey	58	173.1K followers
89	Skopje, North Macedonia	59	78.1K followers
90	Chongqing, China	60	157.7K followers
91	Johannesburg, South Africa	60	34.7K followers
92	Krasnoyarsk, Russia	60	49.5K followers
93	Shanghai, China	61	2.7M followers
94	Hanoi, Vietnam	61	2.9M followers
95	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	61	360.3K followers
96	Sofia, Bulgaria	62	85.3K followers
97	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	62	73.2K followers
98	Kampala, Uganda	62	12.3K followers
99	Mumbai, India	63	1.1M followers
100	Guangzhou, China	64	1.3M followers
101	Athens, Greece	66	57.3K followers
102	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	68	832.5K followers
103	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	68	2.2M followers
104	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	68	244.6K followers
105	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	69	364.5K followers
106	Hangzhou, China	72	244.6K followers
107	Baghdad, Iraq	72	90K followers
108	Kuwait City, Kuwait	74	53.5K followers
109	Manama, Bahrain	74	24.8K followers
110	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	75	457.9K followers
111	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	79	11.3K followers
112	Kathmandu, Nepal	83	139.7K followers
113	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	84	122.1K followers
114	Sao Paulo, Brazil	85	56.5K followers
115	Karachi, Pakistan	86	96.5K followers
116	Lahore, Pakistan	90	447.6K followers
117	Wuhan, China	90	199.6K followers
118	Cairo, Egypt	95	85.4K followers
119	Dakar, Senegal	103	15.7K followers
120	Delhi, India	113	2.6M followers
121	Kolkata, India	124	902.3K followers
122	Jakarta, Indonesia	145	1.5M followers
123	Dhaka, Bangladesh	153	153.7K followers
124	Santiago, Chile	159	55K followers
125	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	169	5.5K followers