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	Canberra, Australia	10	491.2K followers
2	Moscow, Russia	17	1.2M followers
3	Kyiv, Ukraine	17	663.4K followers
4	Dakar, Senegal	17	50.3K followers
5	Sydney, Australia	18	1.8M followers
6	Montreal, Canada	18	346.6K followers
7	San Francisco, USA	19	1.1M followers
8	Melbourne, Australia	21	851.5K followers
9	New York, USA	22	2.5M followers
10	Kobe, Japan	22	68K followers
11	Denver, USA	22	2M followers
12	Toronto, Canada	22	1.1M followers
13	Kabul, Afghanistan	22	62.3K followers
14	Algiers, Algeria	22	50K followers
15	Bangkok, Thailand	27	17.1M followers
16	Budapest, Hungary	27	160.3K followers
17	Kyoto, Japan	28	265.5K followers
18	Osaka, Japan	28	656.7K followers
19	Zagreb, Croatia	28	269K followers
20	Pristina, Kosovo	28	112.4K followers
21	Yangon, Myanmar	28	229.1K followers
22	Auckland, New Zealand	28	251.3K followers
23	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	30	1.5M followers
24	Stockholm, Sweden	31	248.9K followers
25	Almaty, Kazakhstan	32	827.6K followers
26	Seattle, USA	33	780.5K followers
27	Seoul, South Korea	33	17.5M followers
28	Incheon, South Korea	33	192.6K followers
29	Detroit, USA	33	75.8K followers
30	Oslo, Norway	33	191.4K followers
31	Lisbon, Portugal	33	203.5K followers
32	Barcelona, Spain	36	616.8K followers
33	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	36	1.1M followers
34	Wrocław, Poland	36	442.4K followers
35	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	37	605.9K followers
36	Berlin, Germany	37	850.5K followers
37	Brussels, Belgium	37	350.1K followers
38	Beijing, China	38	18.3M followers
39	Taipei, Taiwan	39	1.5M followers
40	Johannesburg, South Africa	39	110.4K followers
41	Copenhagen, Denmark	39	205K followers
42	Kraków, Poland	40	602.2K followers
43	Amsterdam, Netherlands	40	561.8K followers
44	Madrid, Spain	42	771.2K followers
45	Dublin, Ireland	42	122.8K followers
46	London, United Kingdom	43	1.2M followers
47	Salt Lake City, USA	43	262.9K followers
48	Helsinki, Finland	43	221.2K followers
49	Chiang Mai, Thailand	44	16M followers
50	Santiago, Chile	44	177.5K followers
51	Milan, Italy	44	508.9K followers
52	Munich, Germany	44	693.8K followers
53	Los Angeles, USA	45	16.1M followers
54	Prague, Czech Republic	45	286.4K followers
55	Bern, Switzerland	45	218.1K followers
56	Nice, France	46	597.5K followers
57	Rome, Italy	47	423.2K followers
58	Lyon, France	49	699.5K followers
59	Tokyo, Japan	50	1.7M followers
60	Guangzhou, China	50	2M followers
61	Nairobi, Kenya	50	78.2K followers
62	Washington D.C., USA	51	176.7K followers
63	Bucharest, Romania	52	209.6K followers
64	Rotterdam, Netherlands	52	188K followers
65	Chicago, USA	53	221.8K followers
66	Sao Paulo, Brazil	53	180.7K followers
67	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	53	1.1M followers
68	Athens, Greece	54	186.7K followers
69	Shanghai, China	55	3.4M followers
70	Hangzhou, China	55	786K followers
71	Sofia, Bulgaria	55	273.9K followers
72	Vancouver, Canada	55	557.6K followers
73	Bratislava, Slovakia	55	87.2K followers
74	Birmingham, United Kingdom	55	364.5K followers
75	Bogota, Colombia	55	144.1K followers
76	Tehran, Iran	55	1.6M followers
77	Portland, USA	56	435.9K followers
78	Vienna, Austria	56	481.2K followers
79	Paris, France	56	15.2M followers
80	Skopje, North Macedonia	56	249K followers
81	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	57	132.5K followers
82	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	57	1.2M followers
83	Mexico City, Mexico	57	617.4K followers
84	Shenzhen, China	58	858.3K followers
85	Ljubljana, Slovenia	58	204.9K followers
86	Warsaw, Poland	58	812K followers
87	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	59	776.9K followers
88	Minneapolis, USA	60	93K followers
89	Accra, Ghana	61	27.1K followers
90	Belgrade, Serbia	61	1.3M followers
91	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	62	2.9M followers
92	Kathmandu, Nepal	62	445.7K followers
93	Wuhan, China	62	639.1K followers
94	Istanbul, Turkey	64	552.4K followers
95	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	64	391.9K followers
96	Baku, Azerbaijan	64	85.5K followers
97	Mumbai, India	66	1.8M followers
98	Chongqing, China	68	502.4K followers
99	Baghdad, Iraq	68	289.4K followers
100	Dhaka, Bangladesh	70	489.9K followers
101	Houston, USA	73	133.3K followers
102	Busan, South Korea	82	1.1M followers
103	Manila, Philippines	82	363.2K followers
104	Jakarta, Indonesia	83	2.2M followers
105	Lima, Peru	84	67.1K followers
106	Cairo, Egypt	84	274.7K followers
107	Karachi, Pakistan	85	307.3K followers
108	Hanoi, Vietnam	86	3.6M followers
109	Kuwait City, Kuwait	86	171.1K followers
110	Manama, Bahrain	87	79.5K followers
111	Kampala, Uganda	90	39.3K followers
112	Doha, Qatar	92	328.3K followers
113	Singapore, Singapore	96	1.3M followers
114	Chengdu, China	96	2.4M followers
115	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	98	36.2K followers
116	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	103	1.2M followers
117	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	108	235.1K followers
118	Kolkata, India	113	1.6M followers
119	Medan, Indonesia	113	1.4M followers
120	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	119	17.9K followers
121	Lahore, Pakistan	122	1.1M followers
122	Jerusalem, Israel	129	98.3K followers
123	Kuching, Malaysia	153	85.3K followers
124	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	167	1.1M followers
125	Delhi, India	176	3.3M followers