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	Vancouver, Canada	16	166.4K followers
2	Ljubljana, Slovenia	17	64.1K followers
3	Bangkok, Thailand	18	16.2M followers
4	Dublin, Ireland	19	38.1K followers
5	Auckland, New Zealand	19	77.8K followers
6	Houston, USA	21	41.1K followers
7	Zagreb, Croatia	21	84.1K followers
8	Warsaw, Poland	22	254.4K followers
9	San Francisco, USA	23	359.4K followers
10	Portland, USA	23	122.3K followers
11	Bogota, Colombia	23	45K followers
12	Detroit, USA	24	22.7K followers
13	Beijing, China	25	17.3M followers
14	Stockholm, Sweden	25	77.3K followers
15	Brussels, Belgium	25	109.3K followers
16	Kraków, Poland	26	189.9K followers
17	Rotterdam, Netherlands	26	59.1K followers
18	Melbourne, Australia	27	265.1K followers
19	Birmingham, United Kingdom	27	115.3K followers
20	Helsinki, Finland	27	69.4K followers
21	Seattle, USA	28	230.1K followers
22	London, United Kingdom	28	497.8K followers
23	Rome, Italy	28	130.5K followers
24	Amsterdam, Netherlands	28	175.1K followers
25	Lyon, France	28	220.2K followers
26	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	29	548.2K followers
27	Oslo, Norway	30	59.3K followers
28	Lisbon, Portugal	31	62.9K followers
29	Chiang Mai, Thailand	33	15.2M followers
30	Belgrade, Serbia	33	638.4K followers
31	Barcelona, Spain	33	193.3K followers
32	Berlin, Germany	33	263.4K followers
33	Prague, Czech Republic	33	89.5K followers
34	Skopje, North Macedonia	33	78.1K followers
35	Accra, Ghana	33	8.4K followers
36	Algiers, Algeria	33	15.8K followers
37	Paris, France	34	14.3M followers
38	Vienna, Austria	34	150.3K followers
39	Munich, Germany	36	218K followers
40	Budapest, Hungary	37	49.7K followers
41	Toronto, Canada	38	353.7K followers
42	Canberra, Australia	38	152.5K followers
43	Shenzhen, China	39	264.6K followers
44	Bratislava, Slovakia	39	27.3K followers
45	Wrocław, Poland	39	140K followers
46	Bern, Switzerland	39	67.5K followers
47	Seoul, South Korea	43	16.6M followers
48	Singapore, Singapore	43	619.9K followers
49	Minneapolis, USA	44	27.4K followers
50	Kyiv, Ukraine	44	203.5K followers
51	Doha, Qatar	44	102.6K followers
52	Milan, Italy	44	158.6K followers
53	Kuching, Malaysia	44	24.6K followers
54	Sydney, Australia	45	1.2M followers
55	Nice, France	45	188.4K followers
56	Kobe, Japan	47	21.4K followers
57	Almaty, Kazakhstan	48	259.6K followers
58	Madrid, Spain	48	238.1K followers
59	Incheon, South Korea	50	60.4K followers
60	Osaka, Japan	50	204.9K followers
61	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	50	376.7K followers
62	Yangon, Myanmar	50	71.2K followers
63	Sofia, Bulgaria	52	85.3K followers
64	Kyoto, Japan	52	83.3K followers
65	Hanoi, Vietnam	53	2.9M followers
66	Salt Lake City, USA	53	76.5K followers
67	Chicago, USA	53	64.8K followers
68	Busan, South Korea	53	430.2K followers
69	Baku, Azerbaijan	53	26.7K followers
70	Sao Paulo, Brazil	54	56.5K followers
71	Nairobi, Kenya	54	24.4K followers
72	Washington D.C., USA	55	53.5K followers
73	Athens, Greece	55	57.3K followers
74	Montreal, Canada	55	104.4K followers
75	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	55	190.6K followers
76	Pristina, Kosovo	55	35K followers
77	Manama, Bahrain	55	24.8K followers
78	Los Angeles, USA	56	15.2M followers
79	Tokyo, Japan	57	1M followers
80	Denver, USA	57	1.3M followers
81	New York, USA	58	1.8M followers
82	Guangzhou, China	58	1.3M followers
83	Shanghai, China	58	2.7M followers
84	Lima, Peru	58	20.8K followers
85	Moscow, Russia	58	553.8K followers
86	Taipei, Taiwan	58	775.9K followers
87	Kuwait City, Kuwait	58	53.5K followers
88	Tehran, Iran	58	905.8K followers
89	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	59	73.2K followers
90	Bucharest, Romania	60	65.1K followers
91	Jerusalem, Israel	60	30.9K followers
92	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	61	832.5K followers
93	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	62	364.5K followers
94	Istanbul, Turkey	63	173.1K followers
95	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	64	41.3K followers
96	Chengdu, China	64	1.7M followers
97	Kabul, Afghanistan	64	19.4K followers
98	Mumbai, India	66	1.1M followers
99	Manila, Philippines	66	113.1K followers
100	Cairo, Egypt	67	85.4K followers
101	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	69	457.9K followers
102	Kathmandu, Nepal	69	139.7K followers
103	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	71	244.6K followers
104	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	73	2.2M followers
105	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	73	11.3K followers
106	Medan, Indonesia	74	716K followers
107	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	78	360.2K followers
108	Chongqing, China	81	157.7K followers
109	Delhi, India	81	2.6M followers
110	Dhaka, Bangladesh	82	153.7K followers
111	Karachi, Pakistan	83	96.5K followers
112	Kampala, Uganda	84	12.3K followers
113	Kolkata, India	85	902.3K followers
114	Wuhan, China	88	199.5K followers
115	Baghdad, Iraq	90	90K followers
116	Hangzhou, China	94	244.6K followers
117	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	95	122K followers
118	Mexico City, Mexico	107	192.7K followers
119	Krasnoyarsk, Russia	110	49.5K followers
120	Dakar, Senegal	117	15.7K followers
121	Lahore, Pakistan	154	447.5K followers
122	Jakarta, Indonesia	157	1.5M followers
123	Johannesburg, South Africa	157	34.7K followers
124	Santiago, Chile	169	55K followers
125	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	196	5.5K followers