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	Osaka, Japan	11	204.9K followers
3	Warsaw, Poland	14	254.4K followers
4	Seattle, USA	16	230.1K followers
5	Portland, USA	16	122.3K followers
6	Vancouver, Canada	17	166.4K followers
7	Zagreb, Croatia	17	84.1K followers
8	Auckland, New Zealand	19	77.8K followers
9	Montreal, Canada	20	104.4K followers
10	Rotterdam, Netherlands	20	59.1K followers
11	San Francisco, USA	22	359.5K followers
12	Kyoto, Japan	22	83.3K followers
13	Ljubljana, Slovenia	22	64.1K followers
14	Pristina, Kosovo	22	35K followers
15	Bangkok, Thailand	24	16.3M followers
16	Kabul, Afghanistan	25	19.4K followers
17	Krasnoyarsk, Russia	25	49.5K followers
18	Dublin, Ireland	26	38.1K followers
19	Shenzhen, China	26	264.7K followers
20	Rome, Italy	26	130.5K followers
21	Almaty, Kazakhstan	27	259.6K followers
22	Toronto, Canada	28	353.8K followers
23	Milan, Italy	28	158.6K followers
24	Berlin, Germany	29	263.5K followers
25	Oslo, Norway	29	59.3K followers
26	Beijing, China	31	17.3M followers
27	Accra, Ghana	31	8.4K followers
28	Busan, South Korea	32	430.2K followers
29	Singapore, Singapore	32	620K followers
30	Kraków, Poland	32	189.9K followers
31	London, United Kingdom	33	497.9K followers
32	Sofia, Bulgaria	33	85.3K followers
33	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	33	364.5K followers
34	Moscow, Russia	33	553.9K followers
35	Stockholm, Sweden	33	77.3K followers
36	Yangon, Myanmar	33	71.2K followers
37	Minneapolis, USA	34	27.4K followers
38	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	34	548.3K followers
39	Prague, Czech Republic	34	89.5K followers
40	Bern, Switzerland	34	67.5K followers
41	Kuching, Malaysia	34	24.6K followers
42	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	35	376.8K followers
43	Tehran, Iran	36	905.9K followers
44	Brussels, Belgium	36	109.3K followers
45	Munich, Germany	37	218.1K followers
46	Birmingham, United Kingdom	37	115.3K followers
47	Salt Lake City, USA	38	76.5K followers
48	Denver, USA	38	1.3M followers
49	Vienna, Austria	38	150.3K followers
50	Paris, France	38	14.3M followers
51	Budapest, Hungary	38	49.7K followers
52	Lisbon, Portugal	38	62.9K followers
53	Guangzhou, China	39	1.3M followers
54	Chiang Mai, Thailand	39	15.2M followers
55	Melbourne, Australia	39	265.2K followers
56	Amsterdam, Netherlands	39	175.1K followers
57	Baku, Azerbaijan	39	26.7K followers
58	Wrocław, Poland	40	140K followers
59	Washington D.C., USA	41	53.5K followers
60	Barcelona, Spain	41	193.3K followers
61	Lima, Peru	41	20.9K followers
62	Nice, France	43	188.4K followers
63	Detroit, USA	44	22.7K followers
64	Johannesburg, South Africa	44	34.7K followers
65	Chicago, USA	45	64.8K followers
66	Lyon, France	45	220.2K followers
67	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	46	41.3K followers
68	Madrid, Spain	47	238.1K followers
69	Chengdu, China	47	1.7M followers
70	Helsinki, Finland	47	69.4K followers
71	New York, USA	49	1.8M followers
72	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	50	832.6K followers
73	Bucharest, Romania	50	65.1K followers
74	Nairobi, Kenya	50	24.4K followers
75	Doha, Qatar	50	102.6K followers
76	Bratislava, Slovakia	50	27.3K followers
77	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	50	11.3K followers
78	Manila, Philippines	50	113.1K followers
79	Los Angeles, USA	51	15.2M followers
80	Sydney, Australia	52	1.2M followers
81	Mexico City, Mexico	52	192.7K followers
82	Medan, Indonesia	52	716K followers
83	Chongqing, China	53	157.7K followers
84	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	53	190.6K followers
85	Kampala, Uganda	53	12.3K followers
86	Houston, USA	54	41.1K followers
87	Kyiv, Ukraine	54	203.5K followers
88	Skopje, North Macedonia	54	78.1K followers
89	Seoul, South Korea	55	16.6M followers
90	Hanoi, Vietnam	55	2.9M followers
91	Belgrade, Serbia	55	638.4K followers
92	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	55	360.3K followers
93	Bogota, Colombia	55	45K followers
94	Taipei, Taiwan	56	775.9K followers
95	Algiers, Algeria	56	15.8K followers
96	Tokyo, Japan	58	1M followers
97	Shanghai, China	58	2.7M followers
98	Incheon, South Korea	58	60.4K followers
99	Istanbul, Turkey	58	173.1K followers
100	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	59	73.2K followers
101	Athens, Greece	60	57.3K followers
102	Jerusalem, Israel	60	30.9K followers
103	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	61	2.2M followers
104	Manama, Bahrain	62	24.8K followers
105	Lahore, Pakistan	66	447.6K followers
106	Baghdad, Iraq	66	90K followers
107	Canberra, Australia	68	152.5K followers
108	Mumbai, India	69	1.1M followers
109	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	69	122.1K followers
110	Cairo, Egypt	69	85.4K followers
111	Wuhan, China	71	199.6K followers
112	Hangzhou, China	73	244.6K followers
113	Kathmandu, Nepal	75	139.7K followers
114	Kuwait City, Kuwait	75	53.5K followers
115	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	77	244.7K followers
116	Karachi, Pakistan	81	96.5K followers
117	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	88	457.9K followers
118	Dakar, Senegal	98	15.7K followers
119	Dhaka, Bangladesh	99	153.7K followers
120	Jakarta, Indonesia	110	1.5M followers
121	Sao Paulo, Brazil	112	56.5K followers
122	Kolkata, India	115	902.3K followers
123	Delhi, India	142	2.6M followers
124	Santiago, Chile	156	55K followers
125	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	171	5.5K followers