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	Melbourne, Australia	9	844.4K followers
2	Canberra, Australia	14	486.5K followers
3	Sydney, Australia	17	1.8M followers
4	Rome, Italy	17	418.3K followers
5	Taipei, Taiwan	17	1.5M followers
6	San Francisco, USA	19	1M followers
7	Auckland, New Zealand	19	248.8K followers
8	Kyiv, Ukraine	22	655.2K followers
9	Vancouver, Canada	24	542.3K followers
10	Seattle, USA	25	750.9K followers
11	Belgrade, Serbia	25	1.3M followers
12	Kraków, Poland	25	599.9K followers
13	Helsinki, Finland	26	219.9K followers
14	Oslo, Norway	27	189.3K followers
15	Portland, USA	28	409.6K followers
16	Dublin, Ireland	28	121.6K followers
17	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	28	773.7K followers
18	Athens, Greece	28	184.2K followers
19	Warsaw, Poland	28	807.1K followers
20	Almaty, Kazakhstan	31	822.9K followers
21	Detroit, USA	31	75.3K followers
22	Sofia, Bulgaria	31	271.6K followers
23	Vienna, Austria	31	477.5K followers
24	Stockholm, Sweden	31	246.7K followers
25	Bogota, Colombia	31	143.2K followers
26	Dakar, Senegal	32	49.9K followers
27	Copenhagen, Denmark	32	203.2K followers
28	Kathmandu, Nepal	33	443.2K followers
29	Budapest, Hungary	33	158.5K followers
30	Pristina, Kosovo	35	111.5K followers
31	Birmingham, United Kingdom	38	363.6K followers
32	Chiang Mai, Thailand	39	15.9M followers
33	Toronto, Canada	39	1.1M followers
34	Bucharest, Romania	39	207.4K followers
35	Amsterdam, Netherlands	39	557.1K followers
36	Zagreb, Croatia	40	267K followers
37	Manila, Philippines	40	360.2K followers
38	Prague, Czech Republic	42	284.1K followers
39	Ljubljana, Slovenia	42	203.4K followers
40	Bratislava, Slovakia	42	86.5K followers
41	Montreal, Canada	43	342.2K followers
42	Munich, Germany	43	690.2K followers
43	Busan, South Korea	44	1.1M followers
44	Berlin, Germany	44	840.4K followers
45	Moscow, Russia	44	1.2M followers
46	Lisbon, Portugal	44	201.1K followers
47	Lyon, France	44	696K followers
48	Wrocław, Poland	44	441.4K followers
49	Brussels, Belgium	45	347.2K followers
50	Yangon, Myanmar	46	226.8K followers
51	Bangkok, Thailand	49	17M followers
52	London, United Kingdom	50	1.2M followers
53	Shanghai, China	50	3.4M followers
54	Barcelona, Spain	50	613.2K followers
55	Paris, France	50	15.1M followers
56	Minneapolis, USA	52	92K followers
57	Incheon, South Korea	53	191.3K followers
58	Skopje, North Macedonia	53	247.4K followers
59	Los Angeles, USA	54	16M followers
60	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	54	1M followers
61	Tokyo, Japan	55	1.7M followers
62	Seoul, South Korea	55	17.5M followers
63	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	55	2.9M followers
64	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	55	1.1M followers
65	Chicago, USA	56	218.5K followers
66	Chongqing, China	58	499.9K followers
67	Hangzhou, China	58	779.9K followers
68	Bern, Switzerland	58	215.2K followers
69	Istanbul, Turkey	59	549.2K followers
70	Kobe, Japan	60	67.7K followers
71	Madrid, Spain	60	758.3K followers
72	Houston, USA	62	131.9K followers
73	Kyoto, Japan	62	264.1K followers
74	Nairobi, Kenya	62	77.7K followers
75	Sao Paulo, Brazil	62	179.5K followers
76	Mumbai, India	62	1.8M followers
77	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	63	603.3K followers
78	Lima, Peru	63	66.4K followers
79	Osaka, Japan	64	652.2K followers
80	Wuhan, China	64	634.9K followers
81	Kuwait City, Kuwait	64	169.9K followers
82	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	65	1.2M followers
83	Kuching, Malaysia	65	77.6K followers
84	Rotterdam, Netherlands	67	187.1K followers
85	Singapore, Singapore	69	1.3M followers
86	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	71	131.3K followers
87	Krasnoyarsk, Russia	71	156.8K followers
88	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	73	388.1K followers
89	Accra, Ghana	77	26.7K followers
90	Cairo, Egypt	77	272.1K followers
91	Medan, Indonesia	78	1.4M followers
92	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	79	1.5M followers
93	Tehran, Iran	79	1.6M followers
94	New York, USA	81	2.5M followers
95	Shenzhen, China	82	849.4K followers
96	Doha, Qatar	82	325.9K followers
97	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	82	1M followers
98	Nice, France	82	595K followers
99	Kabul, Afghanistan	82	61.8K followers
100	Hanoi, Vietnam	83	3.6M followers
101	Washington D.C., USA	83	174.8K followers
102	Manama, Bahrain	84	78.8K followers
103	Denver, USA	86	2M followers
104	Algiers, Algeria	88	49.8K followers
105	Jakarta, Indonesia	89	2.2M followers
106	Milan, Italy	89	504.8K followers
107	Karachi, Pakistan	90	305.7K followers
108	Beijing, China	92	18.2M followers
109	Santiago, Chile	92	176K followers
110	Chengdu, China	96	2.4M followers
111	Baghdad, Iraq	97	286.6K followers
112	Lahore, Pakistan	99	1.1M followers
113	Johannesburg, South Africa	101	109.8K followers
114	Salt Lake City, USA	103	256.3K followers
115	Delhi, India	107	3.3M followers
116	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	110	1.1M followers
117	Guangzhou, China	113	2M followers
118	Baku, Azerbaijan	115	84.7K followers
119	Jerusalem, Israel	115	97.9K followers
120	Mexico City, Mexico	116	613.5K followers
121	Kolkata, India	124	1.6M followers
122	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	124	35.9K followers
123	Dhaka, Bangladesh	127	487.6K followers
124	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	128	233.1K followers
125	Kampala, Uganda	159	39K followers
126	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	165	17.5K followers