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	Oslo, Norway	6	59.3K followers
2	Melbourne, Australia	9	265.3K followers
3	Stockholm, Sweden	9	77.4K followers
4	Sydney, Australia	14	1.2M followers
5	San Francisco, USA	18	359.7K followers
6	Canberra, Australia	21	152.6K followers
7	Chiang Mai, Thailand	22	15.2M followers
8	Dublin, Ireland	22	38.1K followers
9	Bern, Switzerland	22	67.5K followers
10	Manila, Philippines	22	113.2K followers
11	Berlin, Germany	23	263.6K followers
12	Brussels, Belgium	23	109.4K followers
13	Almaty, Kazakhstan	24	259.7K followers
14	Vancouver, Canada	24	166.6K followers
15	Rotterdam, Netherlands	24	59.1K followers
16	Kyoto, Japan	25	83.3K followers
17	Paris, France	25	14.3M followers
18	Auckland, New Zealand	25	77.9K followers
19	Houston, USA	26	41.1K followers
20	Bratislava, Slovakia	26	27.3K followers
21	Munich, Germany	27	218.1K followers
22	Birmingham, United Kingdom	27	115.3K followers
23	London, United Kingdom	28	498.3K followers
24	Tokyo, Japan	28	1M followers
25	Osaka, Japan	28	205K followers
26	Vienna, Austria	28	150.3K followers
27	Rome, Italy	28	130.7K followers
28	Pristina, Kosovo	28	35.1K followers
29	Budapest, Hungary	29	49.7K followers
30	Wrocław, Poland	29	140.1K followers
31	Seattle, USA	30	230.3K followers
32	New York, USA	30	1.8M followers
33	Amsterdam, Netherlands	30	175.2K followers
34	Portland, USA	31	122.5K followers
35	Taipei, Taiwan	31	776.4K followers
36	Prague, Czech Republic	32	89.5K followers
37	Lisbon, Portugal	32	62.9K followers
38	Kobe, Japan	33	21.4K followers
39	Ljubljana, Slovenia	33	64.2K followers
40	Kabul, Afghanistan	33	19.5K followers
41	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	34	41.3K followers
42	Kuching, Malaysia	34	24.6K followers
43	Bangkok, Thailand	35	16.3M followers
44	Zagreb, Croatia	35	84.2K followers
45	Madrid, Spain	36	238.3K followers
46	Helsinki, Finland	36	69.4K followers
47	Detroit, USA	38	22.7K followers
48	Sofia, Bulgaria	39	85.3K followers
49	Milan, Italy	39	158.7K followers
50	Lima, Peru	40	20.9K followers
51	Montreal, Canada	40	104.5K followers
52	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	40	377K followers
53	Athens, Greece	42	57.3K followers
54	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	42	190.7K followers
55	Chicago, USA	43	64.9K followers
56	Los Angeles, USA	44	15.2M followers
57	Minneapolis, USA	45	27.5K followers
58	Salt Lake City, USA	45	76.7K followers
59	Washington D.C., USA	45	53.6K followers
60	Barcelona, Spain	46	193.4K followers
61	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	46	548.5K followers
62	Toronto, Canada	47	354.1K followers
63	Baku, Azerbaijan	47	26.7K followers
64	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	49	364.7K followers
65	Kyiv, Ukraine	49	203.6K followers
66	Guangzhou, China	50	1.3M followers
67	Belgrade, Serbia	50	638.8K followers
68	Skopje, North Macedonia	50	78.1K followers
69	Yangon, Myanmar	50	71.2K followers
70	Tehran, Iran	50	906.3K followers
71	Algiers, Algeria	50	15.8K followers
72	Warsaw, Poland	52	254.6K followers
73	Istanbul, Turkey	53	173.2K followers
74	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	53	360.5K followers
75	Bucharest, Romania	55	65.2K followers
76	Beijing, China	56	17.3M followers
77	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	56	244.7K followers
78	Shenzhen, China	56	265K followers
79	Singapore, Singapore	57	620.3K followers
80	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	60	11.3K followers
81	Shanghai, China	62	2.7M followers
82	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	62	2.2M followers
83	Kraków, Poland	63	189.9K followers
84	Nairobi, Kenya	64	24.5K followers
85	Doha, Qatar	64	102.7K followers
86	Mexico City, Mexico	66	192.8K followers
87	Manama, Bahrain	67	24.8K followers
88	Denver, USA	68	1.3M followers
89	Bogota, Colombia	68	45.1K followers
90	Dakar, Senegal	69	15.7K followers
91	Baghdad, Iraq	69	90.1K followers
92	Chongqing, China	71	157.8K followers
93	Accra, Ghana	71	8.4K followers
94	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	73	833.1K followers
95	Mumbai, India	73	1.1M followers
96	Hanoi, Vietnam	75	2.9M followers
97	Moscow, Russia	75	554.2K followers
98	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	77	458.2K followers
99	Hangzhou, China	79	244.8K followers
100	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	79	73.3K followers
101	Medan, Indonesia	79	716.1K followers
102	Busan, South Korea	85	430.5K followers
103	Wuhan, China	86	199.7K followers
104	Santiago, Chile	88	55.1K followers
105	Chengdu, China	88	1.7M followers
106	Seoul, South Korea	95	16.6M followers
107	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	96	122.1K followers
108	Kuwait City, Kuwait	96	53.6K followers
109	Incheon, South Korea	97	60.4K followers
110	Kathmandu, Nepal	98	139.7K followers
111	Delhi, India	103	2.6M followers
112	Karachi, Pakistan	103	96.5K followers
113	Dhaka, Bangladesh	107	153.8K followers
114	Kolkata, India	110	902.4K followers
115	Sao Paulo, Brazil	112	56.5K followers
116	Jerusalem, Israel	116	30.9K followers
117	Johannesburg, South Africa	127	34.7K followers
118	Cairo, Egypt	134	85.4K followers
119	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	144	5.5K followers
120	Lahore, Pakistan	152	447.7K followers
121	Jakarta, Indonesia	160	1.5M followers
122	Kampala, Uganda	175	12.3K followers