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	8	848.2K followers
2	Dakar, Senegal	11	50.2K followers
3	Auckland, New Zealand	12	250.1K followers
4	Sydney, Australia	14	1.8M followers
5	Canberra, Australia	16	488.9K followers
6	Houston, USA	19	132.8K followers
7	Copenhagen, Denmark	20	204.2K followers
8	Dublin, Ireland	21	122.4K followers
9	Montreal, Canada	22	345K followers
10	Vancouver, Canada	22	552.7K followers
11	Lisbon, Portugal	23	202.5K followers
12	Mexico City, Mexico	23	615.8K followers
13	Portland, USA	24	430.7K followers
14	Birmingham, United Kingdom	24	364K followers
15	Bogota, Colombia	24	143.6K followers
16	Seattle, USA	25	775.5K followers
17	Bangkok, Thailand	28	17.1M followers
18	Chiang Mai, Thailand	28	16M followers
19	Oslo, Norway	28	190.3K followers
20	Almaty, Kazakhstan	29	825.2K followers
21	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	29	132K followers
22	Sao Paulo, Brazil	31	180.2K followers
23	Helsinki, Finland	31	220.6K followers
24	Bucharest, Romania	32	208.4K followers
25	San Francisco, USA	33	1.1M followers
26	Toronto, Canada	33	1.1M followers
27	Vienna, Austria	33	479.6K followers
28	Budapest, Hungary	33	159.5K followers
29	Kraków, Poland	33	601.3K followers
30	Wrocław, Poland	33	442K followers
31	Brussels, Belgium	34	348.6K followers
32	Lyon, France	35	698.3K followers
33	Busan, South Korea	36	1.1M followers
34	Stockholm, Sweden	36	248K followers
35	Amsterdam, Netherlands	36	559.6K followers
36	Warsaw, Poland	37	809.8K followers
37	Kyoto, Japan	39	264.8K followers
38	Kyiv, Ukraine	39	660.7K followers
39	Milan, Italy	39	507.1K followers
40	Seoul, South Korea	40	17.5M followers
41	Minneapolis, USA	42	92.6K followers
42	Moscow, Russia	42	1.2M followers
43	London, United Kingdom	44	1.2M followers
44	Kathmandu, Nepal	44	444.5K followers
45	Berlin, Germany	44	845.3K followers
46	Shanghai, China	44	3.4M followers
47	Osaka, Japan	44	654.6K followers
48	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	44	775.4K followers
49	Zagreb, Croatia	44	268K followers
50	Bratislava, Slovakia	44	86.9K followers
51	Bern, Switzerland	44	217K followers
52	Paris, France	46	15.2M followers
53	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	47	1.1M followers
54	Rome, Italy	48	421K followers
55	Kobe, Japan	50	67.8K followers
56	Barcelona, Spain	50	615.5K followers
57	Yangon, Myanmar	50	228K followers
58	Nairobi, Kenya	51	78K followers
59	Ljubljana, Slovenia	51	204.2K followers
60	Lima, Peru	52	66.8K followers
61	Tokyo, Japan	53	1.7M followers
62	New York, USA	53	2.5M followers
63	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	53	2.9M followers
64	Belgrade, Serbia	53	1.3M followers
65	Nice, France	53	596.6K followers
66	Chicago, USA	54	220.5K followers
67	Los Angeles, USA	55	16.1M followers
68	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	55	604.7K followers
69	Prague, Czech Republic	55	285.2K followers
70	Santiago, Chile	55	176.9K followers
71	Hangzhou, China	55	783.3K followers
72	Skopje, North Macedonia	56	247.9K followers
73	Pristina, Kosovo	56	112K followers
74	Tehran, Iran	56	1.6M followers
75	Detroit, USA	57	75.6K followers
76	Istanbul, Turkey	57	550.8K followers
77	Sofia, Bulgaria	58	272.4K followers
78	Athens, Greece	58	185.7K followers
79	Munich, Germany	58	692.1K followers
80	Algiers, Algeria	58	49.9K followers
81	Kolkata, India	61	1.6M followers
82	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	62	1.1M followers
83	Cairo, Egypt	62	273.6K followers
84	Guangzhou, China	63	2M followers
85	Mumbai, India	63	1.8M followers
86	Madrid, Spain	63	769K followers
87	Taipei, Taiwan	64	1.5M followers
88	Washington D.C., USA	65	176K followers
89	Denver, USA	65	2M followers
90	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	66	1.5M followers
91	Salt Lake City, USA	66	261.5K followers
92	Incheon, South Korea	66	192K followers
93	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	66	234.2K followers
94	Baku, Azerbaijan	66	85.1K followers
95	Accra, Ghana	67	26.9K followers
96	Chongqing, China	69	500.9K followers
97	Manila, Philippines	71	361.9K followers
98	Wuhan, China	72	637.2K followers
99	Dhaka, Bangladesh	73	488.8K followers
100	Johannesburg, South Africa	73	110.1K followers
101	Hanoi, Vietnam	77	3.6M followers
102	Rotterdam, Netherlands	77	187.5K followers
103	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	78	1.2M followers
104	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	80	1M followers
105	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	81	36K followers
106	Singapore, Singapore	82	1.3M followers
107	Karachi, Pakistan	84	306.5K followers
108	Medan, Indonesia	85	1.4M followers
109	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	88	1.1M followers
110	Baghdad, Iraq	88	287.9K followers
111	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	88	17.6K followers
112	Delhi, India	91	3.3M followers
113	Kabul, Afghanistan	91	62.1K followers
114	Shenzhen, China	102	854.2K followers
115	Chengdu, China	106	2.4M followers
116	Beijing, China	108	18.2M followers
117	Jerusalem, Israel	112	98.1K followers
118	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	118	390.1K followers
119	Doha, Qatar	127	327.1K followers
120	Kampala, Uganda	159	39.1K followers
121	Jakarta, Indonesia	161	2.2M followers
122	Manama, Bahrain	162	79.2K followers
123	Kuwait City, Kuwait	167	170.6K followers
124	Kuching, Malaysia	172	79K followers
125	Lahore, Pakistan	205	1.1M followers