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	Osaka, Japan	6	204.7K followers
2	Melbourne, Australia	9	264.9K followers
3	Sydney, Australia	10	1.2M followers
4	Kobe, Japan	11	21.4K followers
5	Kyoto, Japan	11	83.2K followers
6	Auckland, New Zealand	11	77.7K followers
7	Kyiv, Ukraine	14	203.3K followers
8	Tokyo, Japan	17	1M followers
9	Canberra, Australia	17	152.3K followers
10	Lyon, France	18	220K followers
11	Bern, Switzerland	18	67.4K followers
12	Dublin, Ireland	19	38K followers
13	Montreal, Canada	19	104.1K followers
14	Sofia, Bulgaria	22	85.2K followers
15	Zagreb, Croatia	22	84K followers
16	Almaty, Kazakhstan	23	259.4K followers
17	Bogota, Colombia	25	45K followers
18	Paris, France	26	14.3M followers
19	Milan, Italy	26	158.5K followers
20	Birmingham, United Kingdom	26	115.3K followers
21	Lisbon, Portugal	27	62.8K followers
22	Brussels, Belgium	27	109.3K followers
23	London, United Kingdom	28	497.2K followers
24	Barcelona, Spain	28	193.2K followers
25	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	28	244.5K followers
26	Warsaw, Poland	28	254.2K followers
27	Munich, Germany	28	217.9K followers
28	Pristina, Kosovo	28	35K followers
29	Detroit, USA	29	22.7K followers
30	Madrid, Spain	29	237.9K followers
31	Helsinki, Finland	29	69.3K followers
32	San Francisco, USA	30	359.1K followers
33	Houston, USA	31	41K followers
34	Amsterdam, Netherlands	31	174.9K followers
35	Toronto, Canada	32	353.2K followers
36	Vancouver, Canada	32	166.2K followers
37	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	33	190.4K followers
38	Tehran, Iran	33	905.1K followers
39	Rotterdam, Netherlands	36	59K followers
40	Prague, Czech Republic	37	89.4K followers
41	Vienna, Austria	37	150.2K followers
42	Stockholm, Sweden	37	77.3K followers
43	Nice, France	37	188.3K followers
44	Seattle, USA	38	229.8K followers
45	New York, USA	38	1.8M followers
46	Portland, USA	41	122.1K followers
47	Chicago, USA	41	64.7K followers
48	Ljubljana, Slovenia	41	64.1K followers
49	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	42	41.2K followers
50	Denver, USA	42	1.3M followers
51	Bratislava, Slovakia	42	27.2K followers
52	Manama, Bahrain	42	24.7K followers
53	Washington D.C., USA	43	53.4K followers
54	Bangkok, Thailand	44	16.2M followers
55	Busan, South Korea	44	429.7K followers
56	Oslo, Norway	46	59.2K followers
57	Skopje, North Macedonia	47	78K followers
58	Krasnoyarsk, Russia	47	49.5K followers
59	Salt Lake City, USA	49	76.4K followers
60	Berlin, Germany	50	263.1K followers
61	Bucharest, Romania	50	65K followers
62	Sao Paulo, Brazil	50	56.4K followers
63	Budapest, Hungary	50	49.6K followers
64	Minneapolis, USA	51	27.3K followers
65	Belgrade, Serbia	53	637.9K followers
66	Athens, Greece	53	57.2K followers
67	Moscow, Russia	53	553.1K followers
68	Wrocław, Poland	53	140K followers
69	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	53	11.2K followers
70	Kuching, Malaysia	53	24.6K followers
71	Manila, Philippines	53	113K followers
72	Doha, Qatar	54	102.5K followers
73	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	55	364.2K followers
74	Rome, Italy	55	130.3K followers
75	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	56	831.6K followers
76	Kraków, Poland	56	189.8K followers
77	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	56	73.1K followers
78	Algiers, Algeria	56	15.7K followers
79	Los Angeles, USA	57	15.2M followers
80	Nairobi, Kenya	57	24.4K followers
81	Cairo, Egypt	57	85.3K followers
82	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	58	547.8K followers
83	Shenzhen, China	58	264K followers
84	Lima, Peru	60	20.8K followers
85	Baku, Azerbaijan	60	26.6K followers
86	Kabul, Afghanistan	60	19.4K followers
87	Mumbai, India	61	1.1M followers
88	Jerusalem, Israel	61	30.9K followers
89	Chiang Mai, Thailand	62	15.2M followers
90	Guangzhou, China	64	1.3M followers
91	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	64	2.2M followers
92	Accra, Ghana	64	8.4K followers
93	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	65	376.5K followers
94	Medan, Indonesia	65	715.8K followers
95	Istanbul, Turkey	68	172.9K followers
96	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	69	457.5K followers
97	Taipei, Taiwan	69	775.3K followers
98	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	70	359.8K followers
99	Singapore, Singapore	71	619.5K followers
100	Yangon, Myanmar	71	71.1K followers
101	Chongqing, China	75	157.4K followers
102	Hanoi, Vietnam	75	2.9M followers
103	Mexico City, Mexico	75	192.6K followers
104	Lahore, Pakistan	77	447.4K followers
105	Seoul, South Korea	79	16.6M followers
106	Incheon, South Korea	79	60.4K followers
107	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	79	121.9K followers
108	Beijing, China	82	17.3M followers
109	Dakar, Senegal	82	15.7K followers
110	Kampala, Uganda	82	12.3K followers
111	Dhaka, Bangladesh	83	153.6K followers
112	Wuhan, China	88	199.3K followers
113	Baghdad, Iraq	88	89.9K followers
114	Kuwait City, Kuwait	97	53.5K followers
115	Shanghai, China	102	2.7M followers
116	Hangzhou, China	105	244.1K followers
117	Kathmandu, Nepal	114	139.5K followers
118	Chengdu, China	118	1.7M followers
119	Kolkata, India	124	902.2K followers
120	Santiago, Chile	130	54.9K followers
121	Johannesburg, South Africa	138	34.7K followers
122	Jakarta, Indonesia	140	1.5M followers
123	Delhi, India	144	2.6M followers
124	Karachi, Pakistan	197	96.4K followers
125	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	205	5.5K followers