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	Tokyo, Japan	6	1.7M followers
2	Yangon, Myanmar	8	230.9K followers
3	Chiang Mai, Thailand	11	16M followers
4	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	11	1.1M followers
5	Chicago, USA	16	223.9K followers
6	Detroit, USA	16	76.2K followers
7	Minneapolis, USA	17	93.7K followers
8	Kobe, Japan	17	68.4K followers
9	Kyoto, Japan	17	267K followers
10	Osaka, Japan	17	661.3K followers
11	Algiers, Algeria	17	50.3K followers
12	Melbourne, Australia	18	857.6K followers
13	Canberra, Australia	18	496.8K followers
14	Montreal, Canada	19	349.1K followers
15	San Francisco, USA	21	1.1M followers
16	Toronto, Canada	22	1.1M followers
17	Kabul, Afghanistan	22	62.6K followers
18	Sydney, Australia	23	1.9M followers
19	Bogota, Colombia	23	144.7K followers
20	Stockholm, Sweden	24	250.8K followers
21	Warsaw, Poland	25	816K followers
22	New York, USA	26	2.5M followers
23	Oslo, Norway	26	192.8K followers
24	Amsterdam, Netherlands	26	564.8K followers
25	Brussels, Belgium	26	351.6K followers
26	Santiago, Chile	27	178.4K followers
27	Wrocław, Poland	27	443.1K followers
28	Rotterdam, Netherlands	27	188.5K followers
29	Bangkok, Thailand	28	17.2M followers
30	Seattle, USA	28	784.5K followers
31	Nairobi, Kenya	28	78.7K followers
32	Berlin, Germany	28	856.1K followers
33	Auckland, New Zealand	30	254.4K followers
34	Copenhagen, Denmark	30	206.5K followers
35	Denver, USA	31	2M followers
36	Prague, Czech Republic	31	288K followers
37	Almaty, Kazakhstan	32	832.4K followers
38	Helsinki, Finland	32	222.2K followers
39	London, United Kingdom	33	1.2M followers
40	Ljubljana, Slovenia	33	206.1K followers
41	Zagreb, Croatia	33	271.2K followers
42	Kraków, Poland	33	604K followers
43	Bern, Switzerland	34	220.2K followers
44	Budapest, Hungary	35	161.7K followers
45	Washington D.C., USA	39	178.1K followers
46	Bratislava, Slovakia	39	87.7K followers
47	Barcelona, Spain	41	619.2K followers
48	Lima, Peru	41	67.6K followers
49	Salt Lake City, USA	42	264.6K followers
50	Moscow, Russia	44	1.3M followers
51	Madrid, Spain	44	775.3K followers
52	Vienna, Austria	44	483.7K followers
53	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	44	1.1M followers
54	Rome, Italy	44	427.6K followers
55	Dublin, Ireland	48	123.8K followers
56	Busan, South Korea	50	1.1M followers
57	Sofia, Bulgaria	50	275.1K followers
58	Vancouver, Canada	50	561.3K followers
59	Taipei, Taiwan	50	1.5M followers
60	Lyon, France	50	701.3K followers
61	Munich, Germany	50	696.2K followers
62	Pristina, Kosovo	50	113.1K followers
63	Paris, France	51	15.2M followers
64	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	52	133.5K followers
65	Birmingham, United Kingdom	53	365.2K followers
66	Baku, Azerbaijan	53	86K followers
67	Chongqing, China	55	505.1K followers
68	Sao Paulo, Brazil	55	181.6K followers
69	Chengdu, China	55	2.4M followers
70	Milan, Italy	55	512.3K followers
71	Kyiv, Ukraine	56	669.5K followers
72	Portland, USA	57	440.2K followers
73	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	58	780.9K followers
74	Athens, Greece	58	188.3K followers
75	Los Angeles, USA	59	16.2M followers
76	Istanbul, Turkey	60	555K followers
77	Lisbon, Portugal	61	205.3K followers
78	Nice, France	61	598.8K followers
79	Bucharest, Romania	62	211.2K followers
80	Manila, Philippines	62	374.2K followers
81	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	63	1.2M followers
82	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	64	2.9M followers
83	Skopje, North Macedonia	64	250.2K followers
84	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	65	36.5K followers
85	Houston, USA	66	134.2K followers
86	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	67	608.4K followers
87	Seoul, South Korea	68	17.6M followers
88	Tehran, Iran	68	1.6M followers
89	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	69	1.5M followers
90	Shanghai, China	69	3.4M followers
91	Johannesburg, South Africa	69	110.9K followers
92	Beijing, China	71	18.3M followers
93	Accra, Ghana	71	27.4K followers
94	Dakar, Senegal	71	50.7K followers
95	Baghdad, Iraq	71	292.3K followers
96	Hangzhou, China	73	791K followers
97	Kolkata, India	73	1.6M followers
98	Shenzhen, China	73	863K followers
99	Incheon, South Korea	75	193.4K followers
100	Karachi, Pakistan	75	308.7K followers
101	Guangzhou, China	77	2M followers
102	Kampala, Uganda	77	39.5K followers
103	Cairo, Egypt	78	276.9K followers
104	Belgrade, Serbia	79	1.3M followers
105	Kathmandu, Nepal	79	447.7K followers
106	Dhaka, Bangladesh	79	492.1K followers
107	Kuwait City, Kuwait	80	172.1K followers
108	Wuhan, China	86	644K followers
109	Medan, Indonesia	90	1.4M followers
110	Jakarta, Indonesia	92	2.2M followers
111	Mumbai, India	97	1.8M followers
112	Jerusalem, Israel	97	98.7K followers
113	Manama, Bahrain	103	80.1K followers
114	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	104	236.6K followers
115	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	112	394.6K followers
116	Singapore, Singapore	113	1.3M followers
117	Mexico City, Mexico	113	620.3K followers
118	Hanoi, Vietnam	117	3.6M followers
119	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	127	1.2M followers
120	Doha, Qatar	153	330.2K followers
121	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	155	1.1M followers
122	Kuching, Malaysia	161	104.6K followers
123	Delhi, India	165	3.3M followers
124	Lahore, Pakistan	167	1.1M followers
125	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	170	18.1K followers