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	Moscow, Russia	6	1.2M followers
2	Kraków, Poland	11	601.5K followers
3	Kyiv, Ukraine	11	661.3K followers
4	Warsaw, Poland	11	810.4K followers
5	Auckland, New Zealand	14	250.4K followers
6	Dublin, Ireland	15	122.5K followers
7	Tokyo, Japan	17	1.7M followers
8	San Francisco, USA	18	1.1M followers
9	Los Angeles, USA	21	16.1M followers
10	Melbourne, Australia	21	849.1K followers
11	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	22	132.2K followers
12	Montreal, Canada	22	345.5K followers
13	Kabul, Afghanistan	22	62.2K followers
14	Helsinki, Finland	24	220.8K followers
15	Yangon, Myanmar	25	228.3K followers
16	Kathmandu, Nepal	27	444.9K followers
17	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	28	1.1M followers
18	Bangkok, Thailand	29	17.1M followers
19	Canberra, Australia	29	489.5K followers
20	Birmingham, United Kingdom	31	364.2K followers
21	Portland, USA	33	432.3K followers
22	Sydney, Australia	33	1.8M followers
23	Sofia, Bulgaria	33	272.6K followers
24	Busan, South Korea	36	1.1M followers
25	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	36	1.2M followers
26	Almaty, Kazakhstan	37	825.9K followers
27	Stockholm, Sweden	37	248.3K followers
28	Hangzhou, China	39	784.1K followers
29	Bucharest, Romania	39	208.6K followers
30	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	39	1.1M followers
31	Dakar, Senegal	39	50.2K followers
32	Pristina, Kosovo	39	112.1K followers
33	Salt Lake City, USA	40	262.1K followers
34	Minneapolis, USA	44	92.7K followers
35	Seoul, South Korea	44	17.5M followers
36	Chiang Mai, Thailand	44	16M followers
37	Oslo, Norway	47	190.6K followers
38	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	48	605K followers
39	Athens, Greece	48	186K followers
40	Zagreb, Croatia	48	268.4K followers
41	Copenhagen, Denmark	48	204.5K followers
42	London, United Kingdom	50	1.2M followers
43	Chongqing, China	50	501.2K followers
44	Belgrade, Serbia	50	1.3M followers
45	Shenzhen, China	50	855.4K followers
46	New York, USA	52	2.5M followers
47	Toronto, Canada	52	1.1M followers
48	Rome, Italy	52	421.8K followers
49	Wuhan, China	52	637.7K followers
50	Seattle, USA	53	777K followers
51	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	53	1.5M followers
52	Kobe, Japan	53	67.9K followers
53	Incheon, South Korea	53	192.2K followers
54	Nairobi, Kenya	53	78.1K followers
55	Lima, Peru	53	66.9K followers
56	Budapest, Hungary	53	159.7K followers
57	Skopje, North Macedonia	53	248.1K followers
58	Lisbon, Portugal	53	202.8K followers
59	Bratislava, Slovakia	53	87K followers
60	Brussels, Belgium	53	348.8K followers
61	Algiers, Algeria	53	50K followers
62	Istanbul, Turkey	54	551.3K followers
63	Cairo, Egypt	54	273.9K followers
64	Shanghai, China	55	3.4M followers
65	Beijing, China	55	18.2M followers
66	Barcelona, Spain	55	615.9K followers
67	Mumbai, India	55	1.8M followers
68	Rotterdam, Netherlands	55	187.7K followers
69	Bogota, Colombia	55	143.7K followers
70	Denver, USA	56	2M followers
71	Osaka, Japan	56	655.2K followers
72	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	56	775.8K followers
73	Tehran, Iran	56	1.6M followers
74	Dhaka, Bangladesh	58	489.1K followers
75	Baku, Azerbaijan	58	85.2K followers
76	Hanoi, Vietnam	59	3.6M followers
77	Kyoto, Japan	59	265K followers
78	Vancouver, Canada	59	554.3K followers
79	Santiago, Chile	59	177K followers
80	Accra, Ghana	60	27K followers
81	Mexico City, Mexico	61	616.2K followers
82	Wrocław, Poland	61	442.1K followers
83	Houston, USA	62	132.9K followers
84	Guangzhou, China	62	2M followers
85	Madrid, Spain	62	769.7K followers
86	Nice, France	62	596.8K followers
87	Washington D.C., USA	63	176.1K followers
88	Taipei, Taiwan	63	1.5M followers
89	Baghdad, Iraq	63	288.6K followers
90	Amsterdam, Netherlands	63	560.3K followers
91	Bern, Switzerland	65	217.3K followers
92	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	69	2.9M followers
93	Detroit, USA	71	75.7K followers
94	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	71	390.6K followers
95	Medan, Indonesia	75	1.4M followers
96	Kampala, Uganda	75	39.2K followers
97	Chicago, USA	80	220.9K followers
98	Berlin, Germany	80	846.3K followers
99	Milan, Italy	80	507.6K followers
100	Karachi, Pakistan	81	306.8K followers
101	Johannesburg, South Africa	81	110.3K followers
102	Lahore, Pakistan	83	1.1M followers
103	Sao Paulo, Brazil	83	180.3K followers
104	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	83	1.1M followers
105	Delhi, India	84	3.3M followers
106	Singapore, Singapore	88	1.3M followers
107	Prague, Czech Republic	93	285.5K followers
108	Ljubljana, Slovenia	93	204.4K followers
109	Munich, Germany	93	692.5K followers
110	Kuwait City, Kuwait	94	170.7K followers
111	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	98	17.6K followers
112	Paris, France	101	15.2M followers
113	Vienna, Austria	103	480.1K followers
114	Lyon, France	103	698.6K followers
115	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	105	36.1K followers
116	Chengdu, China	106	2.4M followers
117	Jerusalem, Israel	117	98.2K followers
118	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	122	1.1M followers
119	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	126	234.5K followers
120	Manila, Philippines	128	362.2K followers
121	Jakarta, Indonesia	134	2.2M followers
122	Kolkata, India	134	1.6M followers
123	Manama, Bahrain	134	79.3K followers
124	Doha, Qatar	164	327.4K followers
125	Kuching, Malaysia	170	81.9K followers