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	Lyon, France	8	220.1K followers
2	Tokyo, Japan	11	1M followers
3	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	11	244.5K followers
4	Sydney, Australia	12	1.2M followers
5	Melbourne, Australia	13	265K followers
6	Dublin, Ireland	16	38K followers
7	San Francisco, USA	17	359.1K followers
8	Moscow, Russia	17	553.4K followers
9	London, United Kingdom	18	497.3K followers
10	Canberra, Australia	19	152.3K followers
11	Zagreb, Croatia	20	84K followers
12	Sofia, Bulgaria	22	85.2K followers
13	Warsaw, Poland	22	254.2K followers
14	Kabul, Afghanistan	22	19.4K followers
15	Vienna, Austria	23	150.2K followers
16	Lisbon, Portugal	23	62.8K followers
17	Portland, USA	24	122.1K followers
18	Rotterdam, Netherlands	24	59.1K followers
19	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	25	376.6K followers
20	Vancouver, Canada	26	166.2K followers
21	Ljubljana, Slovenia	26	64.1K followers
22	Paris, France	26	14.3M followers
23	Milan, Italy	26	158.5K followers
24	Bangkok, Thailand	27	16.2M followers
25	Seattle, USA	27	229.8K followers
26	Denver, USA	27	1.3M followers
27	Kyiv, Ukraine	27	203.3K followers
28	Rome, Italy	27	130.3K followers
29	Amsterdam, Netherlands	27	174.9K followers
30	Bern, Switzerland	27	67.4K followers
31	Almaty, Kazakhstan	28	259.4K followers
32	Osaka, Japan	28	204.7K followers
33	Stockholm, Sweden	28	77.3K followers
34	Bratislava, Slovakia	28	27.3K followers
35	Munich, Germany	28	217.9K followers
36	Birmingham, United Kingdom	28	115.3K followers
37	Bogota, Colombia	28	45K followers
38	Houston, USA	29	41K followers
39	Wrocław, Poland	29	140K followers
40	Washington D.C., USA	31	53.4K followers
41	Barcelona, Spain	31	193.2K followers
42	Auckland, New Zealand	31	77.8K followers
43	Brussels, Belgium	32	109.3K followers
44	Pristina, Kosovo	33	35K followers
45	Nice, France	33	188.3K followers
46	Chicago, USA	34	64.7K followers
47	New York, USA	35	1.8M followers
48	Minneapolis, USA	36	27.3K followers
49	Bucharest, Romania	36	65.1K followers
50	Baku, Azerbaijan	36	26.6K followers
51	Skopje, North Macedonia	37	78.1K followers
52	Helsinki, Finland	37	69.3K followers
53	Montreal, Canada	38	104.2K followers
54	Busan, South Korea	39	429.8K followers
55	Belgrade, Serbia	39	638K followers
56	Berlin, Germany	39	263.2K followers
57	Sao Paulo, Brazil	39	56.4K followers
58	Budapest, Hungary	39	49.6K followers
59	Kraków, Poland	39	189.8K followers
60	Toronto, Canada	43	353.3K followers
61	Oslo, Norway	43	59.2K followers
62	Chiang Mai, Thailand	44	15.2M followers
63	Kobe, Japan	44	21.4K followers
64	Beijing, China	44	17.3M followers
65	Detroit, USA	44	22.7K followers
66	Kyoto, Japan	44	83.2K followers
67	Nairobi, Kenya	44	24.4K followers
68	Prague, Czech Republic	44	89.4K followers
69	Algiers, Algeria	44	15.7K followers
70	Madrid, Spain	47	237.9K followers
71	Tehran, Iran	47	905.2K followers
72	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	50	2.2M followers
73	Kuching, Malaysia	50	24.6K followers
74	Salt Lake City, USA	51	76.4K followers
75	Athens, Greece	51	57.2K followers
76	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	52	11.3K followers
77	Medan, Indonesia	52	715.8K followers
78	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	53	547.9K followers
79	Accra, Ghana	55	8.4K followers
80	Istanbul, Turkey	56	173K followers
81	Shenzhen, China	56	264.2K followers
82	Doha, Qatar	56	102.6K followers
83	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	56	122K followers
84	Singapore, Singapore	57	619.6K followers
85	Mumbai, India	58	1.1M followers
86	Kuwait City, Kuwait	58	53.5K followers
87	Manila, Philippines	58	113K followers
88	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	60	364.2K followers
89	Baghdad, Iraq	60	89.9K followers
90	Guangzhou, China	62	1.3M followers
91	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	62	190.5K followers
92	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	64	457.5K followers
93	Hanoi, Vietnam	64	2.9M followers
94	Los Angeles, USA	65	15.2M followers
95	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	65	831.8K followers
96	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	66	41.3K followers
97	Krasnoyarsk, Russia	66	49.5K followers
98	Taipei, Taiwan	68	775.4K followers
99	Kampala, Uganda	68	12.3K followers
100	Manama, Bahrain	68	24.7K followers
101	Jerusalem, Israel	68	30.9K followers
102	Incheon, South Korea	71	60.4K followers
103	Lima, Peru	71	20.8K followers
104	Chengdu, China	71	1.7M followers
105	Yangon, Myanmar	71	71.1K followers
106	Seoul, South Korea	73	16.6M followers
107	Cairo, Egypt	73	85.3K followers
108	Karachi, Pakistan	75	96.4K followers
109	Dakar, Senegal	75	15.7K followers
110	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	76	73.1K followers
111	Johannesburg, South Africa	82	34.7K followers
112	Chongqing, China	84	157.5K followers
113	Lahore, Pakistan	84	447.4K followers
114	Hangzhou, China	84	244.2K followers
115	Wuhan, China	88	199.3K followers
116	Kathmandu, Nepal	91	139.6K followers
117	Mexico City, Mexico	94	192.6K followers
118	Dhaka, Bangladesh	97	153.6K followers
119	Santiago, Chile	115	54.9K followers
120	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	117	5.5K followers
121	Shanghai, China	147	2.7M followers
122	Kolkata, India	147	902.2K followers
123	Delhi, India	156	2.6M followers
124	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	158	360K followers
125	Jakarta, Indonesia	160	1.5M followers