Live most polluted 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	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	197	5.5K followers
2	Jakarta, Indonesia	167	1.5M followers
3	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	154	460.1K followers
4	Santiago, Chile	147	55.5K followers
5	Kampala, Uganda	134	12.4K followers
6	Kolkata, India	122	902.9K followers
7	Jerusalem, Israel	116	31K followers
8	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	110	122.5K followers
9	Delhi, India	109	2.6M followers
10	Doha, Qatar	108	103.1K followers
11	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	107	73.6K followers
12	Amsterdam, Netherlands	106	175.7K followers
13	Lahore, Pakistan	105	448.5K followers
14	Denver, USA	93	1.3M followers
15	Rotterdam, Netherlands	92	59.3K followers
16	Tehran, Iran	90	908.2K followers
17	Cairo, Egypt	90	85.8K followers
18	Baghdad, Iraq	90	90.5K followers
19	Johannesburg, South Africa	84	34.8K followers
20	Dhaka, Bangladesh	84	154.2K followers
21	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	81	11.3K followers
22	Kathmandu, Nepal	80	140.1K followers
23	Kuwait City, Kuwait	75	53.7K followers
24	Karachi, Pakistan	75	96.8K followers
25	Barcelona, Spain	73	193.9K followers
26	Salt Lake City, USA	71	79.3K followers
27	Hanoi, Vietnam	68	2.9M followers
28	Los Angeles, USA	68	15.2M followers
29	Manama, Bahrain	66	24.9K followers
30	Kabul, Afghanistan	66	19.5K followers
31	Taipei, Taiwan	65	778.5K followers
32	Belgrade, Serbia	65	640.8K followers
33	Hangzhou, China	63	246.1K followers
34	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	62	41.5K followers
35	Milan, Italy	61	159.4K followers
36	Prague, Czech Republic	61	89.8K followers
37	Algiers, Algeria	60	15.8K followers
38	Medan, Indonesia	60	716.7K followers
39	Wuhan, China	60	200.6K followers
40	Rome, Italy	60	131.4K followers
41	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	60	245.3K followers
42	Bucharest, Romania	60	65.5K followers
43	Guangzhou, China	60	1.3M followers
44	London, United Kingdom	60	500.7K followers
45	Nice, France	59	188.7K followers
46	Paris, France	59	14.3M followers
47	Accra, Ghana	58	8.4K followers
48	Kraków, Poland	58	190.3K followers
49	Ljubljana, Slovenia	58	64.4K followers
50	Shenzhen, China	58	267K followers
51	Istanbul, Turkey	58	173.7K followers
52	Houston, USA	58	41.3K followers
53	Brussels, Belgium	57	109.7K followers
54	Mumbai, India	57	1.1M followers
55	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	57	365.8K followers
56	Pristina, Kosovo	56	35.2K followers
57	Munich, Germany	56	218.6K followers
58	Nairobi, Kenya	56	24.5K followers
59	Melbourne, Australia	56	266.5K followers
60	Madrid, Spain	56	239.1K followers
61	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	56	836.1K followers
62	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	55	550.1K followers
63	Dakar, Senegal	55	15.8K followers
64	Chengdu, China	55	1.7M followers
65	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	55	377.9K followers
66	Berlin, Germany	55	264.8K followers
67	Singapore, Singapore	54	622K followers
68	Athens, Greece	54	57.6K followers
69	Sao Paulo, Brazil	53	56.7K followers
70	Lyon, France	53	220.6K followers
71	Lima, Peru	53	21K followers
72	Baku, Azerbaijan	52	26.8K followers
73	Birmingham, United Kingdom	52	115.5K followers
74	Bratislava, Slovakia	52	27.3K followers
75	Chicago, USA	52	65.3K followers
76	Warsaw, Poland	50	255.3K followers
77	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	50	2.2M followers
78	Kuching, Malaysia	49	24.6K followers
79	Seattle, USA	47	231.8K followers
80	Washington D.C., USA	45	53.9K followers
81	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	44	191.1K followers
82	Skopje, North Macedonia	44	78.3K followers
83	Shanghai, China	44	2.7M followers
84	Bangkok, Thailand	44	16.3M followers
85	Copenhagen, Denmark	42	64.1K followers
86	Almaty, Kazakhstan	42	260.4K followers
87	Portland, USA	41	123.8K followers
88	Bern, Switzerland	39	67.8K followers
89	Sofia, Bulgaria	39	85.6K followers
90	Chiang Mai, Thailand	39	15.2M followers
91	Zagreb, Croatia	38	84.5K followers
92	Kyiv, Ukraine	38	204.3K followers
93	Vienna, Austria	38	150.8K followers
94	Vancouver, Canada	34	167.4K followers
95	Manila, Philippines	33	113.6K followers
96	Wrocław, Poland	33	140.2K followers
97	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	33	361.7K followers
98	Budapest, Hungary	33	49.9K followers
99	Beijing, China	33	17.4M followers
100	New York, USA	33	1.8M followers
101	Chongqing, China	33	158.4K followers
102	Toronto, Canada	32	355.7K followers
103	Mexico City, Mexico	30	193.5K followers
104	Minneapolis, USA	29	27.6K followers
105	Stockholm, Sweden	28	77.7K followers
106	Incheon, South Korea	28	60.6K followers
107	Seoul, South Korea	28	16.7M followers
108	Tokyo, Japan	28	1M followers
109	Moscow, Russia	27	556.9K followers
110	Lisbon, Portugal	26	63.3K followers
111	Oslo, Norway	26	59.6K followers
112	Detroit, USA	25	22.8K followers
113	Bogota, Colombia	24	45.2K followers
114	Yangon, Myanmar	24	71.5K followers
115	Helsinki, Finland	23	69.6K followers
116	San Francisco, USA	23	361.5K followers
117	Montreal, Canada	22	105K followers
118	Kyoto, Japan	22	83.6K followers
119	Busan, South Korea	22	432.1K followers
120	Auckland, New Zealand	20	78.3K followers
121	Canberra, Australia	20	153.3K followers
122	Osaka, Japan	17	206K followers
123	Dublin, Ireland	17	38.3K followers
124	Kobe, Japan	17	21.5K followers
125	Sydney, Australia	15	1.2M followers