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	Pristina, Kosovo	6	112.7K followers
2	Oslo, Norway	11	192K followers
3	Melbourne, Australia	13	854K followers
4	Portland, USA	15	438.1K followers
5	Brussels, Belgium	15	350.8K followers
6	Kyiv, Ukraine	16	666.3K followers
7	Tokyo, Japan	17	1.7M followers
8	Houston, USA	17	133.7K followers
9	Toronto, Canada	17	1.1M followers
10	Sydney, Australia	18	1.8M followers
11	Helsinki, Finland	18	221.6K followers
12	Canberra, Australia	19	493.5K followers
13	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	19	778.9K followers
14	Dublin, Ireland	21	123.2K followers
15	Vancouver, Canada	21	559.3K followers
16	Sao Paulo, Brazil	21	181.1K followers
17	Auckland, New Zealand	22	252K followers
18	Kraków, Poland	23	602.9K followers
19	Lyon, France	23	700.4K followers
20	Denver, USA	24	2M followers
21	Belgrade, Serbia	24	1.3M followers
22	San Francisco, USA	25	1.1M followers
23	New York, USA	25	2.5M followers
24	Montreal, Canada	25	347.8K followers
25	Moscow, Russia	26	1.2M followers
26	Detroit, USA	26	75.9K followers
27	Prague, Czech Republic	26	287.1K followers
28	Warsaw, Poland	26	813.5K followers
29	Stockholm, Sweden	26	249.8K followers
30	Kobe, Japan	28	68.2K followers
31	Osaka, Japan	28	658.6K followers
32	Budapest, Hungary	28	160.9K followers
33	Birmingham, United Kingdom	28	364.8K followers
34	Bern, Switzerland	28	219.5K followers
35	Chicago, USA	29	222.7K followers
36	Washington D.C., USA	31	177.3K followers
37	Berlin, Germany	31	852.8K followers
38	Rome, Italy	31	425.2K followers
39	Bratislava, Slovakia	31	87.4K followers
40	Amsterdam, Netherlands	31	563.1K followers
41	Munich, Germany	31	694.8K followers
42	Copenhagen, Denmark	31	205.7K followers
43	Los Angeles, USA	32	16.1M followers
44	Seattle, USA	32	782.1K followers
45	Salt Lake City, USA	32	263.6K followers
46	Sofia, Bulgaria	32	274.4K followers
47	Wrocław, Poland	32	442.7K followers
48	Minneapolis, USA	33	93.4K followers
49	Paris, France	33	15.2M followers
50	Taipei, Taiwan	33	1.5M followers
51	Skopje, North Macedonia	33	249.6K followers
52	Vienna, Austria	34	482.3K followers
53	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	34	1.1M followers
54	Bogota, Colombia	34	144.4K followers
55	Seoul, South Korea	35	17.6M followers
56	Zagreb, Croatia	35	269.9K followers
57	Almaty, Kazakhstan	36	829.8K followers
58	Bangkok, Thailand	38	17.1M followers
59	Guangzhou, China	39	2M followers
60	Incheon, South Korea	41	192.9K followers
61	Ljubljana, Slovenia	42	205.5K followers
62	Hanoi, Vietnam	43	3.6M followers
63	London, United Kingdom	44	1.2M followers
64	Bucharest, Romania	44	210.3K followers
65	Baku, Azerbaijan	44	85.7K followers
66	Johannesburg, South Africa	45	110.6K followers
67	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	47	132.9K followers
68	Chiang Mai, Thailand	49	16M followers
69	Kyoto, Japan	50	266K followers
70	Athens, Greece	51	187.4K followers
71	Lisbon, Portugal	51	204.3K followers
72	Manila, Philippines	51	371.2K followers
73	Nice, France	52	598.1K followers
74	Shanghai, China	53	3.4M followers
75	Rotterdam, Netherlands	53	188.2K followers
76	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	55	1.2M followers
77	Yangon, Myanmar	55	229.9K followers
78	Busan, South Korea	56	1.1M followers
79	Nairobi, Kenya	56	78.5K followers
80	Shenzhen, China	56	860.5K followers
81	Cairo, Egypt	56	275.6K followers
82	Mexico City, Mexico	57	618.7K followers
83	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	58	606.9K followers
84	Barcelona, Spain	58	617.8K followers
85	Madrid, Spain	59	773K followers
86	Lima, Peru	60	67.3K followers
87	Tehran, Iran	60	1.6M followers
88	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	62	1.5M followers
89	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	64	2.9M followers
90	Hangzhou, China	64	788.2K followers
91	Milan, Italy	64	510.5K followers
92	Istanbul, Turkey	65	553.5K followers
93	Mumbai, India	67	1.8M followers
94	Accra, Ghana	69	27.2K followers
95	Chongqing, China	73	503.6K followers
96	Kathmandu, Nepal	73	446.6K followers
97	Karachi, Pakistan	75	307.9K followers
98	Lahore, Pakistan	77	1.1M followers
99	Delhi, India	77	3.3M followers
100	Doha, Qatar	77	329.2K followers
101	Chengdu, China	78	2.4M followers
102	Manama, Bahrain	80	79.8K followers
103	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	86	1.1M followers
104	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	88	1.2M followers
105	Dhaka, Bangladesh	91	490.8K followers
106	Santiago, Chile	94	177.9K followers
107	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	96	393K followers
108	Kampala, Uganda	105	39.4K followers
109	Jerusalem, Israel	105	98.5K followers
110	Jakarta, Indonesia	107	2.2M followers
111	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	111	235.8K followers
112	Beijing, China	112	18.3M followers
113	Wuhan, China	114	641.1K followers
114	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	115	36.3K followers
115	Kuwait City, Kuwait	119	171.5K followers
116	Singapore, Singapore	122	1.3M followers
117	Dakar, Senegal	128	50.5K followers
118	Medan, Indonesia	137	1.4M followers
119	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	142	18K followers
120	Kolkata, India	147	1.6M followers
121	Kabul, Afghanistan	149	62.4K followers
122	Baghdad, Iraq	166	290.6K followers
123	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	174	1.1M followers
124	Kuching, Malaysia	197	99.8K followers