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	Melbourne, Australia	7	266K followers
2	Auckland, New Zealand	9	78.1K followers
3	Canberra, Australia	12	153K followers
4	Sydney, Australia	13	1.2M followers
5	Dublin, Ireland	14	38.2K followers
6	Bogota, Colombia	16	45.1K followers
7	Moscow, Russia	17	555.3K followers
8	San Francisco, USA	19	360.6K followers
9	London, United Kingdom	19	499.5K followers
10	Kyiv, Ukraine	19	204K followers
11	Houston, USA	21	41.2K followers
12	Montreal, Canada	21	104.8K followers
13	Birmingham, United Kingdom	21	115.4K followers
14	Tokyo, Japan	22	1M followers
15	Chiang Mai, Thailand	22	15.2M followers
16	Seattle, USA	23	231K followers
17	Vancouver, Canada	23	167K followers
18	Brussels, Belgium	24	109.5K followers
19	Minneapolis, USA	26	27.5K followers
20	Oslo, Norway	27	59.5K followers
21	Helsinki, Finland	27	69.5K followers
22	Portland, USA	28	123.2K followers
23	Sofia, Bulgaria	28	85.5K followers
24	Zagreb, Croatia	28	84.3K followers
25	Warsaw, Poland	28	254.9K followers
26	Amsterdam, Netherlands	28	175.4K followers
27	Bern, Switzerland	28	67.7K followers
28	Toronto, Canada	30	355K followers
29	Stockholm, Sweden	30	77.6K followers
30	Bucharest, Romania	31	65.3K followers
31	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	31	365.3K followers
32	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	31	377.5K followers
33	New York, USA	32	1.8M followers
34	Kobe, Japan	33	21.4K followers
35	Detroit, USA	33	22.7K followers
36	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	33	190.9K followers
37	Pristina, Kosovo	33	35.1K followers
38	Rotterdam, Netherlands	33	59.2K followers
39	Manila, Philippines	33	113.4K followers
40	Chicago, USA	34	65.1K followers
41	Bangkok, Thailand	35	16.3M followers
42	Taipei, Taiwan	36	777.5K followers
43	Guangzhou, China	39	1.3M followers
44	Belgrade, Serbia	39	639.9K followers
45	Berlin, Germany	39	264.2K followers
46	Shenzhen, China	39	266.2K followers
47	Skopje, North Macedonia	39	78.2K followers
48	Yangon, Myanmar	39	71.4K followers
49	Budapest, Hungary	40	49.8K followers
50	Lisbon, Portugal	41	63.1K followers
51	Chongqing, China	42	158.2K followers
52	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	42	549.4K followers
53	Denver, USA	43	1.3M followers
54	Los Angeles, USA	44	15.2M followers
55	Busan, South Korea	44	431.5K followers
56	Osaka, Japan	44	205.5K followers
57	Salt Lake City, USA	45	76.9K followers
58	Athens, Greece	45	57.5K followers
59	Singapore, Singapore	46	621.2K followers
60	Vienna, Austria	47	150.6K followers
61	Rome, Italy	48	131K followers
62	Munich, Germany	49	218.4K followers
63	Kyoto, Japan	50	83.5K followers
64	Baghdad, Iraq	50	90.3K followers
65	Almaty, Kazakhstan	52	260.1K followers
66	Lima, Peru	53	20.9K followers
67	Sao Paulo, Brazil	53	56.6K followers
68	Paris, France	53	14.3M followers
69	Kraków, Poland	53	190.1K followers
70	Kuching, Malaysia	53	24.6K followers
71	Doha, Qatar	54	102.8K followers
72	Wrocław, Poland	54	140.1K followers
73	Accra, Ghana	54	8.4K followers
74	Kabul, Afghanistan	54	19.5K followers
75	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	55	834.8K followers
76	Istanbul, Turkey	55	173.5K followers
77	Nairobi, Kenya	55	24.5K followers
78	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	55	245K followers
79	Ljubljana, Slovenia	55	64.3K followers
80	Tehran, Iran	55	907.4K followers
81	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	56	2.2M followers
82	Milan, Italy	56	159K followers
83	Algiers, Algeria	56	15.8K followers
84	Barcelona, Spain	58	193.7K followers
85	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	58	41.4K followers
86	Prague, Czech Republic	58	89.7K followers
87	Bratislava, Slovakia	58	27.3K followers
88	Kuwait City, Kuwait	58	53.6K followers
89	Madrid, Spain	59	238.6K followers
90	Mumbai, India	59	1.1M followers
91	Mexico City, Mexico	60	193.1K followers
92	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	62	361.2K followers
93	Baku, Azerbaijan	62	26.7K followers
94	Seoul, South Korea	64	16.7M followers
95	Washington D.C., USA	64	53.7K followers
96	Incheon, South Korea	65	60.5K followers
97	Kathmandu, Nepal	65	140K followers
98	Hanoi, Vietnam	66	2.9M followers
99	Medan, Indonesia	67	716.4K followers
100	Johannesburg, South Africa	72	34.7K followers
101	Karachi, Pakistan	73	96.7K followers
102	Cairo, Egypt	74	85.6K followers
103	Shanghai, China	75	2.7M followers
104	Santiago, Chile	75	55.3K followers
105	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	77	459K followers
106	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	77	122.4K followers
107	Kampala, Uganda	81	12.3K followers
108	Dhaka, Bangladesh	84	154K followers
109	Dakar, Senegal	85	15.7K followers
110	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	86	11.3K followers
111	Wuhan, China	94	200.3K followers
112	Chengdu, China	103	1.7M followers
113	Jakarta, Indonesia	107	1.5M followers
114	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	110	73.4K followers
115	Delhi, India	112	2.6M followers
116	Hangzhou, China	115	245.5K followers
117	Manama, Bahrain	117	24.8K followers
118	Beijing, China	121	17.4M followers
119	Jerusalem, Israel	121	31K followers
120	Kolkata, India	142	902.7K followers
121	Lahore, Pakistan	149	448.2K followers
122	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	152	5.5K followers