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	Auckland, New Zealand	13	252.7K followers
2	Tokyo, Japan	17	1.7M followers
3	Rome, Italy	19	426.1K followers
4	Canberra, Australia	20	494.6K followers
5	Ljubljana, Slovenia	20	205.7K followers
6	Helsinki, Finland	20	221.8K followers
7	Brussels, Belgium	21	351.1K followers
8	Moscow, Russia	22	1.2M followers
9	Osaka, Japan	22	659.5K followers
10	Algiers, Algeria	22	50.2K followers
11	Budapest, Hungary	23	161.2K followers
12	Chicago, USA	24	223.2K followers
13	Detroit, USA	24	76K followers
14	Amsterdam, Netherlands	25	563.8K followers
15	Paris, France	26	15.2M followers
16	Seattle, USA	27	783K followers
17	Denver, USA	27	2M followers
18	San Francisco, USA	28	1.1M followers
19	Portland, USA	28	439.1K followers
20	New York, USA	28	2.5M followers
21	Busan, South Korea	28	1.1M followers
22	Kobe, Japan	28	68.3K followers
23	Vienna, Austria	28	482.8K followers
24	Taipei, Taiwan	28	1.5M followers
25	Birmingham, United Kingdom	29	364.9K followers
26	Bogota, Colombia	30	144.5K followers
27	Kyoto, Japan	31	266.4K followers
28	Munich, Germany	31	695.3K followers
29	Bratislava, Slovakia	31	87.5K followers
30	Kraków, Poland	32	603.3K followers
31	Stockholm, Sweden	32	250.2K followers
32	Lisbon, Portugal	32	204.7K followers
33	London, United Kingdom	33	1.2M followers
34	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	33	1.1M followers
35	Zagreb, Croatia	33	270.7K followers
36	Kyiv, Ukraine	33	667.8K followers
37	Warsaw, Poland	34	814.4K followers
38	Minneapolis, USA	35	93.5K followers
39	Washington D.C., USA	35	177.6K followers
40	Salt Lake City, USA	36	264K followers
41	Copenhagen, Denmark	36	206K followers
42	Lyon, France	37	700.8K followers
43	Melbourne, Australia	38	855.4K followers
44	Bangkok, Thailand	39	17.2M followers
45	Toronto, Canada	39	1.1M followers
46	Sao Paulo, Brazil	39	181.3K followers
47	Milan, Italy	39	511.3K followers
48	Houston, USA	41	133.9K followers
49	Barcelona, Spain	41	618.4K followers
50	Vancouver, Canada	41	560K followers
51	Los Angeles, USA	43	16.1M followers
52	Bern, Switzerland	43	219.8K followers
53	Prague, Czech Republic	44	287.4K followers
54	Berlin, Germany	44	854.1K followers
55	Baku, Azerbaijan	44	85.8K followers
56	Mumbai, India	45	1.8M followers
57	Sofia, Bulgaria	50	274.8K followers
58	Nairobi, Kenya	50	78.5K followers
59	Oslo, Norway	50	192.3K followers
60	Athens, Greece	51	187.7K followers
61	Rotterdam, Netherlands	52	188.3K followers
62	Almaty, Kazakhstan	53	830.9K followers
63	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	53	133.1K followers
64	Madrid, Spain	53	774K followers
65	Shanghai, China	53	3.4M followers
66	Accra, Ghana	53	27.2K followers
67	Nice, France	53	598.3K followers
68	Chiang Mai, Thailand	55	16M followers
69	Montreal, Canada	55	348.2K followers
70	Chengdu, China	55	2.4M followers
71	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	55	780.2K followers
72	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	55	607.6K followers
73	Belgrade, Serbia	56	1.3M followers
74	Kathmandu, Nepal	56	447K followers
75	Bucharest, Romania	56	210.7K followers
76	Istanbul, Turkey	56	554.1K followers
77	Wrocław, Poland	56	442.8K followers
78	Pristina, Kosovo	57	112.9K followers
79	Incheon, South Korea	58	193.1K followers
80	Lima, Peru	58	67.4K followers
81	Santiago, Chile	58	178.1K followers
82	Dhaka, Bangladesh	58	491.4K followers
83	Seoul, South Korea	60	17.6M followers
84	Sydney, Australia	62	1.9M followers
85	Hangzhou, China	62	789.1K followers
86	Skopje, North Macedonia	62	250K followers
87	Beijing, China	64	18.3M followers
88	Chongqing, China	65	504.2K followers
89	Dublin, Ireland	65	123.4K followers
90	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	66	1.2M followers
91	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	66	1.1M followers
92	Doha, Qatar	68	329.6K followers
93	Tehran, Iran	69	1.6M followers
94	Manama, Bahrain	69	79.9K followers
95	Kabul, Afghanistan	71	62.5K followers
96	Karachi, Pakistan	73	308.2K followers
97	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	73	393.7K followers
98	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	75	2.9M followers
99	Kuwait City, Kuwait	75	171.7K followers
100	Medan, Indonesia	78	1.4M followers
101	Guangzhou, China	79	2M followers
102	Dakar, Senegal	79	50.6K followers
103	Baghdad, Iraq	80	291K followers
104	Hanoi, Vietnam	81	3.6M followers
105	Shenzhen, China	81	861.5K followers
106	Cairo, Egypt	82	276.2K followers
107	Delhi, India	83	3.3M followers
108	Kolkata, India	84	1.6M followers
109	Yangon, Myanmar	88	230.2K followers
110	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	92	1.5M followers
111	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	92	1.1M followers
112	Wuhan, China	96	642.1K followers
113	Singapore, Singapore	97	1.3M followers
114	Johannesburg, South Africa	101	110.7K followers
115	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	107	236.1K followers
116	Kampala, Uganda	108	39.4K followers
117	Jerusalem, Israel	108	98.5K followers
118	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	110	1.2M followers
119	Mexico City, Mexico	115	619.3K followers
120	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	117	36.4K followers
121	Lahore, Pakistan	129	1.1M followers
122	Jakarta, Indonesia	144	2.2M followers
123	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	154	18.1K followers
124	Kuching, Malaysia	192	102.2K followers