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	199	17.9K followers
2	Kuching, Malaysia	176	84.8K followers
3	Medan, Indonesia	153	1.4M followers
4	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	131	1.1M followers
5	Jerusalem, Israel	130	98.3K followers
6	Jakarta, Indonesia	121	2.2M followers
7	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	120	36.2K followers
8	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	118	235K followers
9	Delhi, India	118	3.3M followers
10	Lahore, Pakistan	108	1.1M followers
11	Kampala, Uganda	97	39.2K followers
12	Manila, Philippines	88	363K followers
13	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	88	1.1M followers
14	Manama, Bahrain	84	79.5K followers
15	Singapore, Singapore	84	1.3M followers
16	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	84	2.9M followers
17	Beijing, China	81	18.3M followers
18	Karachi, Pakistan	80	307.2K followers
19	Cairo, Egypt	79	274.5K followers
20	Baghdad, Iraq	79	289.2K followers
21	Guangzhou, China	79	2M followers
22	Kuwait City, Kuwait	77	171.1K followers
23	Doha, Qatar	73	328.1K followers
24	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	69	391.6K followers
25	Santiago, Chile	68	177.4K followers
26	Minneapolis, USA	68	92.9K followers
27	Kathmandu, Nepal	66	445.6K followers
28	Accra, Ghana	65	27.1K followers
29	Istanbul, Turkey	64	552.2K followers
30	Chongqing, China	64	502.2K followers
31	Hanoi, Vietnam	62	3.6M followers
32	Chengdu, China	61	2.4M followers
33	Bucharest, Romania	61	209.5K followers
34	Mexico City, Mexico	60	617.1K followers
35	Mumbai, India	60	1.8M followers
36	Tehran, Iran	58	1.6M followers
37	Dhaka, Bangladesh	58	489.8K followers
38	Tokyo, Japan	58	1.7M followers
39	Wuhan, China	56	638.9K followers
40	Nairobi, Kenya	56	78.2K followers
41	Algiers, Algeria	55	50K followers
42	Shenzhen, China	55	857.8K followers
43	Lima, Peru	55	67K followers
44	Athens, Greece	55	186.5K followers
45	Kyoto, Japan	54	265.4K followers
46	Bogota, Colombia	53	144.1K followers
47	Sao Paulo, Brazil	53	180.6K followers
48	Incheon, South Korea	53	192.5K followers
49	Busan, South Korea	53	1.1M followers
50	Shanghai, China	53	3.4M followers
51	Seoul, South Korea	53	17.5M followers
52	Brussels, Belgium	52	350K followers
53	Detroit, USA	52	75.8K followers
54	Los Angeles, USA	50	16.1M followers
55	Birmingham, United Kingdom	49	364.4K followers
56	Madrid, Spain	49	770.9K followers
57	Rotterdam, Netherlands	48	188K followers
58	Osaka, Japan	47	656.4K followers
59	Nice, France	46	597.4K followers
60	Ljubljana, Slovenia	45	204.8K followers
61	Munich, Germany	44	693.6K followers
62	Chiang Mai, Thailand	44	16M followers
63	Yangon, Myanmar	43	228.9K followers
64	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	42	605.8K followers
65	Houston, USA	42	133.2K followers
66	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	41	776.7K followers
67	Vienna, Austria	41	481K followers
68	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	41	1.2M followers
69	Wrocław, Poland	40	442.3K followers
70	Paris, France	40	15.2M followers
71	Prague, Czech Republic	40	286.2K followers
72	Salt Lake City, USA	40	262.7K followers
73	London, United Kingdom	40	1.2M followers
74	Kabul, Afghanistan	39	62.3K followers
75	Johannesburg, South Africa	39	110.4K followers
76	Dakar, Senegal	39	50.3K followers
77	Amsterdam, Netherlands	39	561.5K followers
78	Lyon, France	39	699.4K followers
79	Budapest, Hungary	39	160.2K followers
80	Hangzhou, China	39	785.6K followers
81	Belgrade, Serbia	39	1.3M followers
82	Kobe, Japan	39	68K followers
83	Chicago, USA	39	221.6K followers
84	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	39	1.5M followers
85	Baku, Azerbaijan	36	85.4K followers
86	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	34	132.5K followers
87	Bratislava, Slovakia	33	87.1K followers
88	Milan, Italy	33	508.6K followers
89	Rome, Italy	33	423K followers
90	Zagreb, Croatia	33	268.9K followers
91	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	33	1.1M followers
92	Kolkata, India	33	1.6M followers
93	New York, USA	33	2.5M followers
94	Bern, Switzerland	32	218K followers
95	Skopje, North Macedonia	32	248.5K followers
96	Montreal, Canada	31	346.4K followers
97	Denver, USA	31	2M followers
98	Washington D.C., USA	30	176.6K followers
99	Copenhagen, Denmark	29	204.9K followers
100	Berlin, Germany	28	850.1K followers
101	Toronto, Canada	28	1.1M followers
102	Barcelona, Spain	28	616.6K followers
103	Almaty, Kazakhstan	28	827.2K followers
104	Helsinki, Finland	27	221.1K followers
105	Lisbon, Portugal	27	203.4K followers
106	Melbourne, Australia	27	851.1K followers
107	Auckland, New Zealand	26	251.1K followers
108	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	26	1.1M followers
109	Sydney, Australia	26	1.8M followers
110	Stockholm, Sweden	24	248.8K followers
111	Oslo, Norway	24	191.2K followers
112	Bangkok, Thailand	23	17.1M followers
113	Sofia, Bulgaria	22	273.9K followers
114	Taipei, Taiwan	21	1.5M followers
115	Canberra, Australia	20	490.9K followers
116	Dublin, Ireland	19	122.8K followers
117	Pristina, Kosovo	17	112.4K followers
118	Kraków, Poland	17	602.1K followers
119	Warsaw, Poland	17	811.7K followers
120	Seattle, USA	17	780K followers
121	Kyiv, Ukraine	16	663.1K followers
122	Portland, USA	16	435.3K followers
123	San Francisco, USA	15	1.1M followers
124	Moscow, Russia	11	1.2M followers
125	Vancouver, Canada	8	557.3K followers