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	8	77.8K followers
2	Sydney, Australia	17	1.2M followers
3	Stockholm, Sweden	17	77.3K followers
4	Pristina, Kosovo	17	35K followers
5	Baku, Azerbaijan	17	26.7K followers
6	Ljubljana, Slovenia	18	64.1K followers
7	Almaty, Kazakhstan	20	259.5K followers
8	Rome, Italy	20	130.4K followers
9	Portland, USA	21	122.2K followers
10	Amsterdam, Netherlands	21	175K followers
11	Rotterdam, Netherlands	21	59.1K followers
12	Vancouver, Canada	22	166.3K followers
13	Zagreb, Croatia	22	84.1K followers
14	Taipei, Taiwan	22	775.7K followers
15	Brussels, Belgium	22	109.3K followers
16	Canberra, Australia	23	152.4K followers
17	Skopje, North Macedonia	23	78.1K followers
18	Melbourne, Australia	24	265.1K followers
19	Barcelona, Spain	24	193.3K followers
20	Dublin, Ireland	24	38K followers
21	Seattle, USA	25	230K followers
22	Bern, Switzerland	26	67.5K followers
23	Bangkok, Thailand	27	16.2M followers
24	Salt Lake City, USA	27	76.4K followers
25	Berlin, Germany	27	263.3K followers
26	Kraków, Poland	27	189.8K followers
27	Wrocław, Poland	27	140K followers
28	Tokyo, Japan	28	1M followers
29	Houston, USA	28	41K followers
30	Denver, USA	28	1.3M followers
31	Moscow, Russia	28	553.6K followers
32	Bratislava, Slovakia	28	27.3K followers
33	Tehran, Iran	28	905.6K followers
34	Milan, Italy	29	158.6K followers
35	London, United Kingdom	30	497.6K followers
36	Vienna, Austria	30	150.2K followers
37	Paris, France	30	14.3M followers
38	Kyiv, Ukraine	30	203.4K followers
39	Prague, Czech Republic	31	89.4K followers
40	Lyon, France	31	220.1K followers
41	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	32	41.3K followers
42	Nice, France	32	188.3K followers
43	Chiang Mai, Thailand	33	15.2M followers
44	Kobe, Japan	33	21.4K followers
45	Munich, Germany	33	218K followers
46	San Francisco, USA	34	359.3K followers
47	Belgrade, Serbia	34	638.2K followers
48	Oslo, Norway	34	59.3K followers
49	Lisbon, Portugal	35	62.9K followers
50	Accra, Ghana	35	8.4K followers
51	Osaka, Japan	36	204.9K followers
52	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	36	244.6K followers
53	Medan, Indonesia	36	715.9K followers
54	Bogota, Colombia	36	45K followers
55	Budapest, Hungary	37	49.6K followers
56	Birmingham, United Kingdom	37	115.3K followers
57	Sofia, Bulgaria	39	85.2K followers
58	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	39	376.7K followers
59	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	39	11.3K followers
60	Baghdad, Iraq	39	89.9K followers
61	Athens, Greece	43	57.2K followers
62	Busan, South Korea	44	430K followers
63	Nairobi, Kenya	44	24.4K followers
64	Algiers, Algeria	44	15.8K followers
65	Minneapolis, USA	46	27.4K followers
66	Toronto, Canada	48	353.5K followers
67	Helsinki, Finland	49	69.4K followers
68	Kuching, Malaysia	49	24.6K followers
69	Washington D.C., USA	50	53.5K followers
70	Kyoto, Japan	50	83.3K followers
71	Sao Paulo, Brazil	50	56.4K followers
72	Warsaw, Poland	50	254.3K followers
73	Johannesburg, South Africa	51	34.7K followers
74	Beijing, China	52	17.3M followers
75	Montreal, Canada	52	104.3K followers
76	Incheon, South Korea	53	60.4K followers
77	Bucharest, Romania	53	65.1K followers
78	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	53	364.4K followers
79	Krasnoyarsk, Russia	53	49.5K followers
80	Madrid, Spain	54	238K followers
81	New York, USA	55	1.8M followers
82	Shanghai, China	55	2.7M followers
83	Chicago, USA	55	64.7K followers
84	Hangzhou, China	55	244.4K followers
85	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	55	122K followers
86	Cairo, Egypt	55	85.3K followers
87	Seoul, South Korea	56	16.6M followers
88	Detroit, USA	56	22.7K followers
89	Lima, Peru	56	20.8K followers
90	Kabul, Afghanistan	56	19.4K followers
91	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	57	548.1K followers
92	Singapore, Singapore	59	619.8K followers
93	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	60	2.2M followers
94	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	61	73.2K followers
95	Shenzhen, China	62	264.4K followers
96	Kuwait City, Kuwait	62	53.5K followers
97	Manila, Philippines	62	113.1K followers
98	Kampala, Uganda	63	12.3K followers
99	Mumbai, India	67	1.1M followers
100	Yangon, Myanmar	68	71.1K followers
101	Manama, Bahrain	69	24.7K followers
102	Guangzhou, China	71	1.3M followers
103	Istanbul, Turkey	74	173K followers
104	Los Angeles, USA	77	15.2M followers
105	Dakar, Senegal	78	15.7K followers
106	Doha, Qatar	79	102.6K followers
107	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	80	832.2K followers
108	Chengdu, China	81	1.7M followers
109	Mexico City, Mexico	81	192.6K followers
110	Jerusalem, Israel	81	30.9K followers
111	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	82	457.7K followers
112	Karachi, Pakistan	84	96.4K followers
113	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	90	360.2K followers
114	Chongqing, China	96	157.6K followers
115	Kathmandu, Nepal	96	139.6K followers
116	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	97	190.5K followers
117	Hanoi, Vietnam	102	2.9M followers
118	Santiago, Chile	103	55K followers
119	Kolkata, India	117	902.3K followers
120	Dhaka, Bangladesh	117	153.7K followers
121	Lahore, Pakistan	119	447.5K followers
122	Jakarta, Indonesia	122	1.5M followers
123	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	135	5.5K followers
124	Delhi, India	140	2.6M followers
125	Wuhan, China	153	199.5K followers