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	2	256.1K followers
2	Detroit, USA	5	76.4K followers
3	Sofia, Bulgaria	14	275.7K followers
4	Kyiv, Ukraine	14	671.9K followers
5	Portland, USA	17	442.1K followers
6	Houston, USA	17	134.8K followers
7	Canberra, Australia	17	498.8K followers
8	Pristina, Kosovo	17	113.5K followers
9	Warsaw, Poland	17	817.8K followers
10	Denver, USA	18	2M followers
11	Chicago, USA	19	224.9K followers
12	Melbourne, Australia	19	860K followers
13	Vancouver, Canada	20	563K followers
14	San Francisco, USA	21	1.1M followers
15	Minneapolis, USA	22	94K followers
16	Moscow, Russia	22	1.3M followers
17	Sao Paulo, Brazil	22	182K followers
18	Amsterdam, Netherlands	22	566.2K followers
19	Bogota, Colombia	24	145.1K followers
20	Sydney, Australia	26	1.9M followers
21	Brussels, Belgium	26	352.3K followers
22	Munich, Germany	27	697.2K followers
23	Toronto, Canada	28	1.1M followers
24	Lyon, France	28	702.2K followers
25	London, United Kingdom	29	1.2M followers
26	Dublin, Ireland	29	124.2K followers
27	Copenhagen, Denmark	30	207.1K followers
28	Paris, France	31	15.3M followers
29	Seattle, USA	32	786.8K followers
30	Salt Lake City, USA	32	265.5K followers
31	Skopje, North Macedonia	32	250.7K followers
32	Kobe, Japan	33	68.6K followers
33	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	33	609.6K followers
34	Birmingham, United Kingdom	33	365.6K followers
35	Bern, Switzerland	33	220.8K followers
36	Lisbon, Portugal	34	206K followers
37	Berlin, Germany	36	858.9K followers
38	Tokyo, Japan	39	1.7M followers
39	Busan, South Korea	39	1.1M followers
40	Kyoto, Japan	39	267.6K followers
41	Montreal, Canada	39	350.1K followers
42	Osaka, Japan	39	663.5K followers
43	Barcelona, Spain	41	620.3K followers
44	Shanghai, China	42	3.5M followers
45	Belgrade, Serbia	42	1.3M followers
46	Bucharest, Romania	42	211.9K followers
47	Athens, Greece	42	189K followers
48	Baku, Azerbaijan	42	86.3K followers
49	Helsinki, Finland	43	222.7K followers
50	Almaty, Kazakhstan	44	834.5K followers
51	Zagreb, Croatia	44	271.8K followers
52	Budapest, Hungary	46	162.4K followers
53	Oslo, Norway	46	193.4K followers
54	Bratislava, Slovakia	47	87.9K followers
55	Stockholm, Sweden	48	251.8K followers
56	Incheon, South Korea	50	193.8K followers
57	Hangzhou, China	50	793.7K followers
58	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	50	781.9K followers
59	Taipei, Taiwan	50	1.5M followers
60	Istanbul, Turkey	50	556.3K followers
61	Vienna, Austria	51	484.7K followers
62	Madrid, Spain	52	777K followers
63	Cairo, Egypt	52	277.7K followers
64	Rotterdam, Netherlands	52	188.7K followers
65	Chongqing, China	53	506.2K followers
66	Accra, Ghana	53	27.5K followers
67	Ljubljana, Slovenia	53	206.5K followers
68	Rome, Italy	53	429.2K followers
69	Guangzhou, China	54	2M followers
70	Los Angeles, USA	55	16.2M followers
71	Nairobi, Kenya	55	78.9K followers
72	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	55	1.2M followers
73	Shenzhen, China	55	864.8K followers
74	Wrocław, Poland	56	443.5K followers
75	Seoul, South Korea	57	17.6M followers
76	Lima, Peru	57	67.8K followers
77	Kraków, Poland	57	605K followers
78	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	58	134K followers
79	Santiago, Chile	58	178.9K followers
80	Tehran, Iran	58	1.6M followers
81	Chiang Mai, Thailand	59	16M followers
82	Kabul, Afghanistan	59	62.8K followers
83	Washington D.C., USA	60	178.7K followers
84	Kampala, Uganda	60	39.6K followers
85	Algiers, Algeria	60	50.4K followers
86	Nice, France	61	599.5K followers
87	New York, USA	64	2.5M followers
88	Bangkok, Thailand	66	17.2M followers
89	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	66	1.5M followers
90	Johannesburg, South Africa	66	111.1K followers
91	Karachi, Pakistan	68	309.4K followers
92	Doha, Qatar	69	331.1K followers
93	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	69	395.7K followers
94	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	72	1.1M followers
95	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	72	36.6K followers
96	Manila, Philippines	72	376.3K followers
97	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	73	1.2M followers
98	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	73	2.9M followers
99	Kuwait City, Kuwait	73	172.4K followers
100	Prague, Czech Republic	75	288.7K followers
101	Milan, Italy	75	513.8K followers
102	Beijing, China	77	18.4M followers
103	Mexico City, Mexico	78	621.4K followers
104	Jerusalem, Israel	78	98.8K followers
105	Hanoi, Vietnam	79	3.6M followers
106	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	79	237.3K followers
107	Wuhan, China	79	646.2K followers
108	Medan, Indonesia	80	1.4M followers
109	Baghdad, Iraq	81	293.6K followers
110	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	84	18.2K followers
111	Dakar, Senegal	90	50.9K followers
112	Yangon, Myanmar	91	231.9K followers
113	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	92	1.1M followers
114	Chengdu, China	92	2.4M followers
115	Kathmandu, Nepal	99	448.7K followers
116	Mumbai, India	108	1.8M followers
117	Manama, Bahrain	110	80.3K followers
118	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	115	1.1M followers
119	Kuching, Malaysia	122	106.2K followers
120	Delhi, India	146	3.3M followers
121	Singapore, Singapore	147	1.3M followers
122	Lahore, Pakistan	148	1.1M followers
123	Jakarta, Indonesia	161	2.3M followers
124	Kolkata, India	172	1.6M followers
125	Dhaka, Bangladesh	175	493K followers