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	6	848.2K followers
2	Sydney, Australia	9	1.8M followers
3	Auckland, New Zealand	11	250.1K followers
4	Dublin, Ireland	16	122.4K followers
5	Kathmandu, Nepal	17	444.5K followers
6	Dakar, Senegal	17	50.2K followers
7	Copenhagen, Denmark	17	204.2K followers
8	Canberra, Australia	19	488.9K followers
9	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	21	132K followers
10	Chiang Mai, Thailand	22	16M followers
11	Hangzhou, China	22	783.3K followers
12	Bogota, Colombia	23	143.6K followers
13	Seoul, South Korea	24	17.5M followers
14	Almaty, Kazakhstan	25	825.2K followers
15	Incheon, South Korea	25	192K followers
16	Tokyo, Japan	28	1.7M followers
17	Busan, South Korea	28	1.1M followers
18	Toronto, Canada	28	1.1M followers
19	Vancouver, Canada	28	552.6K followers
20	Kyiv, Ukraine	29	660.7K followers
21	London, United Kingdom	30	1.2M followers
22	Portland, USA	30	430.6K followers
23	Lisbon, Portugal	31	202.5K followers
24	Seattle, USA	32	775.3K followers
25	Houston, USA	32	132.8K followers
26	Bangkok, Thailand	33	17.1M followers
27	Sao Paulo, Brazil	33	180.2K followers
28	Detroit, USA	34	75.6K followers
29	Santiago, Chile	35	176.9K followers
30	Warsaw, Poland	35	809.8K followers
31	Birmingham, United Kingdom	35	364K followers
32	Helsinki, Finland	35	220.6K followers
33	Bucharest, Romania	36	208.4K followers
34	Vienna, Austria	36	479.6K followers
35	Stockholm, Sweden	36	248K followers
36	Wrocław, Poland	36	442K followers
37	San Francisco, USA	37	1.1M followers
38	Rotterdam, Netherlands	37	187.5K followers
39	Montreal, Canada	38	345K followers
40	Kyoto, Japan	39	264.8K followers
41	Osaka, Japan	39	654.6K followers
42	Budapest, Hungary	39	159.5K followers
43	Milan, Italy	39	507.1K followers
44	Brussels, Belgium	39	348.6K followers
45	Zagreb, Croatia	41	268K followers
46	Kraków, Poland	41	601.2K followers
47	Lyon, France	42	698.3K followers
48	Bern, Switzerland	42	217K followers
49	Kobe, Japan	44	67.8K followers
50	Barcelona, Spain	44	615.5K followers
51	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	44	775.4K followers
52	Oslo, Norway	44	190.3K followers
53	Amsterdam, Netherlands	44	559.6K followers
54	Ljubljana, Slovenia	45	204.2K followers
55	Paris, France	46	15.2M followers
56	Yangon, Myanmar	47	227.9K followers
57	Moscow, Russia	48	1.2M followers
58	Los Angeles, USA	50	16.1M followers
59	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	50	1.5M followers
60	Belgrade, Serbia	50	1.3M followers
61	Berlin, Germany	50	845.3K followers
62	Rome, Italy	50	421K followers
63	Lima, Peru	51	66.8K followers
64	Nice, France	52	596.6K followers
65	Chicago, USA	53	220.5K followers
66	Shanghai, China	53	3.4M followers
67	Taipei, Taiwan	53	1.5M followers
68	Pristina, Kosovo	53	111.9K followers
69	Skopje, North Macedonia	55	247.9K followers
70	Sofia, Bulgaria	56	272.4K followers
71	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	56	1.1M followers
72	Istanbul, Turkey	56	550.8K followers
73	Tehran, Iran	56	1.6M followers
74	Munich, Germany	57	692.1K followers
75	New York, USA	58	2.5M followers
76	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	58	2.9M followers
77	Mumbai, India	58	1.8M followers
78	Nairobi, Kenya	59	78K followers
79	Athens, Greece	59	185.7K followers
80	Washington D.C., USA	61	176K followers
81	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	61	604.7K followers
82	Prague, Czech Republic	63	285.2K followers
83	Minneapolis, USA	65	92.6K followers
84	Baku, Azerbaijan	65	85.1K followers
85	Chongqing, China	66	500.9K followers
86	Madrid, Spain	66	769K followers
87	Kabul, Afghanistan	66	62.1K followers
88	Bratislava, Slovakia	67	86.9K followers
89	Guangzhou, China	68	2M followers
90	Shenzhen, China	68	854.2K followers
91	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	68	36K followers
92	Accra, Ghana	69	26.9K followers
93	Algiers, Algeria	69	49.9K followers
94	Hanoi, Vietnam	71	3.6M followers
95	Mexico City, Mexico	71	615.7K followers
96	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	72	1.2M followers
97	Wuhan, China	73	637.2K followers
98	Karachi, Pakistan	77	306.5K followers
99	Manila, Philippines	78	361.8K followers
100	Beijing, China	80	18.2M followers
101	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	80	1.1M followers
102	Singapore, Singapore	81	1.3M followers
103	Johannesburg, South Africa	81	110.1K followers
104	Cairo, Egypt	81	273.6K followers
105	Dhaka, Bangladesh	82	488.8K followers
106	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	85	17.6K followers
107	Medan, Indonesia	86	1.4M followers
108	Kolkata, India	87	1.6M followers
109	Baghdad, Iraq	88	287.9K followers
110	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	91	1.1M followers
111	Chengdu, China	97	2.4M followers
112	Denver, USA	98	2M followers
113	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	101	234.2K followers
114	Salt Lake City, USA	103	261.4K followers
115	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	111	390.1K followers
116	Jerusalem, Israel	119	98.1K followers
117	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	122	1M followers
118	Manama, Bahrain	129	79.2K followers
119	Delhi, India	133	3.3M followers
120	Doha, Qatar	144	327.1K followers
121	Jakarta, Indonesia	163	2.2M followers
122	Kampala, Uganda	163	39.1K followers
123	Kuwait City, Kuwait	172	170.6K followers
124	Kuching, Malaysia	176	78.8K followers
125	Lahore, Pakistan	180	1.1M followers