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	6	254.2K followers
2	Yangon, Myanmar	11	230.8K followers
3	Montreal, Canada	13	348.9K followers
4	Salt Lake City, USA	16	264.5K followers
5	Detroit, USA	16	76.1K followers
6	Toronto, Canada	16	1.1M followers
7	Chiang Mai, Thailand	17	16M followers
8	Bogota, Colombia	17	144.7K followers
9	Dublin, Ireland	18	123.7K followers
10	Rome, Italy	20	427.3K followers
11	Lyon, France	20	701.2K followers
12	Houston, USA	22	134.2K followers
13	New York, USA	23	2.5M followers
14	Melbourne, Australia	23	857.2K followers
15	San Francisco, USA	24	1.1M followers
16	Canberra, Australia	24	496.4K followers
17	Helsinki, Finland	24	222.1K followers
18	Copenhagen, Denmark	25	206.4K followers
19	Sydney, Australia	26	1.9M followers
20	Minneapolis, USA	27	93.6K followers
21	Chicago, USA	27	223.8K followers
22	Tokyo, Japan	28	1.7M followers
23	Vienna, Austria	28	483.5K followers
24	Washington D.C., USA	29	178K followers
25	Birmingham, United Kingdom	29	365.2K followers
26	Bangkok, Thailand	30	17.2M followers
27	Prague, Czech Republic	31	287.9K followers
28	Denver, USA	32	2M followers
29	Mexico City, Mexico	32	620.1K followers
30	London, United Kingdom	33	1.2M followers
31	Barcelona, Spain	33	619.1K followers
32	Ljubljana, Slovenia	33	206K followers
33	Zagreb, Croatia	33	271.1K followers
34	Nice, France	33	598.8K followers
35	Seattle, USA	34	784.2K followers
36	Stockholm, Sweden	34	250.7K followers
37	Wrocław, Poland	35	443.1K followers
38	Warsaw, Poland	36	815.7K followers
39	Moscow, Russia	38	1.2M followers
40	Budapest, Hungary	38	161.6K followers
41	Oslo, Norway	38	192.7K followers
42	Madrid, Spain	39	775K followers
43	Berlin, Germany	39	855.8K followers
44	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	39	1.1M followers
45	Lisbon, Portugal	40	205.2K followers
46	Los Angeles, USA	41	16.2M followers
47	Paris, France	41	15.2M followers
48	Bern, Switzerland	41	220.1K followers
49	Sao Paulo, Brazil	42	181.6K followers
50	Brussels, Belgium	42	351.4K followers
51	Kraków, Poland	43	603.9K followers
52	Chongqing, China	44	505K followers
53	Busan, South Korea	44	1.1M followers
54	Kobe, Japan	44	68.4K followers
55	Milan, Italy	44	512.2K followers
56	Baku, Azerbaijan	44	86K followers
57	Algiers, Algeria	44	50.3K followers
58	Seoul, South Korea	47	17.6M followers
59	Kyoto, Japan	47	266.9K followers
60	Munich, Germany	47	696K followers
61	Tehran, Iran	47	1.6M followers
62	Portland, USA	50	439.9K followers
63	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	50	133.4K followers
64	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	50	780.7K followers
65	Bratislava, Slovakia	50	87.6K followers
66	Johannesburg, South Africa	51	110.9K followers
67	Vancouver, Canada	52	561.1K followers
68	Kyiv, Ukraine	53	668.9K followers
69	Istanbul, Turkey	54	554.8K followers
70	Osaka, Japan	54	661.1K followers
71	Sofia, Bulgaria	55	275.1K followers
72	Bucharest, Romania	55	211.1K followers
73	Athens, Greece	55	188.2K followers
74	Taipei, Taiwan	55	1.5M followers
75	Pristina, Kosovo	55	113.1K followers
76	Rotterdam, Netherlands	58	188.5K followers
77	Medan, Indonesia	58	1.4M followers
78	Cairo, Egypt	59	276.8K followers
79	Lima, Peru	60	67.6K followers
80	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	62	608.2K followers
81	Kabul, Afghanistan	62	62.6K followers
82	Nairobi, Kenya	65	78.7K followers
83	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	66	1.1M followers
84	Amsterdam, Netherlands	66	564.5K followers
85	Almaty, Kazakhstan	67	832.1K followers
86	Belgrade, Serbia	67	1.3M followers
87	Hanoi, Vietnam	68	3.6M followers
88	Accra, Ghana	68	27.3K followers
89	Skopje, North Macedonia	70	250.1K followers
90	Shanghai, China	71	3.4M followers
91	Chengdu, China	72	2.4M followers
92	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	72	36.5K followers
93	Dakar, Senegal	76	50.7K followers
94	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	78	1.5M followers
95	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	80	1.2M followers
96	Santiago, Chile	80	178.4K followers
97	Baghdad, Iraq	84	292.1K followers
98	Kampala, Uganda	85	39.5K followers
99	Doha, Qatar	88	330K followers
100	Karachi, Pakistan	89	308.6K followers
101	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	90	2.9M followers
102	Hangzhou, China	91	790.6K followers
103	Manila, Philippines	91	373.7K followers
104	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	93	236.5K followers
105	Kathmandu, Nepal	94	447.6K followers
106	Manama, Bahrain	94	80K followers
107	Incheon, South Korea	96	193.4K followers
108	Wuhan, China	96	643.6K followers
109	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	97	394.4K followers
110	Dhaka, Bangladesh	102	492K followers
111	Beijing, China	103	18.3M followers
112	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	105	1.2M followers
113	Mumbai, India	106	1.8M followers
114	Shenzhen, China	107	862.7K followers
115	Jerusalem, Israel	113	98.6K followers
116	Guangzhou, China	119	2M followers
117	Kuwait City, Kuwait	119	172K followers
118	Delhi, India	127	3.3M followers
119	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	129	18.1K followers
120	Jakarta, Indonesia	134	2.2M followers
121	Lahore, Pakistan	157	1.1M followers
122	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	157	1.1M followers
123	Kolkata, India	166	1.6M followers
124	Kuching, Malaysia	171	104.3K followers
125	Singapore, Singapore	182	1.3M followers