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	267.8K followers
2	Portland, USA	10	125.2K followers
3	Stockholm, Sweden	13	78.1K followers
4	Seattle, USA	14	233.5K followers
5	Yangon, Myanmar	14	71.9K followers
6	Canberra, Australia	15	154.1K followers
7	San Francisco, USA	16	363.4K followers
8	Sydney, Australia	16	1.2M followers
9	Vancouver, Canada	16	169.1K followers
10	Kobe, Japan	17	21.5K followers
11	Sofia, Bulgaria	17	86.2K followers
12	Warsaw, Poland	17	256.3K followers
13	Houston, USA	19	41.6K followers
14	Kyiv, Ukraine	19	207.8K followers
15	Taipei, Taiwan	19	781K followers
16	Bangkok, Thailand	22	16.3M followers
17	Hangzhou, China	22	247.3K followers
18	Kraków, Poland	22	190.7K followers
19	Skopje, North Macedonia	22	78.6K followers
20	Kabul, Afghanistan	22	19.6K followers
21	Bogota, Colombia	23	45.3K followers
22	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	24	41.7K followers
23	Osaka, Japan	25	206.9K followers
24	Tokyo, Japan	28	1M followers
25	Kyoto, Japan	28	83.8K followers
26	Pristina, Kosovo	28	35.4K followers
27	Oslo, Norway	29	59.9K followers
28	Chicago, USA	32	65.8K followers
29	Beijing, China	32	17.4M followers
30	Rome, Italy	33	132.3K followers
31	Kathmandu, Nepal	34	140.6K followers
32	Salt Lake City, USA	35	80.7K followers
33	Lisbon, Portugal	36	63.7K followers
34	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	37	552K followers
35	Chiang Mai, Thailand	38	15.2M followers
36	Prague, Czech Republic	38	90.2K followers
37	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	38	245.8K followers
38	Wrocław, Poland	39	140.4K followers
39	Algiers, Algeria	39	15.8K followers
40	Berlin, Germany	40	266.3K followers
41	Montreal, Canada	40	105.9K followers
42	Zagreb, Croatia	40	84.8K followers
43	Denver, USA	41	1.3M followers
44	Detroit, USA	44	22.9K followers
45	Birmingham, United Kingdom	44	115.6K followers
46	Vienna, Austria	45	151.5K followers
47	Budapest, Hungary	46	50.2K followers
48	Minneapolis, USA	47	27.8K followers
49	Bratislava, Slovakia	47	27.5K followers
50	London, United Kingdom	50	503.6K followers
51	Chongqing, China	50	158.8K followers
52	Shanghai, China	50	2.7M followers
53	Bucharest, Romania	50	65.8K followers
54	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	50	378.9K followers
55	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	50	123.1K followers
56	Dublin, Ireland	51	38.5K followers
57	Athens, Greece	51	58.2K followers
58	Ljubljana, Slovenia	51	64.6K followers
59	Rotterdam, Netherlands	52	59.5K followers
60	Auckland, New Zealand	52	78.8K followers
61	Barcelona, Spain	53	194.6K followers
62	Washington D.C., USA	54	54.4K followers
63	Busan, South Korea	55	433.7K followers
64	Belgrade, Serbia	55	642.8K followers
65	Shenzhen, China	55	268.6K followers
66	Nice, France	55	189.1K followers
67	Istanbul, Turkey	57	174.3K followers
68	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	58	367.2K followers
69	Moscow, Russia	58	559K followers
70	Seoul, South Korea	59	16.7M followers
71	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	59	2.2M followers
72	Lima, Peru	59	21K followers
73	Mumbai, India	59	1.1M followers
74	Baghdad, Iraq	60	90.9K followers
75	New York, USA	62	1.8M followers
76	Incheon, South Korea	62	60.8K followers
77	Amsterdam, Netherlands	62	176.5K followers
78	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	62	191.6K followers
79	Chengdu, China	64	1.7M followers
80	Doha, Qatar	64	103.4K followers
81	Baku, Azerbaijan	64	26.9K followers
82	Kuching, Malaysia	64	24.7K followers
83	Los Angeles, USA	66	15.3M followers
84	Almaty, Kazakhstan	66	261.2K followers
85	Sao Paulo, Brazil	66	56.9K followers
86	Toronto, Canada	67	358.8K followers
87	Cairo, Egypt	68	86.2K followers
88	Tehran, Iran	68	910.8K followers
89	Wuhan, China	69	201.4K followers
90	Accra, Ghana	69	8.5K followers
91	Brussels, Belgium	69	110.1K followers
92	Guangzhou, China	71	1.3M followers
93	Manama, Bahrain	75	25K followers
94	Krasnoyarsk, Russia	76	49.9K followers
95	Madrid, Spain	77	240.1K followers
96	Milan, Italy	77	160.1K followers
97	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	79	462.2K followers
98	Mexico City, Mexico	79	194.2K followers
99	Munich, Germany	80	219.2K followers
100	Santiago, Chile	81	55.8K followers
101	Paris, France	81	14.4M followers
102	Singapore, Singapore	81	624K followers
103	Dakar, Senegal	85	15.8K followers
104	Helsinki, Finland	86	69.8K followers
105	Kuwait City, Kuwait	88	53.9K followers
106	Bern, Switzerland	92	68.2K followers
107	Nairobi, Kenya	96	24.6K followers
108	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	98	363.1K followers
109	Karachi, Pakistan	99	97K followers
110	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	101	839.6K followers
111	Jerusalem, Israel	107	31.1K followers
112	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	114	73.9K followers
113	Hanoi, Vietnam	115	2.9M followers
114	Dhaka, Bangladesh	122	154.7K followers
115	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	139	11.4K followers
116	Kampala, Uganda	142	12.4K followers
117	Johannesburg, South Africa	151	34.9K followers
118	Medan, Indonesia	158	717.3K followers
119	Jakarta, Indonesia	163	1.5M followers
120	Kolkata, India	172	903.5K followers
121	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	172	5.6K followers
122	Lahore, Pakistan	178	449.4K followers
123	Delhi, India	271	2.6M followers