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	Jerusalem, Israel	4	99.3K followers
2	Auckland, New Zealand	8	259.3K followers
3	Detroit, USA	9	77.1K followers
4	Tokyo, Japan	11	1.7M followers
5	Toronto, Canada	13	1.1M followers
6	Melbourne, Australia	14	869K followers
7	Kyiv, Ukraine	14	677.1K followers
8	Oslo, Norway	15	195.6K followers
9	Chiang Mai, Thailand	17	16M followers
10	Chicago, USA	17	228.4K followers
11	Canberra, Australia	17	506.1K followers
12	Baku, Azerbaijan	17	87.3K followers
13	Montreal, Canada	20	353.5K followers
14	Santiago, Chile	20	180.2K followers
15	Seattle, USA	22	794.4K followers
16	San Francisco, USA	22	1.1M followers
17	Moscow, Russia	22	1.3M followers
18	Sydney, Australia	23	1.9M followers
19	Nice, France	23	601.6K followers
20	Tehran, Iran	23	1.6M followers
21	Stockholm, Sweden	24	254.7K followers
22	Helsinki, Finland	24	224.3K followers
23	Vancouver, Canada	25	569.1K followers
24	Portland, USA	28	449.1K followers
25	Kobe, Japan	28	69.1K followers
26	Rome, Italy	32	435.2K followers
27	Copenhagen, Denmark	32	209.2K followers
28	Busan, South Korea	33	1.1M followers
29	Kyoto, Japan	33	269.9K followers
30	Los Angeles, USA	36	16.3M followers
31	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	36	616.6K followers
32	Minneapolis, USA	37	95.2K followers
33	Osaka, Japan	39	671.8K followers
34	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	39	239.8K followers
35	Yangon, Myanmar	39	234.9K followers
36	Algiers, Algeria	39	50.6K followers
37	Denver, USA	44	2M followers
38	Incheon, South Korea	44	195.1K followers
39	Johannesburg, South Africa	44	111.7K followers
40	Cairo, Egypt	44	280.9K followers
41	Lima, Peru	46	68.5K followers
42	Lisbon, Portugal	46	208.2K followers
43	Salt Lake City, USA	47	268.6K followers
44	Almaty, Kazakhstan	49	845.3K followers
45	Accra, Ghana	50	27.8K followers
46	Istanbul, Turkey	50	562.4K followers
47	Houston, USA	51	136.6K followers
48	Washington D.C., USA	51	180.7K followers
49	Bucharest, Romania	52	213.9K followers
50	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	52	1.2M followers
51	Budapest, Hungary	52	164.3K followers
52	Manila, Philippines	52	382.2K followers
53	Seoul, South Korea	53	17.7M followers
54	Singapore, Singapore	53	1.4M followers
55	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	53	136.3K followers
56	Madrid, Spain	53	782.5K followers
57	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	53	1.2M followers
58	Zagreb, Croatia	53	274.1K followers
59	Bogota, Colombia	53	145.9K followers
60	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	55	1.6M followers
61	New York, USA	55	2.6M followers
62	Barcelona, Spain	55	624K followers
63	Shenzhen, China	55	873.8K followers
64	Shanghai, China	56	3.5M followers
65	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	56	786.9K followers
66	Ljubljana, Slovenia	56	208.2K followers
67	Taipei, Taiwan	56	1.5M followers
68	Amsterdam, Netherlands	56	570.7K followers
69	Sofia, Bulgaria	57	277.9K followers
70	Kuching, Malaysia	57	110.8K followers
71	Hangzhou, China	58	807.4K followers
72	Munich, Germany	58	702.5K followers
73	Baghdad, Iraq	59	298.4K followers
74	Milan, Italy	59	519.3K followers
75	Guangzhou, China	60	2M followers
76	Lyon, France	60	705K followers
77	Athens, Greece	61	191.4K followers
78	Dakar, Senegal	62	52K followers
79	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	63	1.1M followers
80	Chongqing, China	64	512.5K followers
81	Berlin, Germany	64	867.9K followers
82	Beijing, China	66	18.5M followers
83	Warsaw, Poland	66	825.6K followers
84	Skopje, North Macedonia	66	252.8K followers
85	Pristina, Kosovo	66	114.7K followers
86	Bangkok, Thailand	67	17.3M followers
87	Prague, Czech Republic	68	290.8K followers
88	Nairobi, Kenya	69	79.6K followers
89	Vienna, Austria	70	488.7K followers
90	Sao Paulo, Brazil	71	183.5K followers
91	Mexico City, Mexico	71	625.9K followers
92	Bratislava, Slovakia	72	88.6K followers
93	Kampala, Uganda	73	39.8K followers
94	Bern, Switzerland	73	223.1K followers
95	Krasnoyarsk, Russia	73	159.2K followers
96	Paris, France	74	15.4M followers
97	Wrocław, Poland	76	445.1K followers
98	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	77	1.1M followers
99	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	77	399.7K followers
100	Hanoi, Vietnam	79	3.6M followers
101	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	79	37K followers
102	Dublin, Ireland	80	125.7K followers
103	Kraków, Poland	80	608.5K followers
104	Kuwait City, Kuwait	82	174K followers
105	Manama, Bahrain	84	81.2K followers
106	Brussels, Belgium	84	354.5K followers
107	Belgrade, Serbia	85	1.3M followers
108	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	89	18.5K followers
109	Doha, Qatar	92	333.8K followers
110	Wuhan, China	105	656K followers
111	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	110	1.2M followers
112	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	117	2.9M followers
113	Medan, Indonesia	118	1.4M followers
114	Jakarta, Indonesia	134	2.3M followers
115	London, United Kingdom	142	1.2M followers
116	Mumbai, India	147	1.8M followers
117	Kathmandu, Nepal	151	451.9K followers
118	Rotterdam, Netherlands	152	189.7K followers
119	Chengdu, China	156	2.4M followers
120	Karachi, Pakistan	159	312.5K followers
121	Birmingham, United Kingdom	161	367.3K followers
122	Kabul, Afghanistan	165	63.3K followers
123	Dhaka, Bangladesh	189	496.5K followers
124	Kolkata, India	198	1.6M followers
125	Lahore, Pakistan	273	1.1M followers
126	Delhi, India	539	3.3M followers