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	10	853.1K followers
2	Birmingham, United Kingdom	12	364.7K followers
3	Auckland, New Zealand	12	251.8K followers
4	Pristina, Kosovo	14	112.6K followers
5	Vancouver, Canada	15	559K followers
6	New York, USA	16	2.5M followers
7	Canberra, Australia	17	492.7K followers
8	Taipei, Taiwan	18	1.5M followers
9	Shenzhen, China	20	859.8K followers
10	Portland, USA	21	437.8K followers
11	Copenhagen, Denmark	21	205.5K followers
12	Seattle, USA	22	781.8K followers
13	London, United Kingdom	22	1.2M followers
14	Sydney, Australia	22	1.8M followers
15	Dublin, Ireland	22	123.1K followers
16	Almaty, Kazakhstan	24	829.4K followers
17	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	25	778.2K followers
18	Dakar, Senegal	25	50.4K followers
19	San Francisco, USA	26	1.1M followers
20	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	26	1.2M followers
21	Helsinki, Finland	26	221.5K followers
22	Bern, Switzerland	27	219.3K followers
23	Brussels, Belgium	27	350.5K followers
24	Moscow, Russia	28	1.2M followers
25	Budapest, Hungary	28	160.7K followers
26	Houston, USA	29	133.6K followers
27	Montreal, Canada	29	347.5K followers
28	Guangzhou, China	29	2M followers
29	Amsterdam, Netherlands	29	562.7K followers
30	Stockholm, Sweden	30	249.6K followers
31	Belgrade, Serbia	31	1.3M followers
32	Ljubljana, Slovenia	31	205.4K followers
33	Oslo, Norway	31	191.8K followers
34	Washington D.C., USA	32	177.1K followers
35	Lyon, France	32	700.1K followers
36	Tokyo, Japan	33	1.7M followers
37	Kyiv, Ukraine	33	665.9K followers
38	Bratislava, Slovakia	33	87.3K followers
39	Toronto, Canada	34	1.1M followers
40	Zagreb, Croatia	35	269.7K followers
41	Rome, Italy	35	424.7K followers
42	Paris, France	36	15.2M followers
43	Sofia, Bulgaria	37	274.3K followers
44	Warsaw, Poland	37	813.2K followers
45	Prague, Czech Republic	38	286.9K followers
46	Kobe, Japan	39	68.1K followers
47	Kyoto, Japan	39	265.8K followers
48	Vienna, Austria	39	482K followers
49	Osaka, Japan	39	658K followers
50	Rotterdam, Netherlands	41	188.2K followers
51	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	42	1.1M followers
52	Santiago, Chile	43	177.8K followers
53	Nice, France	43	597.9K followers
54	Bogota, Colombia	44	144.3K followers
55	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	46	36.3K followers
56	Chiang Mai, Thailand	49	16M followers
57	Bucharest, Romania	49	210.1K followers
58	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	50	2.9M followers
59	Barcelona, Spain	50	617.6K followers
60	Hangzhou, China	50	787.6K followers
61	Accra, Ghana	51	27.2K followers
62	Athens, Greece	51	187.2K followers
63	Wrocław, Poland	51	442.6K followers
64	Mumbai, India	52	1.8M followers
65	Lima, Peru	52	67.2K followers
66	Kathmandu, Nepal	53	446.3K followers
67	Berlin, Germany	53	852.2K followers
68	Milan, Italy	53	510.1K followers
69	Lisbon, Portugal	53	204K followers
70	Nairobi, Kenya	54	78.4K followers
71	Busan, South Korea	55	1.1M followers
72	Istanbul, Turkey	55	553.3K followers
73	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	55	1.1M followers
74	Kraków, Poland	55	602.8K followers
75	Skopje, North Macedonia	55	249.4K followers
76	Baku, Azerbaijan	55	85.6K followers
77	Kabul, Afghanistan	55	62.4K followers
78	Bangkok, Thailand	56	17.1M followers
79	Detroit, USA	56	75.9K followers
80	Shanghai, China	56	3.4M followers
81	Sao Paulo, Brazil	56	181K followers
82	Tehran, Iran	57	1.6M followers
83	Seoul, South Korea	58	17.6M followers
84	Munich, Germany	58	694.5K followers
85	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	59	606.6K followers
86	Denver, USA	60	2M followers
87	Madrid, Spain	60	772.4K followers
88	Los Angeles, USA	63	16.1M followers
89	Salt Lake City, USA	65	263.4K followers
90	Karachi, Pakistan	65	307.7K followers
91	Mexico City, Mexico	65	618.4K followers
92	Incheon, South Korea	66	192.8K followers
93	Medan, Indonesia	66	1.4M followers
94	Chicago, USA	68	222.5K followers
95	Beijing, China	68	18.3M followers
96	Manila, Philippines	68	369.3K followers
97	Wuhan, China	69	640.4K followers
98	Baghdad, Iraq	69	290.3K followers
99	Johannesburg, South Africa	69	110.6K followers
100	Yangon, Myanmar	69	229.6K followers
101	Jerusalem, Israel	69	98.4K followers
102	Delhi, India	70	3.3M followers
103	Doha, Qatar	71	329K followers
104	Manama, Bahrain	74	79.7K followers
105	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	79	1.5M followers
106	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	80	132.8K followers
107	Cairo, Egypt	81	275.4K followers
108	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	82	392.7K followers
109	Chongqing, China	84	503.1K followers
110	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	90	1.2M followers
111	Singapore, Singapore	90	1.3M followers
112	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	90	18K followers
113	Minneapolis, USA	105	93.3K followers
114	Dhaka, Bangladesh	105	490.6K followers
115	Kolkata, India	107	1.6M followers
116	Lahore, Pakistan	111	1.1M followers
117	Kuwait City, Kuwait	113	171.4K followers
118	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	117	235.6K followers
119	Chengdu, China	127	2.4M followers
120	Hanoi, Vietnam	139	3.6M followers
121	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	155	1.1M followers
122	Jakarta, Indonesia	160	2.2M followers
123	Kampala, Uganda	160	39.3K followers
124	Kuching, Malaysia	273	97K followers