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	8	844.5K followers
2	Canberra, Australia	13	486.6K followers
3	Auckland, New Zealand	16	248.8K followers
4	Budapest, Hungary	18	158.5K followers
5	San Francisco, USA	19	1M followers
6	Sydney, Australia	20	1.8M followers
7	Skopje, North Macedonia	22	247.4K followers
8	Oslo, Norway	23	189.3K followers
9	Belgrade, Serbia	24	1.3M followers
10	Helsinki, Finland	24	219.9K followers
11	Vancouver, Canada	26	542.5K followers
12	Brussels, Belgium	27	347.2K followers
13	Sofia, Bulgaria	28	271.6K followers
14	Dublin, Ireland	28	121.6K followers
15	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	28	773.7K followers
16	Vienna, Austria	28	477.6K followers
17	Ljubljana, Slovenia	28	203.4K followers
18	Zagreb, Croatia	28	267K followers
19	Stockholm, Sweden	28	246.7K followers
20	Copenhagen, Denmark	28	203.2K followers
21	Seattle, USA	29	751K followers
22	Bratislava, Slovakia	32	86.5K followers
23	Pristina, Kosovo	32	111.5K followers
24	Birmingham, United Kingdom	32	363.6K followers
25	Almaty, Kazakhstan	33	823K followers
26	Portland, USA	33	409.7K followers
27	Kyiv, Ukraine	33	655.2K followers
28	Munich, Germany	33	690.2K followers
29	Detroit, USA	34	75.3K followers
30	Athens, Greece	34	184.2K followers
31	Warsaw, Poland	35	807.1K followers
32	Washington D.C., USA	36	174.8K followers
33	Hangzhou, China	36	779.9K followers
34	Taipei, Taiwan	36	1.5M followers
35	Kraków, Poland	37	599.9K followers
36	Rome, Italy	37	418.3K followers
37	Bern, Switzerland	37	215.2K followers
38	Milan, Italy	38	504.9K followers
39	Lyon, France	38	696K followers
40	Bangkok, Thailand	39	17M followers
41	London, United Kingdom	39	1.2M followers
42	Chiang Mai, Thailand	39	15.9M followers
43	Chicago, USA	39	218.5K followers
44	Nairobi, Kenya	39	77.7K followers
45	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	39	1.1M followers
46	New York, USA	41	2.5M followers
47	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	41	131.3K followers
48	Toronto, Canada	41	1.1M followers
49	Lisbon, Portugal	41	201.1K followers
50	Shanghai, China	42	3.4M followers
51	Denver, USA	43	2M followers
52	Kathmandu, Nepal	45	443.3K followers
53	Bucharest, Romania	45	207.4K followers
54	Wrocław, Poland	45	441.4K followers
55	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	47	603.3K followers
56	Minneapolis, USA	49	92K followers
57	Moscow, Russia	49	1.2M followers
58	Incheon, South Korea	50	191.3K followers
59	Barcelona, Spain	50	613.2K followers
60	Amsterdam, Netherlands	51	557.1K followers
61	Houston, USA	53	132K followers
62	Istanbul, Turkey	54	549.2K followers
63	Bogota, Colombia	54	143.2K followers
64	Chongqing, China	55	499.9K followers
65	Hanoi, Vietnam	55	3.6M followers
66	Seoul, South Korea	55	17.5M followers
67	Paris, France	55	15.1M followers
68	Yangon, Myanmar	55	226.8K followers
69	Los Angeles, USA	56	16M followers
70	Busan, South Korea	56	1.1M followers
71	Lima, Peru	56	66.4K followers
72	Montreal, Canada	56	342.3K followers
73	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	56	1M followers
74	Prague, Czech Republic	56	284.1K followers
75	Mexico City, Mexico	56	613.5K followers
76	Rotterdam, Netherlands	56	187.1K followers
77	Nice, France	56	595K followers
78	Berlin, Germany	57	840.5K followers
79	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	58	2.9M followers
80	Sao Paulo, Brazil	59	179.5K followers
81	Tokyo, Japan	60	1.7M followers
82	Salt Lake City, USA	60	256.3K followers
83	Algiers, Algeria	60	49.8K followers
84	Kobe, Japan	62	67.7K followers
85	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	62	35.9K followers
86	Tehran, Iran	62	1.6M followers
87	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	64	1.5M followers
88	Kyoto, Japan	64	264.1K followers
89	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	64	1.2M followers
90	Osaka, Japan	64	652.2K followers
91	Kuwait City, Kuwait	64	169.9K followers
92	Baghdad, Iraq	66	286.6K followers
93	Mumbai, India	66	1.8M followers
94	Kuching, Malaysia	68	77.6K followers
95	Kabul, Afghanistan	68	61.9K followers
96	Accra, Ghana	69	26.7K followers
97	Singapore, Singapore	71	1.3M followers
98	Dakar, Senegal	71	49.9K followers
99	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	75	388.1K followers
100	Karachi, Pakistan	78	305.7K followers
101	Wuhan, China	79	634.9K followers
102	Medan, Indonesia	79	1.4M followers
103	Manama, Bahrain	81	78.8K followers
104	Manila, Philippines	81	360.2K followers
105	Krasnoyarsk, Russia	81	156.8K followers
106	Madrid, Spain	82	758.7K followers
107	Chengdu, China	82	2.4M followers
108	Baku, Azerbaijan	82	84.7K followers
109	Shenzhen, China	86	849.4K followers
110	Dhaka, Bangladesh	91	487.6K followers
111	Doha, Qatar	92	325.9K followers
112	Beijing, China	94	18.2M followers
113	Lahore, Pakistan	97	1.1M followers
114	Kolkata, India	98	1.6M followers
115	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	98	1M followers
116	Delhi, India	101	3.3M followers
117	Guangzhou, China	102	2M followers
118	Jakarta, Indonesia	105	2.2M followers
119	Johannesburg, South Africa	106	109.8K followers
120	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	107	1.1M followers
121	Cairo, Egypt	112	272.2K followers
122	Jerusalem, Israel	119	97.9K followers
123	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	129	233.1K followers
124	Santiago, Chile	151	176K followers
125	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	152	17.5K followers
126	Kampala, Uganda	174	39K followers