Live most polluted 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	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	208	17.9K followers
2	Kuching, Malaysia	181	84.8K followers
3	Manama, Bahrain	156	79.5K followers
4	Jakarta, Indonesia	153	2.2M followers
5	Baghdad, Iraq	149	289.2K followers
6	Kampala, Uganda	132	39.2K followers
7	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	129	1.1M followers
8	Delhi, India	124	3.3M followers
9	Medan, Indonesia	120	1.4M followers
10	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	119	235K followers
11	Lahore, Pakistan	113	1.1M followers
12	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	111	36.2K followers
13	Jerusalem, Israel	109	98.3K followers
14	Singapore, Singapore	100	1.3M followers
15	Beijing, China	100	18.3M followers
16	Chongqing, China	96	502.2K followers
17	Kuwait City, Kuwait	91	171.1K followers
18	Santiago, Chile	91	177.4K followers
19	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	87	1.1M followers
20	Doha, Qatar	86	328.1K followers
21	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	82	391.6K followers
22	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	79	2.9M followers
23	Guangzhou, China	77	2M followers
24	Karachi, Pakistan	76	307.2K followers
25	Hanoi, Vietnam	75	3.6M followers
26	Dhaka, Bangladesh	74	489.8K followers
27	Minneapolis, USA	72	92.9K followers
28	Cairo, Egypt	71	274.5K followers
29	Busan, South Korea	70	1.1M followers
30	Mumbai, India	68	1.8M followers
31	Mexico City, Mexico	67	617.1K followers
32	Kathmandu, Nepal	67	445.5K followers
33	Accra, Ghana	66	27.1K followers
34	Rotterdam, Netherlands	64	188K followers
35	Bucharest, Romania	63	209.5K followers
36	Johannesburg, South Africa	60	110.4K followers
37	Kyoto, Japan	60	265.4K followers
38	Istanbul, Turkey	59	552.1K followers
39	Nairobi, Kenya	59	78.2K followers
40	Kolkata, India	59	1.6M followers
41	Birmingham, United Kingdom	57	364.4K followers
42	Algiers, Algeria	56	50K followers
43	Chengdu, China	56	2.4M followers
44	Shenzhen, China	56	857.7K followers
45	Sao Paulo, Brazil	56	180.6K followers
46	Athens, Greece	56	186.5K followers
47	Tokyo, Japan	56	1.7M followers
48	Osaka, Japan	55	656.4K followers
49	Madrid, Spain	54	770.9K followers
50	Tehran, Iran	53	1.6M followers
51	London, United Kingdom	52	1.2M followers
52	Kyiv, Ukraine	51	663K followers
53	Incheon, South Korea	50	192.5K followers
54	Shanghai, China	50	3.4M followers
55	Los Angeles, USA	50	16.1M followers
56	Lima, Peru	48	67K followers
57	Kobe, Japan	47	68K followers
58	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	46	1.2M followers
59	Houston, USA	44	133.2K followers
60	Seoul, South Korea	44	17.5M followers
61	Yangon, Myanmar	43	228.9K followers
62	Wuhan, China	42	638.9K followers
63	Salt Lake City, USA	42	262.7K followers
64	Kabul, Afghanistan	39	62.3K followers
65	Baku, Azerbaijan	39	85.4K followers
66	Munich, Germany	39	693.6K followers
67	Hangzhou, China	39	785.6K followers
68	Chicago, USA	39	221.6K followers
69	Chiang Mai, Thailand	39	16M followers
70	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	39	1.5M followers
71	Brussels, Belgium	38	350K followers
72	Detroit, USA	37	75.8K followers
73	New York, USA	36	2.5M followers
74	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	35	132.4K followers
75	Bern, Switzerland	33	218K followers
76	Montreal, Canada	33	346.4K followers
77	Washington D.C., USA	33	176.6K followers
78	Amsterdam, Netherlands	32	561.5K followers
79	Stockholm, Sweden	32	248.8K followers
80	Wrocław, Poland	31	442.3K followers
81	Lisbon, Portugal	31	203.4K followers
82	Budapest, Hungary	31	160.2K followers
83	Toronto, Canada	31	1.1M followers
84	Denver, USA	31	2M followers
85	Bangkok, Thailand	31	17.1M followers
86	Berlin, Germany	29	850.1K followers
87	Paris, France	29	15.2M followers
88	Nice, France	28	597.4K followers
89	Helsinki, Finland	28	221.1K followers
90	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	28	605.7K followers
91	Warsaw, Poland	28	811.7K followers
92	Skopje, North Macedonia	28	248.5K followers
93	Rome, Italy	28	423K followers
94	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	28	776.7K followers
95	Vienna, Austria	28	481K followers
96	Sofia, Bulgaria	28	273.9K followers
97	Barcelona, Spain	28	616.6K followers
98	Bratislava, Slovakia	27	87.1K followers
99	Almaty, Kazakhstan	26	827.2K followers
100	Bogota, Colombia	25	144.1K followers
101	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	25	1.1M followers
102	Prague, Czech Republic	25	286.2K followers
103	Belgrade, Serbia	25	1.3M followers
104	Auckland, New Zealand	24	251.1K followers
105	Copenhagen, Denmark	22	204.9K followers
106	Milan, Italy	22	508.6K followers
107	Ljubljana, Slovenia	22	204.8K followers
108	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	22	1.1M followers
109	Taipei, Taiwan	21	1.5M followers
110	Melbourne, Australia	21	851K followers
111	Dublin, Ireland	19	122.8K followers
112	Oslo, Norway	18	191.2K followers
113	Canberra, Australia	18	490.8K followers
114	Vancouver, Canada	18	557.3K followers
115	Sydney, Australia	18	1.8M followers
116	Portland, USA	18	435.3K followers
117	Dakar, Senegal	17	50.3K followers
118	San Francisco, USA	15	1.1M followers
119	Seattle, USA	15	780K followers
120	Zagreb, Croatia	14	268.9K followers
121	Pristina, Kosovo	11	112.4K followers
122	Kraków, Poland	11	602.1K followers
123	Moscow, Russia	11	1.2M followers