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	Auckland, New Zealand	3	256.1K followers
2	Detroit, USA	4	76.4K followers
3	Krasnoyarsk, Russia	11	158.4K followers
4	Canberra, Australia	14	498.8K followers
5	Kyiv, Ukraine	14	671.9K followers
6	Bogota, Colombia	14	145.1K followers
7	Portland, USA	17	442.1K followers
8	Houston, USA	17	134.7K followers
9	Moscow, Russia	17	1.3M followers
10	Sofia, Bulgaria	17	275.7K followers
11	Denver, USA	18	2M followers
12	Vancouver, Canada	18	563K followers
13	Chicago, USA	19	224.9K followers
14	Sao Paulo, Brazil	19	182K followers
15	Warsaw, Poland	19	817.8K followers
16	San Francisco, USA	21	1.1M followers
17	Minneapolis, USA	22	94K followers
18	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	22	609.6K followers
19	Pristina, Kosovo	22	113.5K followers
20	Bern, Switzerland	22	220.8K followers
21	Sydney, Australia	26	1.9M followers
22	Almaty, Kazakhstan	28	834.5K followers
23	London, United Kingdom	28	1.2M followers
24	Dublin, Ireland	28	124.2K followers
25	Melbourne, Australia	28	860K followers
26	Toronto, Canada	28	1.1M followers
27	Copenhagen, Denmark	30	207.1K followers
28	Skopje, North Macedonia	31	250.7K followers
29	Lyon, France	31	702.2K followers
30	Birmingham, United Kingdom	31	365.6K followers
31	Seattle, USA	33	786.8K followers
32	Kobe, Japan	33	68.6K followers
33	Montreal, Canada	33	350.1K followers
34	Munich, Germany	33	697.2K followers
35	Amsterdam, Netherlands	33	566.2K followers
36	Baku, Azerbaijan	33	86.3K followers
37	Salt Lake City, USA	34	265.5K followers
38	Lisbon, Portugal	35	206K followers
39	Kyoto, Japan	36	267.6K followers
40	Tokyo, Japan	39	1.7M followers
41	Busan, South Korea	39	1.1M followers
42	Belgrade, Serbia	39	1.3M followers
43	Barcelona, Spain	39	620.3K followers
44	Osaka, Japan	39	663.5K followers
45	Nice, France	39	599.5K followers
46	Madrid, Spain	40	777K followers
47	Shanghai, China	42	3.5M followers
48	Bucharest, Romania	42	211.9K followers
49	Berlin, Germany	42	858.9K followers
50	Paris, France	42	15.3M followers
51	Budapest, Hungary	42	162.4K followers
52	Helsinki, Finland	43	222.7K followers
53	Hangzhou, China	44	793.7K followers
54	Athens, Greece	44	189K followers
55	Vienna, Austria	45	484.7K followers
56	Brussels, Belgium	45	352.3K followers
57	Zagreb, Croatia	47	271.8K followers
58	Oslo, Norway	47	193.4K followers
59	Jerusalem, Israel	48	98.8K followers
60	Chongqing, China	50	506.2K followers
61	Seoul, South Korea	50	17.6M followers
62	Stockholm, Sweden	50	251.8K followers
63	Taipei, Taiwan	50	1.5M followers
64	Cairo, Egypt	50	277.7K followers
65	Istanbul, Turkey	50	556.3K followers
66	Rotterdam, Netherlands	52	188.7K followers
67	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	53	1.2M followers
68	Santiago, Chile	53	178.9K followers
69	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	53	781.9K followers
70	Los Angeles, USA	55	16.2M followers
71	Chiang Mai, Thailand	55	16M followers
72	Bratislava, Slovakia	55	87.9K followers
73	Incheon, South Korea	56	193.8K followers
74	Nairobi, Kenya	56	78.9K followers
75	Shenzhen, China	56	864.8K followers
76	Ljubljana, Slovenia	56	206.5K followers
77	Tehran, Iran	56	1.6M followers
78	Rome, Italy	57	429.2K followers
79	Guangzhou, China	58	2M followers
80	Washington D.C., USA	59	178.7K followers
81	Lima, Peru	59	67.8K followers
82	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	60	134K followers
83	Johannesburg, South Africa	60	111.1K followers
84	New York, USA	61	2.5M followers
85	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	62	1.5M followers
86	Kampala, Uganda	63	39.6K followers
87	Karachi, Pakistan	64	309.4K followers
88	Mexico City, Mexico	64	621.4K followers
89	Doha, Qatar	64	331.1K followers
90	Wrocław, Poland	64	443.5K followers
91	Kabul, Afghanistan	64	62.8K followers
92	Accra, Ghana	65	27.5K followers
93	Bangkok, Thailand	68	17.2M followers
94	Kraków, Poland	68	604.9K followers
95	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	69	2.9M followers
96	Beijing, China	69	18.4M followers
97	Milan, Italy	69	513.8K followers
98	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	69	395.7K followers
99	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	70	1.1M followers
100	Hanoi, Vietnam	71	3.6M followers
101	Kuwait City, Kuwait	71	172.4K followers
102	Manila, Philippines	72	376.2K followers
103	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	73	1.2M followers
104	Prague, Czech Republic	74	288.7K followers
105	Wuhan, China	74	646.2K followers
106	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	76	36.6K followers
107	Baghdad, Iraq	77	293.6K followers
108	Dakar, Senegal	78	50.9K followers
109	Medan, Indonesia	78	1.4M followers
110	Algiers, Algeria	79	50.4K followers
111	Chengdu, China	82	2.4M followers
112	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	82	237.3K followers
113	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	89	18.2K followers
114	Yangon, Myanmar	92	231.9K followers
115	Kathmandu, Nepal	94	448.7K followers
116	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	94	1.1M followers
117	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	105	1.1M followers
118	Manama, Bahrain	115	80.3K followers
119	Kuching, Malaysia	132	106.2K followers
120	Lahore, Pakistan	145	1.1M followers
121	Delhi, India	146	3.3M followers
122	Singapore, Singapore	149	1.3M followers
123	Jakarta, Indonesia	156	2.3M followers
124	Kolkata, India	156	1.6M followers
125	Mumbai, India	158	1.8M followers
126	Dhaka, Bangladesh	170	493K followers