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	Canberra, Australia	13	152.7K followers
2	Melbourne, Australia	17	265.4K followers
3	Dublin, Ireland	18	38.1K followers
4	Vancouver, Canada	20	166.6K followers
5	Chiang Mai, Thailand	22	15.2M followers
6	Moscow, Russia	22	554.2K followers
7	Yangon, Myanmar	22	71.3K followers
8	Baku, Azerbaijan	22	26.7K followers
9	Brussels, Belgium	22	109.4K followers
10	New York, USA	23	1.8M followers
11	Sydney, Australia	23	1.2M followers
12	Houston, USA	24	41.1K followers
13	Bratislava, Slovakia	24	27.3K followers
14	Bangkok, Thailand	25	16.3M followers
15	Seattle, USA	25	230.3K followers
16	Zagreb, Croatia	25	84.2K followers
17	Portland, USA	26	122.5K followers
18	Rome, Italy	26	130.7K followers
19	Rotterdam, Netherlands	26	59.1K followers
20	San Francisco, USA	27	359.7K followers
21	Amsterdam, Netherlands	27	175.2K followers
22	Almaty, Kazakhstan	28	259.8K followers
23	London, United Kingdom	28	498.3K followers
24	Tokyo, Japan	28	1M followers
25	Kyoto, Japan	28	83.3K followers
26	Osaka, Japan	28	205K followers
27	Oslo, Norway	28	59.3K followers
28	Pristina, Kosovo	28	35.1K followers
29	Minneapolis, USA	29	27.5K followers
30	Ljubljana, Slovenia	29	64.2K followers
31	Bern, Switzerland	29	67.5K followers
32	Paris, France	30	14.3M followers
33	Birmingham, United Kingdom	31	115.3K followers
34	Warsaw, Poland	31	254.6K followers
35	Salt Lake City, USA	32	76.7K followers
36	Vienna, Austria	32	150.4K followers
37	Stockholm, Sweden	32	77.4K followers
38	Wrocław, Poland	32	140.1K followers
39	Sofia, Bulgaria	33	85.3K followers
40	Munich, Germany	35	218.2K followers
41	Kuching, Malaysia	35	24.6K followers
42	Madrid, Spain	36	238.3K followers
43	Taipei, Taiwan	36	776.4K followers
44	Lisbon, Portugal	36	62.9K followers
45	Beijing, China	37	17.3M followers
46	Helsinki, Finland	37	69.4K followers
47	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	38	41.3K followers
48	Athens, Greece	38	57.3K followers
49	Prague, Czech Republic	38	89.5K followers
50	Kyiv, Ukraine	38	203.6K followers
51	Kobe, Japan	39	21.4K followers
52	Denver, USA	39	1.3M followers
53	Washington D.C., USA	39	53.6K followers
54	Barcelona, Spain	39	193.4K followers
55	Milan, Italy	39	158.8K followers
56	Berlin, Germany	40	263.7K followers
57	Los Angeles, USA	41	15.2M followers
58	Budapest, Hungary	41	49.7K followers
59	Skopje, North Macedonia	42	78.1K followers
60	Detroit, USA	43	22.7K followers
61	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	44	377K followers
62	Singapore, Singapore	44	620.3K followers
63	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	44	190.7K followers
64	Manila, Philippines	44	113.2K followers
65	Belgrade, Serbia	50	638.9K followers
66	Bucharest, Romania	50	65.2K followers
67	Tehran, Iran	50	906.4K followers
68	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	52	244.7K followers
69	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	52	360.5K followers
70	Montreal, Canada	53	104.5K followers
71	Istanbul, Turkey	53	173.2K followers
72	Baghdad, Iraq	53	90.1K followers
73	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	54	548.6K followers
74	Auckland, New Zealand	54	77.9K followers
75	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	55	2.2M followers
76	Kraków, Poland	55	189.9K followers
77	Algiers, Algeria	55	15.8K followers
78	Mexico City, Mexico	56	192.9K followers
79	Doha, Qatar	56	102.7K followers
80	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	59	122.1K followers
81	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	60	833.2K followers
82	Guangzhou, China	60	1.3M followers
83	Hanoi, Vietnam	62	2.9M followers
84	Chicago, USA	62	64.9K followers
85	Kabul, Afghanistan	62	19.5K followers
86	Toronto, Canada	63	354.1K followers
87	Shenzhen, China	64	265.1K followers
88	Manama, Bahrain	64	24.8K followers
89	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	65	364.7K followers
90	Kuwait City, Kuwait	65	53.6K followers
91	Medan, Indonesia	65	716.1K followers
92	Accra, Ghana	66	8.4K followers
93	Lima, Peru	69	20.9K followers
94	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	70	11.3K followers
95	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	71	458.2K followers
96	Nairobi, Kenya	71	24.5K followers
97	Mumbai, India	73	1.1M followers
98	Cairo, Egypt	76	85.5K followers
99	Chongqing, China	77	157.8K followers
100	Kampala, Uganda	77	12.3K followers
101	Busan, South Korea	81	430.5K followers
102	Kolkata, India	82	902.4K followers
103	Dakar, Senegal	82	15.7K followers
104	Johannesburg, South Africa	82	34.7K followers
105	Karachi, Pakistan	92	96.5K followers
106	Kathmandu, Nepal	94	139.7K followers
107	Shanghai, China	96	2.7M followers
108	Santiago, Chile	96	55.1K followers
109	Hangzhou, China	103	244.9K followers
110	Incheon, South Korea	104	60.4K followers
111	Seoul, South Korea	105	16.6M followers
112	Chengdu, China	105	1.7M followers
113	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	110	73.3K followers
114	Wuhan, China	110	199.7K followers
115	Bogota, Colombia	113	45.1K followers
116	Sao Paulo, Brazil	119	56.5K followers
117	Jerusalem, Israel	126	30.9K followers
118	Dhaka, Bangladesh	134	153.8K followers
119	Jakarta, Indonesia	138	1.5M followers
120	Delhi, India	141	2.6M followers
121	Lahore, Pakistan	155	447.7K followers
122	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	158	5.5K followers