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	Montreal, Canada	11	346.5K followers
2	Melbourne, Australia	12	851.2K followers
3	Bogota, Colombia	12	144.1K followers
4	San Francisco, USA	13	1.1M followers
5	Stockholm, Sweden	13	248.9K followers
6	Seattle, USA	14	780.3K followers
7	Sydney, Australia	15	1.8M followers
8	Portland, USA	16	435.5K followers
9	Canberra, Australia	16	491K followers
10	Kyiv, Ukraine	16	663.2K followers
11	Moscow, Russia	18	1.2M followers
12	Detroit, USA	19	75.8K followers
13	Toronto, Canada	21	1.1M followers
14	Auckland, New Zealand	21	251.2K followers
15	Zagreb, Croatia	22	268.9K followers
16	Oslo, Norway	22	191.3K followers
17	Taipei, Taiwan	22	1.5M followers
18	Bratislava, Slovakia	22	87.2K followers
19	Vancouver, Canada	23	557.4K followers
20	Copenhagen, Denmark	23	204.9K followers
21	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	25	1.1M followers
22	Hangzhou, China	26	785.8K followers
23	Belgrade, Serbia	28	1.3M followers
24	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	28	1.1M followers
25	Munich, Germany	28	693.7K followers
26	Amsterdam, Netherlands	28	561.6K followers
27	Dakar, Senegal	28	50.3K followers
28	Dublin, Ireland	29	122.8K followers
29	Budapest, Hungary	29	160.3K followers
30	Almaty, Kazakhstan	31	827.3K followers
31	Lyon, France	31	699.4K followers
32	Mexico City, Mexico	32	617.2K followers
33	Wrocław, Poland	32	442.3K followers
34	Kobe, Japan	33	68K followers
35	Vienna, Austria	33	481.1K followers
36	Milan, Italy	33	508.7K followers
37	Berlin, Germany	33	850.3K followers
38	Denver, USA	35	2M followers
39	Washington D.C., USA	36	176.6K followers
40	Barcelona, Spain	36	616.7K followers
41	Ljubljana, Slovenia	36	204.8K followers
42	Rome, Italy	36	423.1K followers
43	Warsaw, Poland	36	811.8K followers
44	Bangkok, Thailand	38	17.1M followers
45	New York, USA	38	2.5M followers
46	Houston, USA	38	133.3K followers
47	Rotterdam, Netherlands	38	188K followers
48	Shanghai, China	39	3.4M followers
49	Salt Lake City, USA	39	262.8K followers
50	Madrid, Spain	39	771K followers
51	Sao Paulo, Brazil	39	180.6K followers
52	Nice, France	43	597.4K followers
53	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	44	132.5K followers
54	Bucharest, Romania	44	209.5K followers
55	Osaka, Japan	44	656.5K followers
56	Kraków, Poland	44	602.2K followers
57	Kabul, Afghanistan	44	62.3K followers
58	Birmingham, United Kingdom	45	364.4K followers
59	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	46	1.2M followers
60	Lisbon, Portugal	48	203.5K followers
61	Los Angeles, USA	49	16.1M followers
62	London, United Kingdom	50	1.2M followers
63	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	50	1.5M followers
64	Hanoi, Vietnam	50	3.6M followers
65	Shenzhen, China	50	858K followers
66	Wuhan, China	50	639K followers
67	Chiang Mai, Thailand	52	16M followers
68	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	52	605.8K followers
69	Pristina, Kosovo	53	112.4K followers
70	Brussels, Belgium	53	350.1K followers
71	Minneapolis, USA	54	93K followers
72	Lima, Peru	54	67.1K followers
73	Bern, Switzerland	54	218.1K followers
74	Sofia, Bulgaria	56	273.9K followers
75	Paris, France	56	15.2M followers
76	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	56	776.8K followers
77	Prague, Czech Republic	57	286.3K followers
78	Kathmandu, Nepal	58	445.6K followers
79	Kyoto, Japan	58	265.4K followers
80	Istanbul, Turkey	58	552.3K followers
81	Athens, Greece	59	186.6K followers
82	Tehran, Iran	60	1.6M followers
83	Tokyo, Japan	62	1.7M followers
84	Skopje, North Macedonia	62	248.6K followers
85	Yangon, Myanmar	62	229K followers
86	Chicago, USA	64	221.7K followers
87	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	64	2.9M followers
88	Dhaka, Bangladesh	67	489.8K followers
89	Johannesburg, South Africa	68	110.4K followers
90	Nairobi, Kenya	70	78.2K followers
91	Incheon, South Korea	71	192.6K followers
92	Mumbai, India	71	1.8M followers
93	Medan, Indonesia	71	1.4M followers
94	Busan, South Korea	73	1.1M followers
95	Kolkata, India	73	1.6M followers
96	Manama, Bahrain	73	79.5K followers
97	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	75	391.7K followers
98	Kuwait City, Kuwait	77	171.1K followers
99	Algiers, Algeria	79	50K followers
100	Doha, Qatar	81	328.2K followers
101	Helsinki, Finland	81	221.1K followers
102	Cairo, Egypt	81	274.6K followers
103	Seoul, South Korea	86	17.5M followers
104	Karachi, Pakistan	88	307.3K followers
105	Santiago, Chile	90	177.4K followers
106	Baghdad, Iraq	93	289.3K followers
107	Manila, Philippines	95	363.1K followers
108	Accra, Ghana	96	27.1K followers
109	Baku, Azerbaijan	96	85.4K followers
110	Chongqing, China	102	502.3K followers
111	Beijing, China	102	18.3M followers
112	Lahore, Pakistan	103	1.1M followers
113	Guangzhou, China	103	2M followers
114	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	106	36.2K followers
115	Chengdu, China	110	2.4M followers
116	Jerusalem, Israel	118	98.3K followers
117	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	121	235.1K followers
118	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	127	1.1M followers
119	Singapore, Singapore	130	1.3M followers
120	Kampala, Uganda	139	39.2K followers
121	Jakarta, Indonesia	142	2.2M followers
122	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	157	17.9K followers
123	Delhi, India	163	3.3M followers
124	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	167	1.1M followers
125	Kuching, Malaysia	181	85K followers