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	Stockholm, Sweden	10	77.7K followers
2	Kobe, Japan	11	21.4K followers
3	Osaka, Japan	11	205.8K followers
4	Canberra, Australia	11	153.2K followers
5	Tokyo, Japan	14	1M followers
6	Kyoto, Japan	17	83.6K followers
7	Warsaw, Poland	17	255.2K followers
8	Detroit, USA	18	22.8K followers
9	San Francisco, USA	19	361.1K followers
10	Auckland, New Zealand	19	78.2K followers
11	Moscow, Russia	22	556.5K followers
12	Accra, Ghana	22	8.4K followers
13	Sydney, Australia	23	1.2M followers
14	Minneapolis, USA	24	27.6K followers
15	Toronto, Canada	24	355.4K followers
16	Kabul, Afghanistan	25	19.5K followers
17	Montreal, Canada	27	105K followers
18	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	28	377.8K followers
19	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	28	549.9K followers
20	Pristina, Kosovo	28	35.2K followers
21	Seattle, USA	29	231.5K followers
22	Dublin, Ireland	29	38.2K followers
23	Bogota, Colombia	29	45.2K followers
24	Portland, USA	30	123.6K followers
25	Vancouver, Canada	31	167.3K followers
26	Helsinki, Finland	32	69.6K followers
27	Oslo, Norway	33	59.5K followers
28	Wuhan, China	33	200.5K followers
29	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	33	361.5K followers
30	Baku, Azerbaijan	33	26.8K followers
31	Kuching, Malaysia	34	24.6K followers
32	Rome, Italy	35	131.3K followers
33	Chengdu, China	36	1.7M followers
34	Lisbon, Portugal	37	63.2K followers
35	Rotterdam, Netherlands	37	59.3K followers
36	Chongqing, China	39	158.3K followers
37	Denver, USA	39	1.3M followers
38	Berlin, Germany	39	264.6K followers
39	London, United Kingdom	41	500.2K followers
40	Budapest, Hungary	41	49.9K followers
41	Chicago, USA	43	65.2K followers
42	Wrocław, Poland	43	140.2K followers
43	New York, USA	44	1.8M followers
44	Sofia, Bulgaria	44	85.5K followers
45	Shenzhen, China	44	266.8K followers
46	Ljubljana, Slovenia	44	64.3K followers
47	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	44	191.1K followers
48	Birmingham, United Kingdom	45	115.5K followers
49	Salt Lake City, USA	47	77.9K followers
50	Athens, Greece	47	57.6K followers
51	Los Angeles, USA	49	15.2M followers
52	Shanghai, China	50	2.7M followers
53	Busan, South Korea	50	431.9K followers
54	Beijing, China	50	17.4M followers
55	Sao Paulo, Brazil	50	56.7K followers
56	Vienna, Austria	50	150.8K followers
57	Kraków, Poland	50	190.2K followers
58	Kyiv, Ukraine	51	204.2K followers
59	Bangkok, Thailand	52	16.3M followers
60	Almaty, Kazakhstan	52	260.3K followers
61	Hangzhou, China	52	245.9K followers
62	Skopje, North Macedonia	52	78.3K followers
63	Brussels, Belgium	52	109.6K followers
64	Barcelona, Spain	53	193.8K followers
65	Mumbai, India	53	1.1M followers
66	Tehran, Iran	53	907.9K followers
67	Chiang Mai, Thailand	54	15.2M followers
68	Istanbul, Turkey	55	173.6K followers
69	Singapore, Singapore	55	621.7K followers
70	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	55	245.2K followers
71	Johannesburg, South Africa	55	34.8K followers
72	Yangon, Myanmar	55	71.5K followers
73	Houston, USA	56	41.2K followers
74	Cairo, Egypt	56	85.7K followers
75	Algiers, Algeria	56	15.8K followers
76	Baghdad, Iraq	57	90.4K followers
77	Kuwait City, Kuwait	57	53.7K followers
78	Guangzhou, China	58	1.3M followers
79	Madrid, Spain	58	238.9K followers
80	Lyon, France	58	220.5K followers
81	Hanoi, Vietnam	60	2.9M followers
82	Bucharest, Romania	60	65.4K followers
83	Washington D.C., USA	61	53.8K followers
84	Melbourne, Australia	61	266.3K followers
85	Prague, Czech Republic	61	89.7K followers
86	Santiago, Chile	63	55.4K followers
87	Taipei, Taiwan	63	778.1K followers
88	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	63	122.5K followers
89	Bern, Switzerland	63	67.7K followers
90	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	64	365.7K followers
91	Bratislava, Slovakia	64	27.3K followers
92	Seoul, South Korea	66	16.7M followers
93	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	66	11.3K followers
94	Incheon, South Korea	68	60.6K followers
95	Nairobi, Kenya	68	24.5K followers
96	Dakar, Senegal	68	15.8K followers
97	Doha, Qatar	68	102.9K followers
98	Belgrade, Serbia	71	640.5K followers
99	Medan, Indonesia	71	716.6K followers
100	Lima, Peru	72	20.9K followers
101	Nice, France	73	188.7K followers
102	Mexico City, Mexico	74	193.4K followers
103	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	75	835.7K followers
104	Manama, Bahrain	76	24.8K followers
105	Karachi, Pakistan	77	96.7K followers
106	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	78	2.2M followers
107	Zagreb, Croatia	79	84.4K followers
108	Kathmandu, Nepal	82	140.1K followers
109	Kampala, Uganda	86	12.3K followers
110	Manila, Philippines	90	113.6K followers
111	Dhaka, Bangladesh	94	154.2K followers
112	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	95	459.7K followers
113	Paris, France	98	14.3M followers
114	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	99	41.4K followers
115	Munich, Germany	103	218.5K followers
116	Delhi, India	108	2.6M followers
117	Milan, Italy	112	159.2K followers
118	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	113	73.5K followers
119	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	113	5.5K followers
120	Jerusalem, Israel	114	31K followers
121	Lahore, Pakistan	117	448.4K followers
122	Jakarta, Indonesia	140	1.5M followers
123	Kolkata, India	147	902.8K followers