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	153	5.5K followers
2	Jakarta, Indonesia	153	1.5M followers
3	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	134	460.2K followers
4	Jerusalem, Israel	125	31K followers
5	Hanoi, Vietnam	124	2.9M followers
6	Lahore, Pakistan	121	448.6K followers
7	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	113	73.6K followers
8	Brussels, Belgium	107	109.7K followers
9	Delhi, India	107	2.6M followers
10	Budapest, Hungary	104	49.9K followers
11	Milan, Italy	103	159.4K followers
12	Rotterdam, Netherlands	102	59.3K followers
13	Prague, Czech Republic	95	89.8K followers
14	London, United Kingdom	94	500.8K followers
15	Bern, Switzerland	93	67.8K followers
16	Dhaka, Bangladesh	92	154.3K followers
17	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	90	11.3K followers
18	Birmingham, United Kingdom	86	115.5K followers
19	Santiago, Chile	83	55.5K followers
20	Lima, Peru	82	21K followers
21	Kuwait City, Kuwait	81	53.7K followers
22	Berlin, Germany	81	264.9K followers
23	Melbourne, Australia	79	266.6K followers
24	Johannesburg, South Africa	78	34.8K followers
25	Belgrade, Serbia	78	640.8K followers
26	Kolkata, India	77	902.9K followers
27	Karachi, Pakistan	77	96.8K followers
28	Hangzhou, China	77	246.1K followers
29	Munich, Germany	76	218.6K followers
30	Kampala, Uganda	71	12.4K followers
31	Kathmandu, Nepal	71	140.2K followers
32	Wrocław, Poland	70	140.2K followers
33	Vienna, Austria	70	150.9K followers
34	Paris, France	68	14.3M followers
35	Wuhan, China	66	200.6K followers
36	Salt Lake City, USA	65	79.5K followers
37	Medan, Indonesia	64	716.7K followers
38	Yangon, Myanmar	64	71.6K followers
39	Dakar, Senegal	64	15.8K followers
40	Houston, USA	63	41.3K followers
41	Nice, France	62	188.8K followers
42	Cairo, Egypt	62	85.8K followers
43	Lyon, France	61	220.6K followers
44	Istanbul, Turkey	61	173.7K followers
45	Almaty, Kazakhstan	61	260.5K followers
46	Los Angeles, USA	61	15.2M followers
47	Amsterdam, Netherlands	60	175.8K followers
48	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	60	2.2M followers
49	Accra, Ghana	59	8.4K followers
50	Manama, Bahrain	58	24.9K followers
51	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	58	361.7K followers
52	Bratislava, Slovakia	58	27.3K followers
53	Shenzhen, China	58	267K followers
54	Madrid, Spain	58	239.2K followers
55	Algiers, Algeria	56	15.8K followers
56	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	56	245.3K followers
57	Bucharest, Romania	56	65.5K followers
58	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	55	365.9K followers
59	Nairobi, Kenya	55	24.5K followers
60	Incheon, South Korea	55	60.6K followers
61	Shanghai, China	55	2.7M followers
62	Athens, Greece	54	57.7K followers
63	Barcelona, Spain	54	194K followers
64	Manila, Philippines	53	113.6K followers
65	Baghdad, Iraq	53	90.5K followers
66	Chicago, USA	53	65.3K followers
67	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	52	550.2K followers
68	Dublin, Ireland	52	38.3K followers
69	Denver, USA	52	1.3M followers
70	Kuching, Malaysia	51	24.6K followers
71	Tehran, Iran	50	908.3K followers
72	Chengdu, China	50	1.7M followers
73	Busan, South Korea	50	432.1K followers
74	Baku, Azerbaijan	49	26.8K followers
75	Chiang Mai, Thailand	49	15.2M followers
76	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	47	122.6K followers
77	Singapore, Singapore	47	622.1K followers
78	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	47	41.5K followers
79	Mumbai, India	45	1.1M followers
80	Ljubljana, Slovenia	45	64.4K followers
81	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	44	191.1K followers
82	Doha, Qatar	44	103.1K followers
83	Mexico City, Mexico	44	193.5K followers
84	Rome, Italy	44	131.4K followers
85	Osaka, Japan	44	206K followers
86	Guangzhou, China	44	1.3M followers
87	Zagreb, Croatia	43	84.5K followers
88	Beijing, China	42	17.4M followers
89	Skopje, North Macedonia	41	78.3K followers
90	Washington D.C., USA	41	53.9K followers
91	Taipei, Taiwan	39	778.6K followers
92	Seoul, South Korea	39	16.7M followers
93	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	39	836.2K followers
94	Chongqing, China	39	158.4K followers
95	Montreal, Canada	36	105.1K followers
96	Toronto, Canada	34	355.8K followers
97	New York, USA	34	1.8M followers
98	Pristina, Kosovo	33	35.2K followers
99	Warsaw, Poland	33	255.4K followers
100	Kraków, Poland	33	190.3K followers
101	Sao Paulo, Brazil	33	56.7K followers
102	Kobe, Japan	33	21.5K followers
103	Copenhagen, Denmark	32	64.1K followers
104	Helsinki, Finland	30	69.6K followers
105	Bogota, Colombia	29	45.2K followers
106	Oslo, Norway	28	59.6K followers
107	Kyoto, Japan	28	83.6K followers
108	Sofia, Bulgaria	28	85.6K followers
109	Minneapolis, USA	28	27.6K followers
110	Stockholm, Sweden	27	77.7K followers
111	Auckland, New Zealand	26	78.3K followers
112	Kyiv, Ukraine	26	204.4K followers
113	Lisbon, Portugal	25	63.3K followers
114	Bangkok, Thailand	25	16.3M followers
115	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	23	378K followers
116	San Francisco, USA	23	361.5K followers
117	Detroit, USA	22	22.8K followers
118	Tokyo, Japan	22	1M followers
119	Portland, USA	21	123.9K followers
120	Seattle, USA	20	231.8K followers
121	Kabul, Afghanistan	19	19.5K followers
122	Vancouver, Canada	19	167.5K followers
123	Sydney, Australia	17	1.2M followers
124	Moscow, Russia	11	557K followers
125	Canberra, Australia	10	153.3K followers