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	184	5.6K followers
2	Kampala, Uganda	155	12.4K followers
3	Jakarta, Indonesia	153	1.5M followers
4	Medan, Indonesia	130	717.2K followers
5	Jerusalem, Israel	112	31.1K followers
6	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	108	73.8K followers
7	Los Angeles, USA	102	15.3M followers
8	Santiago, Chile	101	55.8K followers
9	Kolkata, India	96	903.4K followers
10	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	94	839.2K followers
11	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	90	11.4K followers
12	Kuwait City, Kuwait	89	53.9K followers
13	Johannesburg, South Africa	87	34.9K followers
14	Chengdu, China	85	1.7M followers
15	Karachi, Pakistan	83	97K followers
16	Sao Paulo, Brazil	83	56.9K followers
17	Beijing, China	82	17.4M followers
18	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	82	462K followers
19	Cairo, Egypt	81	86.1K followers
20	Algiers, Algeria	77	15.8K followers
21	Milan, Italy	72	160K followers
22	Lahore, Pakistan	72	449.3K followers
23	Yangon, Myanmar	71	71.9K followers
24	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	71	362.9K followers
25	Birmingham, United Kingdom	71	115.6K followers
26	Accra, Ghana	71	8.5K followers
27	Istanbul, Turkey	69	174.2K followers
28	Manama, Bahrain	68	25K followers
29	Nice, France	68	189.1K followers
30	Tehran, Iran	67	910.6K followers
31	Singapore, Singapore	66	623.8K followers
32	Salt Lake City, USA	66	80.7K followers
33	Denver, USA	65	1.3M followers
34	Wuhan, China	64	201.3K followers
35	Dakar, Senegal	64	15.8K followers
36	Delhi, India	63	2.6M followers
37	Hangzhou, China	63	247.2K followers
38	Kabul, Afghanistan	60	19.6K followers
39	Baghdad, Iraq	60	90.9K followers
40	Athens, Greece	60	58.2K followers
41	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	59	367.1K followers
42	Hanoi, Vietnam	59	2.9M followers
43	Baku, Azerbaijan	58	26.9K followers
44	Barcelona, Spain	58	194.5K followers
45	Madrid, Spain	58	240K followers
46	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	58	2.2M followers
47	Montreal, Canada	57	105.9K followers
48	Incheon, South Korea	57	60.7K followers
49	Kuching, Malaysia	56	24.7K followers
50	Mumbai, India	56	1.1M followers
51	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	56	123K followers
52	Doha, Qatar	56	103.4K followers
53	Moscow, Russia	56	558.8K followers
54	Dhaka, Bangladesh	55	154.6K followers
55	Shenzhen, China	55	268.4K followers
56	Lima, Peru	54	21K followers
57	Bangkok, Thailand	54	16.3M followers
58	Rotterdam, Netherlands	53	59.5K followers
59	Mexico City, Mexico	53	194.1K followers
60	Seoul, South Korea	53	16.7M followers
61	Guangzhou, China	53	1.3M followers
62	Chongqing, China	53	158.7K followers
63	Wrocław, Poland	52	140.4K followers
64	Kathmandu, Nepal	52	140.6K followers
65	Detroit, USA	52	22.9K followers
66	Chicago, USA	52	65.8K followers
67	Melbourne, Australia	51	267.7K followers
68	Almaty, Kazakhstan	51	261.1K followers
69	Paris, France	50	14.4M followers
70	Osaka, Japan	50	206.8K followers
71	Busan, South Korea	50	433.6K followers
72	Shanghai, China	50	2.7M followers
73	Rome, Italy	48	132.2K followers
74	Washington D.C., USA	48	54.3K followers
75	Ljubljana, Slovenia	47	64.6K followers
76	Bern, Switzerland	46	68.2K followers
77	Oslo, Norway	46	59.9K followers
78	Taipei, Taiwan	44	780.7K followers
79	Kraków, Poland	44	190.6K followers
80	Kyoto, Japan	44	83.8K followers
81	Minneapolis, USA	44	27.8K followers
82	Lyon, France	43	221.1K followers
83	Vienna, Austria	43	151.4K followers
84	Nairobi, Kenya	43	24.6K followers
85	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	43	41.6K followers
86	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	42	378.8K followers
87	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	42	551.8K followers
88	Bratislava, Slovakia	40	27.5K followers
89	Brussels, Belgium	39	110.1K followers
90	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	39	191.5K followers
91	Amsterdam, Netherlands	39	176.4K followers
92	Berlin, Germany	39	266.2K followers
93	Kobe, Japan	39	21.5K followers
94	Chiang Mai, Thailand	39	15.2M followers
95	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	36	245.8K followers
96	Munich, Germany	34	219.2K followers
97	Toronto, Canada	34	358.6K followers
98	New York, USA	34	1.8M followers
99	Lisbon, Portugal	33	63.6K followers
100	Kyiv, Ukraine	33	207.7K followers
101	Zagreb, Croatia	33	84.7K followers
102	Copenhagen, Denmark	32	64.4K followers
103	Krasnoyarsk, Russia	31	49.8K followers
104	Houston, USA	31	41.5K followers
105	Seattle, USA	30	233.3K followers
106	Bucharest, Romania	29	65.7K followers
107	Helsinki, Finland	28	69.8K followers
108	Prague, Czech Republic	28	90.2K followers
109	Belgrade, Serbia	28	642.6K followers
110	London, United Kingdom	28	503.3K followers
111	San Francisco, USA	26	363.2K followers
112	Stockholm, Sweden	25	78.1K followers
113	Dublin, Ireland	24	38.5K followers
114	Bogota, Colombia	23	45.3K followers
115	Warsaw, Poland	23	256.2K followers
116	Skopje, North Macedonia	22	78.5K followers
117	Tokyo, Japan	22	1M followers
118	Portland, USA	22	125.1K followers
119	Budapest, Hungary	21	50.2K followers
120	Vancouver, Canada	18	168.9K followers
121	Pristina, Kosovo	17	35.3K followers
122	Canberra, Australia	17	154.1K followers
123	Sofia, Bulgaria	17	86.2K followers
124	Auckland, New Zealand	16	78.7K followers
125	Sydney, Australia	16	1.2M followers