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	Melbourne, Australia	9	844K followers
2	Montreal, Canada	10	341.9K followers
3	Sydney, Australia	11	1.8M followers
4	Canberra, Australia	12	486.3K followers
5	Kathmandu, Nepal	17	443.1K followers
6	Kyiv, Ukraine	17	655K followers
7	San Francisco, USA	19	1M followers
8	Almaty, Kazakhstan	20	822.7K followers
9	Stockholm, Sweden	21	246.5K followers
10	Helsinki, Finland	21	219.9K followers
11	Berlin, Germany	22	840K followers
12	Budapest, Hungary	22	158.4K followers
13	Skopje, North Macedonia	22	247.3K followers
14	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	22	603.1K followers
15	Pristina, Kosovo	22	111.4K followers
16	Dublin, Ireland	23	121.5K followers
17	Bogota, Colombia	24	143.1K followers
18	Copenhagen, Denmark	26	203.1K followers
19	Minneapolis, USA	27	91.9K followers
20	Belgrade, Serbia	27	1.3M followers
21	Ljubljana, Slovenia	28	203.3K followers
22	Warsaw, Poland	28	806.8K followers
23	Oslo, Norway	28	189.2K followers
24	Yangon, Myanmar	28	226.7K followers
25	Brussels, Belgium	28	347K followers
26	Prague, Czech Republic	30	284K followers
27	Amsterdam, Netherlands	30	556.8K followers
28	Sofia, Bulgaria	31	271.5K followers
29	Detroit, USA	31	75.3K followers
30	Zagreb, Croatia	31	266.9K followers
31	Wrocław, Poland	31	441.3K followers
32	Toronto, Canada	32	1.1M followers
33	London, United Kingdom	33	1.2M followers
34	Chiang Mai, Thailand	33	15.9M followers
35	Kraków, Poland	33	599.8K followers
36	Chicago, USA	34	218.2K followers
37	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	34	773.6K followers
38	Bucharest, Romania	38	207.2K followers
39	Moscow, Russia	38	1.2M followers
40	Vienna, Austria	40	477.4K followers
41	Paris, France	40	15.1M followers
42	Bratislava, Slovakia	40	86.5K followers
43	Bern, Switzerland	40	215.1K followers
44	Rotterdam, Netherlands	41	187K followers
45	Busan, South Korea	42	1.1M followers
46	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	42	131.3K followers
47	Auckland, New Zealand	42	248.7K followers
48	Lyon, France	43	695.8K followers
49	Los Angeles, USA	45	16M followers
50	Rome, Italy	45	418K followers
51	Munich, Germany	45	690K followers
52	New York, USA	48	2.5M followers
53	Barcelona, Spain	49	612.9K followers
54	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	50	1M followers
55	Lisbon, Portugal	51	200.9K followers
56	Milan, Italy	52	504.6K followers
57	Taipei, Taiwan	52	1.5M followers
58	Sao Paulo, Brazil	53	179.4K followers
59	Dhaka, Bangladesh	53	487.4K followers
60	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	55	2.8M followers
61	Birmingham, United Kingdom	55	363.5K followers
62	Kabul, Afghanistan	55	61.8K followers
63	Medan, Indonesia	55	1.4M followers
64	Bangkok, Thailand	56	17M followers
65	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	56	1.5M followers
66	Lima, Peru	56	66.4K followers
67	Wuhan, China	56	634.6K followers
68	Kuching, Malaysia	56	77.6K followers
69	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	57	1.2M followers
70	Hangzhou, China	58	779.4K followers
71	Istanbul, Turkey	59	549K followers
72	Baku, Azerbaijan	60	84.7K followers
73	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	60	387.9K followers
74	Seoul, South Korea	62	17.5M followers
75	Shenzhen, China	62	848.3K followers
76	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	62	1.1M followers
77	Mumbai, India	62	1.8M followers
78	Washington D.C., USA	63	174.7K followers
79	Athens, Greece	63	184.1K followers
80	Kuwait City, Kuwait	63	169.9K followers
81	Chongqing, China	64	499.7K followers
82	Shanghai, China	64	3.4M followers
83	Incheon, South Korea	64	191.2K followers
84	Nice, France	64	594.9K followers
85	Santiago, Chile	65	175.9K followers
86	Singapore, Singapore	65	1.3M followers
87	Doha, Qatar	66	325.8K followers
88	Kolkata, India	66	1.6M followers
89	Seattle, USA	68	748.7K followers
90	Baghdad, Iraq	68	286.4K followers
91	Guangzhou, China	69	2M followers
92	Tehran, Iran	69	1.6M followers
93	Kyoto, Japan	71	264K followers
94	Manama, Bahrain	71	78.8K followers
95	Vancouver, Canada	72	540.2K followers
96	Tokyo, Japan	73	1.7M followers
97	Beijing, China	73	18.2M followers
98	Madrid, Spain	73	757K followers
99	Delhi, India	73	3.3M followers
100	Accra, Ghana	73	26.7K followers
101	Krasnoyarsk, Russia	73	156.8K followers
102	Jakarta, Indonesia	75	2.2M followers
103	Kobe, Japan	75	67.6K followers
104	Osaka, Japan	77	651.8K followers
105	Houston, USA	78	131.8K followers
106	Karachi, Pakistan	85	305.6K followers
107	Hanoi, Vietnam	86	3.6M followers
108	Portland, USA	88	407.6K followers
109	Dakar, Senegal	88	49.9K followers
110	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	92	1.1M followers
111	Lahore, Pakistan	93	1.1M followers
112	Chengdu, China	94	2.4M followers
113	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	94	1M followers
114	Cairo, Egypt	94	272K followers
115	Algiers, Algeria	97	49.8K followers
116	Salt Lake City, USA	102	256K followers
117	Denver, USA	105	2M followers
118	Nairobi, Kenya	107	77.7K followers
119	Mexico City, Mexico	111	613.2K followers
120	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	111	35.9K followers
121	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	114	233K followers
122	Jerusalem, Israel	125	97.9K followers
123	Johannesburg, South Africa	134	109.7K followers
124	Kampala, Uganda	160	39K followers
125	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	182	17.5K followers