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	266K followers
2	Osaka, Japan	11	205.5K followers
3	Moscow, Russia	11	555.1K followers
4	Warsaw, Poland	14	254.9K followers
5	Kobe, Japan	17	21.4K followers
6	Kyoto, Japan	17	83.4K followers
7	Shenzhen, China	17	266.1K followers
8	Pristina, Kosovo	17	35.1K followers
9	San Francisco, USA	18	360.5K followers
10	Bogota, Colombia	18	45.1K followers
11	Sofia, Bulgaria	22	85.5K followers
12	Helsinki, Finland	22	69.5K followers
13	Vancouver, Canada	23	167K followers
14	Birmingham, United Kingdom	24	115.4K followers
15	Dublin, Ireland	25	38.2K followers
16	Montreal, Canada	25	104.8K followers
17	Bangkok, Thailand	26	16.3M followers
18	Seattle, USA	26	231K followers
19	Portland, USA	27	123.2K followers
20	Houston, USA	27	41.2K followers
21	Chicago, USA	27	65.1K followers
22	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	27	549.3K followers
23	Tokyo, Japan	28	1M followers
24	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	28	41.4K followers
25	Kraków, Poland	28	190.1K followers
26	Brussels, Belgium	28	109.5K followers
27	Minneapolis, USA	29	27.5K followers
28	Kyiv, Ukraine	29	203.9K followers
29	Amsterdam, Netherlands	29	175.4K followers
30	Kuching, Malaysia	31	24.6K followers
31	Skopje, North Macedonia	32	78.2K followers
32	London, United Kingdom	33	499.4K followers
33	Chiang Mai, Thailand	33	15.2M followers
34	Taipei, Taiwan	33	777.4K followers
35	Stockholm, Sweden	33	77.6K followers
36	Yangon, Myanmar	33	71.4K followers
37	Rome, Italy	36	131K followers
38	Salt Lake City, USA	37	76.9K followers
39	Canberra, Australia	37	153K followers
40	Lisbon, Portugal	37	63.1K followers
41	Auckland, New Zealand	37	78.1K followers
42	Guangzhou, China	39	1.3M followers
43	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	39	2.2M followers
44	Toronto, Canada	39	354.9K followers
45	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	39	245K followers
46	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	39	377.4K followers
47	Singapore, Singapore	39	621.1K followers
48	Algiers, Algeria	39	15.8K followers
49	Sydney, Australia	41	1.2M followers
50	Almaty, Kazakhstan	43	260.1K followers
51	Vienna, Austria	44	150.6K followers
52	Paris, France	44	14.3M followers
53	Budapest, Hungary	44	49.8K followers
54	Zagreb, Croatia	44	84.3K followers
55	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	44	122.3K followers
56	Detroit, USA	45	22.7K followers
57	Madrid, Spain	45	238.6K followers
58	Denver, USA	48	1.3M followers
59	Berlin, Germany	48	264.2K followers
60	Munich, Germany	48	218.4K followers
61	Belgrade, Serbia	49	639.8K followers
62	Bern, Switzerland	49	67.6K followers
63	Busan, South Korea	50	431.4K followers
64	Bucharest, Romania	52	65.3K followers
65	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	52	365.3K followers
66	Mexico City, Mexico	52	193.1K followers
67	Wrocław, Poland	52	140.1K followers
68	Istanbul, Turkey	53	173.4K followers
69	Athens, Greece	53	57.5K followers
70	Oslo, Norway	53	59.4K followers
71	Rotterdam, Netherlands	53	59.2K followers
72	Los Angeles, USA	55	15.2M followers
73	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	55	834.7K followers
74	New York, USA	55	1.8M followers
75	Beijing, China	55	17.4M followers
76	Barcelona, Spain	55	193.6K followers
77	Prague, Czech Republic	55	89.6K followers
78	Kabul, Afghanistan	55	19.5K followers
79	Chongqing, China	56	158.2K followers
80	Lima, Peru	56	20.9K followers
81	Ljubljana, Slovenia	56	64.3K followers
82	Doha, Qatar	57	102.8K followers
83	Bratislava, Slovakia	58	27.3K followers
84	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	58	361.1K followers
85	Manama, Bahrain	58	24.8K followers
86	Medan, Indonesia	58	716.4K followers
87	Sao Paulo, Brazil	59	56.6K followers
88	Baku, Azerbaijan	59	26.7K followers
89	Mumbai, India	60	1.1M followers
90	Accra, Ghana	60	8.4K followers
91	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	62	190.9K followers
92	Baghdad, Iraq	62	90.3K followers
93	Tehran, Iran	62	907.3K followers
94	Manila, Philippines	64	113.4K followers
95	Incheon, South Korea	66	60.5K followers
96	Seoul, South Korea	68	16.7M followers
97	Washington D.C., USA	68	53.7K followers
98	Nairobi, Kenya	68	24.5K followers
99	Dakar, Senegal	70	15.7K followers
100	Hanoi, Vietnam	71	2.9M followers
101	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	75	459K followers
102	Karachi, Pakistan	75	96.6K followers
103	Milan, Italy	75	159K followers
104	Cairo, Egypt	77	85.6K followers
105	Chengdu, China	79	1.7M followers
106	Dhaka, Bangladesh	93	154K followers
107	Wuhan, China	97	200.2K followers
108	Kathmandu, Nepal	99	139.9K followers
109	Jerusalem, Israel	102	31K followers
110	Hangzhou, China	107	245.4K followers
111	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	109	73.4K followers
112	Kampala, Uganda	115	12.3K followers
113	Santiago, Chile	122	55.3K followers
114	Shanghai, China	129	2.7M followers
115	Kuwait City, Kuwait	134	53.6K followers
116	Kolkata, India	144	902.7K followers
117	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	153	11.3K followers
118	Lahore, Pakistan	154	448.1K followers
119	Delhi, India	157	2.6M followers
120	Jakarta, Indonesia	159	1.5M followers
121	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	176	5.5K followers
122	Johannesburg, South Africa	179	34.7K followers