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	Auckland, New Zealand	9	251.2K followers
2	Sydney, Australia	14	1.8M followers
3	Canberra, Australia	14	491.2K followers
4	Copenhagen, Denmark	15	205K followers
5	Toronto, Canada	17	1.1M followers
6	Montreal, Canada	17	346.6K followers
7	Taipei, Taiwan	17	1.5M followers
8	San Francisco, USA	19	1.1M followers
9	Kobe, Japan	22	68K followers
10	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	22	1.1M followers
11	Houston, USA	23	133.3K followers
12	Detroit, USA	23	75.8K followers
13	Shenzhen, China	24	858.2K followers
14	Oslo, Norway	24	191.4K followers
15	Stockholm, Sweden	24	248.9K followers
16	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	25	605.9K followers
17	Nice, France	25	597.5K followers
18	Vienna, Austria	26	481.1K followers
19	Amsterdam, Netherlands	26	561.7K followers
20	Birmingham, United Kingdom	26	364.5K followers
21	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	28	1.5M followers
22	Incheon, South Korea	28	192.6K followers
23	Vancouver, Canada	28	557.6K followers
24	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	28	1.1M followers
25	Bern, Switzerland	29	218.1K followers
26	New York, USA	32	2.5M followers
27	Denver, USA	32	2M followers
28	London, United Kingdom	33	1.2M followers
29	Dublin, Ireland	33	122.8K followers
30	Prague, Czech Republic	33	286.3K followers
31	Munich, Germany	33	693.7K followers
32	Rotterdam, Netherlands	33	188K followers
33	Kyiv, Ukraine	34	663.3K followers
34	Seoul, South Korea	35	17.5M followers
35	Chicago, USA	35	221.8K followers
36	Madrid, Spain	35	771.1K followers
37	Moscow, Russia	35	1.2M followers
38	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	36	1.2M followers
39	Osaka, Japan	36	656.7K followers
40	Sao Paulo, Brazil	36	180.7K followers
41	Budapest, Hungary	36	160.3K followers
42	Almaty, Kazakhstan	37	827.5K followers
43	Bratislava, Slovakia	37	87.2K followers
44	Seattle, USA	38	780.5K followers
45	Warsaw, Poland	38	811.9K followers
46	Bangkok, Thailand	39	17.1M followers
47	Chiang Mai, Thailand	39	16M followers
48	Barcelona, Spain	39	616.8K followers
49	Paris, France	39	15.2M followers
50	Ljubljana, Slovenia	39	204.8K followers
51	Milan, Italy	39	508.8K followers
52	Melbourne, Australia	41	851.5K followers
53	Bogota, Colombia	41	144.1K followers
54	Kolkata, India	42	1.6M followers
55	Zagreb, Croatia	42	269K followers
56	Brussels, Belgium	42	350.1K followers
57	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	43	132.5K followers
58	Wrocław, Poland	43	442.4K followers
59	Los Angeles, USA	44	16.1M followers
60	Shanghai, China	44	3.4M followers
61	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	44	2.9M followers
62	Kyoto, Japan	44	265.5K followers
63	Kraków, Poland	44	602.2K followers
64	Rome, Italy	44	423.2K followers
65	Salt Lake City, USA	45	262.9K followers
66	Wuhan, China	45	639.1K followers
67	Portland, USA	46	435.8K followers
68	Belgrade, Serbia	47	1.3M followers
69	Washington D.C., USA	48	176.7K followers
70	Lima, Peru	48	67.1K followers
71	Tehran, Iran	50	1.6M followers
72	Algiers, Algeria	50	50K followers
73	Hangzhou, China	52	786K followers
74	Bucharest, Romania	53	209.6K followers
75	Berlin, Germany	53	850.5K followers
76	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	54	36.2K followers
77	Tokyo, Japan	55	1.7M followers
78	Minneapolis, USA	55	93K followers
79	Guangzhou, China	56	2M followers
80	Athens, Greece	56	186.7K followers
81	Mexico City, Mexico	56	617.3K followers
82	Helsinki, Finland	56	221.2K followers
83	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	58	776.8K followers
84	Kabul, Afghanistan	58	62.3K followers
85	Kathmandu, Nepal	59	445.7K followers
86	Yangon, Myanmar	60	229K followers
87	Pristina, Kosovo	60	112.4K followers
88	Chongqing, China	65	502.4K followers
89	Lisbon, Portugal	65	203.5K followers
90	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	67	235.1K followers
91	Hanoi, Vietnam	68	3.6M followers
92	Skopje, North Macedonia	68	248.9K followers
93	Medan, Indonesia	68	1.4M followers
94	Mumbai, India	69	1.8M followers
95	Istanbul, Turkey	71	552.4K followers
96	Kuwait City, Kuwait	71	171.1K followers
97	Sofia, Bulgaria	72	273.9K followers
98	Dakar, Senegal	72	50.3K followers
99	Dhaka, Bangladesh	73	489.9K followers
100	Manama, Bahrain	73	79.5K followers
101	Nairobi, Kenya	78	78.2K followers
102	Baku, Azerbaijan	79	85.4K followers
103	Johannesburg, South Africa	79	110.4K followers
104	Accra, Ghana	81	27.1K followers
105	Doha, Qatar	81	328.2K followers
106	Baghdad, Iraq	82	289.4K followers
107	Manila, Philippines	82	363.1K followers
108	Beijing, China	89	18.3M followers
109	Karachi, Pakistan	90	307.3K followers
110	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	102	391.8K followers
111	Chengdu, China	103	2.4M followers
112	Busan, South Korea	106	1.1M followers
113	Singapore, Singapore	106	1.3M followers
114	Jerusalem, Israel	106	98.3K followers
115	Santiago, Chile	109	177.5K followers
116	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	117	1.1M followers
117	Lahore, Pakistan	121	1.1M followers
118	Kampala, Uganda	129	39.3K followers
119	Delhi, India	134	3.3M followers
120	Jakarta, Indonesia	159	2.2M followers
121	Cairo, Egypt	159	274.7K followers
122	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	163	17.9K followers
123	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	166	1.1M followers
124	Kuching, Malaysia	170	85.2K followers