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	Lahore, Pakistan	344	1.1M followers
2	Delhi, India	244	3.3M followers
3	Dakar, Senegal	184	51.2K followers
4	Mumbai, India	179	1.8M followers
5	Kolkata, India	172	1.6M followers
6	Cairo, Egypt	171	279.5K followers
7	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	171	1.2M followers
8	Jakarta, Indonesia	163	2.3M followers
9	Doha, Qatar	157	332.8K followers
10	Medan, Indonesia	156	1.4M followers
11	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	156	2.9M followers
12	Dhaka, Bangladesh	153	495.2K followers
13	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	149	397.9K followers
14	Beijing, China	149	18.5M followers
15	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	149	1.5M followers
16	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	149	1.2M followers
17	Manama, Bahrain	131	80.8K followers
18	Kabul, Afghanistan	127	63.1K followers
19	Singapore, Singapore	124	1.4M followers
20	Karachi, Pakistan	116	310.8K followers
21	Kathmandu, Nepal	113	450.6K followers
22	Kuching, Malaysia	109	109K followers
23	Kuwait City, Kuwait	105	173.3K followers
24	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	100	18.4K followers
25	Chicago, USA	98	227K followers
26	Istanbul, Turkey	96	559.4K followers
27	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	94	36.8K followers
28	Wuhan, China	94	652K followers
29	Jerusalem, Israel	91	99.1K followers
30	Hanoi, Vietnam	90	3.6M followers
31	Bangkok, Thailand	90	17.3M followers
32	Baghdad, Iraq	85	295.7K followers
33	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	84	238.9K followers
34	Chengdu, China	84	2.4M followers
35	Kampala, Uganda	81	39.8K followers
36	Yangon, Myanmar	78	233.9K followers
37	Tehran, Iran	77	1.6M followers
38	Chongqing, China	73	511.2K followers
39	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	71	612.3K followers
40	Bucharest, Romania	71	213.2K followers
41	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	68	135.2K followers
42	Chiang Mai, Thailand	66	16M followers
43	Algiers, Algeria	64	50.5K followers
44	Baku, Azerbaijan	64	86.9K followers
45	Nairobi, Kenya	63	79.3K followers
46	Houston, USA	63	136K followers
47	Sao Paulo, Brazil	61	182.9K followers
48	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	61	1.2M followers
49	Guangzhou, China	61	2M followers
50	Manila, Philippines	60	380.2K followers
51	Shenzhen, China	59	870K followers
52	Hangzhou, China	59	800.6K followers
53	Minneapolis, USA	59	94.8K followers
54	Incheon, South Korea	58	194.7K followers
55	Detroit, USA	57	76.8K followers
56	Moscow, Russia	56	1.3M followers
57	Athens, Greece	55	190.5K followers
58	Bogota, Colombia	54	145.6K followers
59	Kyiv, Ukraine	53	674.9K followers
60	Shanghai, China	53	3.5M followers
61	Kraków, Poland	52	607K followers
62	Seoul, South Korea	52	17.7M followers
63	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	50	1.1M followers
64	Busan, South Korea	50	1.1M followers
65	Helsinki, Finland	46	223.7K followers
66	Warsaw, Poland	46	822.2K followers
67	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	44	784.5K followers
68	Accra, Ghana	44	27.7K followers
69	Lima, Peru	43	68.2K followers
70	Krasnoyarsk, Russia	42	158.8K followers
71	Taipei, Taiwan	42	1.5M followers
72	Prague, Czech Republic	42	289.9K followers
73	Ljubljana, Slovenia	39	207.5K followers
74	Tokyo, Japan	39	1.7M followers
75	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	38	1.1M followers
76	Zagreb, Croatia	37	273.3K followers
77	New York, USA	36	2.6M followers
78	Los Angeles, USA	36	16.2M followers
79	Rotterdam, Netherlands	34	189.4K followers
80	Bern, Switzerland	33	222.1K followers
81	Johannesburg, South Africa	33	111.4K followers
82	Osaka, Japan	33	668.7K followers
83	Kyoto, Japan	33	269.1K followers
84	Belgrade, Serbia	33	1.3M followers
85	Kobe, Japan	33	68.9K followers
86	Amsterdam, Netherlands	32	569K followers
87	Lisbon, Portugal	32	207.3K followers
88	Rome, Italy	32	432.8K followers
89	Portland, USA	32	446.3K followers
90	Wrocław, Poland	31	444.4K followers
91	Budapest, Hungary	31	163.5K followers
92	Dublin, Ireland	31	125.1K followers
93	Toronto, Canada	31	1.1M followers
94	Madrid, Spain	31	780.2K followers
95	Washington D.C., USA	31	179.9K followers
96	London, United Kingdom	30	1.2M followers
97	Berlin, Germany	28	864.4K followers
98	Munich, Germany	26	699.9K followers
99	Mexico City, Mexico	26	623.8K followers
100	Stockholm, Sweden	26	253.5K followers
101	Paris, France	26	15.3M followers
102	Vienna, Austria	25	487K followers
103	Sofia, Bulgaria	24	277K followers
104	San Francisco, USA	24	1.1M followers
105	Copenhagen, Denmark	23	208.5K followers
106	Pristina, Kosovo	23	114.2K followers
107	Bratislava, Slovakia	23	88.3K followers
108	Oslo, Norway	23	194.8K followers
109	Skopje, North Macedonia	23	251.7K followers
110	Almaty, Kazakhstan	23	839.3K followers
111	Nice, France	21	600.8K followers
112	Lyon, France	21	703.9K followers
113	Montreal, Canada	21	351.8K followers
114	Barcelona, Spain	21	622.4K followers
115	Brussels, Belgium	20	353.6K followers
116	Denver, USA	20	2M followers
117	Canberra, Australia	19	503.4K followers
118	Vancouver, Canada	19	566.6K followers
119	Melbourne, Australia	19	865.8K followers
120	Salt Lake City, USA	19	267.3K followers
121	Seattle, USA	19	791.4K followers
122	Auckland, New Zealand	18	258.1K followers
123	Milan, Italy	17	517.2K followers
124	Sydney, Australia	16	1.9M followers
125	Birmingham, United Kingdom	14	366.8K followers
126	Santiago, Chile	14	179.7K followers