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	Dublin, Ireland	10	38.2K followers
2	Sydney, Australia	11	1.2M followers
3	Melbourne, Australia	14	266.1K followers
4	Canberra, Australia	14	153.1K followers
5	Montreal, Canada	14	104.9K followers
6	Lisbon, Portugal	14	63.1K followers
7	Hangzhou, China	17	245.7K followers
8	London, United Kingdom	18	499.7K followers
9	Shanghai, China	18	2.7M followers
10	Vancouver, Canada	21	167.1K followers
11	Detroit, USA	22	22.8K followers
12	Birmingham, United Kingdom	22	115.4K followers
13	Bogota, Colombia	22	45.1K followers
14	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	24	41.4K followers
15	San Francisco, USA	25	360.7K followers
16	Incheon, South Korea	25	60.5K followers
17	Toronto, Canada	25	355.1K followers
18	Kyiv, Ukraine	27	204.1K followers
19	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	28	549.6K followers
20	Helsinki, Finland	28	69.5K followers
21	Kabul, Afghanistan	28	19.5K followers
22	Seattle, USA	29	231.2K followers
23	Seoul, South Korea	29	16.7M followers
24	Stockholm, Sweden	31	77.6K followers
25	Bern, Switzerland	31	67.7K followers
26	Sofia, Bulgaria	33	85.5K followers
27	Shenzhen, China	33	266.4K followers
28	Rome, Italy	33	131.1K followers
29	Pristina, Kosovo	33	35.1K followers
30	Oslo, Norway	34	59.5K followers
31	Auckland, New Zealand	34	78.2K followers
32	Moscow, Russia	35	556K followers
33	Busan, South Korea	37	431.6K followers
34	Skopje, North Macedonia	37	78.3K followers
35	Brussels, Belgium	37	109.6K followers
36	Chiang Mai, Thailand	38	15.2M followers
37	Chicago, USA	38	65.1K followers
38	Kuching, Malaysia	38	24.6K followers
39	Guangzhou, China	39	1.3M followers
40	Barcelona, Spain	39	193.7K followers
41	Nairobi, Kenya	39	24.5K followers
42	Yangon, Myanmar	39	71.4K followers
43	Minneapolis, USA	41	27.6K followers
44	Lyon, France	42	220.4K followers
45	Athens, Greece	43	57.5K followers
46	Houston, USA	44	41.2K followers
47	Kobe, Japan	44	21.4K followers
48	Vienna, Austria	44	150.6K followers
49	Budapest, Hungary	44	49.8K followers
50	Wuhan, China	44	200.3K followers
51	Los Angeles, USA	45	15.2M followers
52	New York, USA	45	1.8M followers
53	Munich, Germany	45	218.4K followers
54	Wrocław, Poland	45	140.2K followers
55	Rotterdam, Netherlands	45	59.2K followers
56	Washington D.C., USA	48	53.7K followers
57	Osaka, Japan	50	205.6K followers
58	Singapore, Singapore	50	621.4K followers
59	Tokyo, Japan	52	1M followers
60	Lima, Peru	52	20.9K followers
61	Bangkok, Thailand	53	16.3M followers
62	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	53	2.2M followers
63	Berlin, Germany	53	264.3K followers
64	Kyoto, Japan	53	83.5K followers
65	Mumbai, India	53	1.1M followers
66	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	53	365.4K followers
67	Ljubljana, Slovenia	53	64.3K followers
68	Zagreb, Croatia	53	84.3K followers
69	Istanbul, Turkey	54	173.5K followers
70	Accra, Ghana	54	8.4K followers
71	Medan, Indonesia	54	716.5K followers
72	Almaty, Kazakhstan	55	260.2K followers
73	Paris, France	55	14.3M followers
74	Baku, Azerbaijan	55	26.7K followers
75	Nice, France	55	188.6K followers
76	Tehran, Iran	55	907.6K followers
77	Bucharest, Romania	56	65.4K followers
78	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	56	245K followers
79	Bratislava, Slovakia	56	27.3K followers
80	Amsterdam, Netherlands	56	175.5K followers
81	Taipei, Taiwan	57	777.7K followers
82	Hanoi, Vietnam	58	2.9M followers
83	Prague, Czech Republic	58	89.7K followers
84	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	58	377.6K followers
85	Warsaw, Poland	58	255K followers
86	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	58	191K followers
87	Denver, USA	60	1.3M followers
88	Belgrade, Serbia	60	640.1K followers
89	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	60	361.2K followers
90	Algiers, Algeria	60	15.8K followers
91	Manila, Philippines	60	113.5K followers
92	Portland, USA	61	123.4K followers
93	Kathmandu, Nepal	61	140K followers
94	Johannesburg, South Africa	64	34.8K followers
95	Chongqing, China	66	158.2K followers
96	Beijing, China	66	17.4M followers
97	Madrid, Spain	69	238.7K followers
98	Kraków, Poland	69	190.1K followers
99	Dakar, Senegal	69	15.7K followers
100	Milan, Italy	69	159.1K followers
101	Karachi, Pakistan	71	96.7K followers
102	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	71	11.3K followers
103	Sao Paulo, Brazil	72	56.6K followers
104	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	78	835.2K followers
105	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	78	122.4K followers
106	Kuwait City, Kuwait	81	53.7K followers
107	Cairo, Egypt	82	85.6K followers
108	Dhaka, Bangladesh	84	154.1K followers
109	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	85	459.3K followers
110	Santiago, Chile	88	55.4K followers
111	Chengdu, China	90	1.7M followers
112	Mexico City, Mexico	90	193.2K followers
113	Manama, Bahrain	92	24.8K followers
114	Kolkata, India	99	902.7K followers
115	Baghdad, Iraq	99	90.3K followers
116	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	101	73.4K followers
117	Kampala, Uganda	101	12.3K followers
118	Jerusalem, Israel	103	31K followers
119	Salt Lake City, USA	106	77K followers
120	Doha, Qatar	112	102.9K followers
121	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	144	5.5K followers
122	Delhi, India	147	2.6M followers
123	Lahore, Pakistan	153	448.2K followers
124	Jakarta, Indonesia	167	1.5M followers