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	11	259.6K followers
2	Canberra, Australia	13	507.2K followers
3	Sydney, Australia	15	1.9M followers
4	Kobe, Japan	17	69.2K followers
5	Medan, Indonesia	17	1.4M followers
6	Manama, Bahrain	17	81.3K followers
7	Portland, USA	18	449.7K followers
8	Seattle, USA	19	795.1K followers
9	San Francisco, USA	19	1.1M followers
10	Madrid, Spain	20	783.3K followers
11	Tokyo, Japan	22	1.7M followers
12	Chiang Mai, Thailand	22	16M followers
13	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	22	1.1M followers
14	Montreal, Canada	23	353.9K followers
15	Vancouver, Canada	26	569.8K followers
16	New York, USA	27	2.6M followers
17	Kyoto, Japan	28	270.1K followers
18	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	28	788.3K followers
19	Osaka, Japan	28	672.4K followers
20	Doha, Qatar	28	334.1K followers
21	Melbourne, Australia	29	869.9K followers
22	Lisbon, Portugal	29	208.6K followers
23	Lyon, France	29	705.4K followers
24	Chicago, USA	31	228.7K followers
25	Washington D.C., USA	31	181K followers
26	Los Angeles, USA	32	16.3M followers
27	Denver, USA	32	2M followers
28	Bangkok, Thailand	33	17.3M followers
29	Kuching, Malaysia	34	110.9K followers
30	Moscow, Russia	39	1.3M followers
31	Toronto, Canada	39	1.1M followers
32	Minneapolis, USA	41	95.3K followers
33	Lima, Peru	41	68.5K followers
34	Kyiv, Ukraine	41	677.9K followers
35	Taipei, Taiwan	42	1.5M followers
36	Bogota, Colombia	43	146K followers
37	Detroit, USA	44	77.2K followers
38	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	45	1.6M followers
39	Helsinki, Finland	46	224.5K followers
40	Sao Paulo, Brazil	47	183.7K followers
41	Bern, Switzerland	47	223.3K followers
42	Kuwait City, Kuwait	48	174.3K followers
43	Santiago, Chile	49	180.4K followers
44	Barcelona, Spain	50	624.5K followers
45	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	52	1.2M followers
46	Oslo, Norway	53	195.9K followers
47	Stockholm, Sweden	53	255.1K followers
48	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	54	37K followers
49	Busan, South Korea	55	1.1M followers
50	Ljubljana, Slovenia	55	208.5K followers
51	Munich, Germany	55	703.2K followers
52	Nice, France	55	602K followers
53	Jerusalem, Israel	55	99.4K followers
54	Singapore, Singapore	56	1.4M followers
55	Shenzhen, China	56	874.5K followers
56	Bratislava, Slovakia	56	88.7K followers
57	Algiers, Algeria	56	50.7K followers
58	Rome, Italy	57	435.9K followers
59	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	57	617.2K followers
60	London, United Kingdom	58	1.2M followers
61	Dublin, Ireland	58	125.9K followers
62	Johannesburg, South Africa	58	111.7K followers
63	Yangon, Myanmar	58	235.1K followers
64	Houston, USA	59	136.7K followers
65	Belgrade, Serbia	59	1.3M followers
66	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	59	240K followers
67	Guangzhou, China	60	2M followers
68	Budapest, Hungary	60	164.7K followers
69	Skopje, North Macedonia	60	253.2K followers
70	Cairo, Egypt	60	281.3K followers
71	Brussels, Belgium	60	354.9K followers
72	Almaty, Kazakhstan	61	847K followers
73	Salt Lake City, USA	61	269.3K followers
74	Manila, Philippines	61	382.6K followers
75	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	62	1.2M followers
76	Amsterdam, Netherlands	62	571.4K followers
77	Seoul, South Korea	64	17.7M followers
78	Incheon, South Korea	64	195.2K followers
79	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	64	1.2M followers
80	Copenhagen, Denmark	64	209.5K followers
81	Sofia, Bulgaria	65	278.3K followers
82	Hanoi, Vietnam	66	3.6M followers
83	Accra, Ghana	66	27.9K followers
84	Kraków, Poland	66	609.3K followers
85	Baghdad, Iraq	66	298.7K followers
86	Krasnoyarsk, Russia	66	159.4K followers
87	Zagreb, Croatia	67	274.5K followers
88	Wrocław, Poland	67	445.5K followers
89	Istanbul, Turkey	68	563.2K followers
90	Warsaw, Poland	68	827.7K followers
91	Dakar, Senegal	68	52.1K followers
92	Pristina, Kosovo	70	114.9K followers
93	Paris, France	70	15.4M followers
94	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	71	1.1M followers
95	Tehran, Iran	71	1.6M followers
96	Berlin, Germany	72	869.2K followers
97	Athens, Greece	72	191.7K followers
98	Milan, Italy	72	519.9K followers
99	Baku, Azerbaijan	73	87.4K followers
100	Prague, Czech Republic	74	291.2K followers
101	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	74	400.5K followers
102	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	77	2.9M followers
103	Vienna, Austria	77	489.2K followers
104	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	80	18.5K followers
105	Nairobi, Kenya	81	79.7K followers
106	Hangzhou, China	82	808.4K followers
107	Beijing, China	85	18.5M followers
108	Bucharest, Romania	87	214.2K followers
109	Chengdu, China	92	2.4M followers
110	Chongqing, China	94	512.9K followers
111	Birmingham, United Kingdom	95	367.6K followers
112	Mumbai, India	97	1.8M followers
113	Karachi, Pakistan	107	313.2K followers
114	Wuhan, China	107	656.8K followers
115	Kampala, Uganda	110	39.9K followers
116	Kabul, Afghanistan	113	63.4K followers
117	Kathmandu, Nepal	120	452.8K followers
118	Shanghai, China	124	3.5M followers
119	Rotterdam, Netherlands	130	189.9K followers
120	Mexico City, Mexico	154	626.4K followers
121	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	158	136.5K followers
122	Kolkata, India	159	1.6M followers
123	Jakarta, Indonesia	172	2.3M followers
124	Dhaka, Bangladesh	199	497.1K followers
125	Delhi, India	259	3.3M followers
126	Lahore, Pakistan	354	1.1M followers