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	Sofia, Bulgaria	11	85.1K followers
2	Moscow, Russia	11	552.7K followers
3	Stockholm, Sweden	11	77.2K followers
4	Kyiv, Ukraine	14	203K followers
5	San Francisco, USA	15	358.8K followers
6	Canberra, Australia	15	152.1K followers
7	Montreal, Canada	15	104K followers
8	Sydney, Australia	16	1.2M followers
9	Chiang Mai, Thailand	17	15.2M followers
10	Los Angeles, USA	18	15.1M followers
11	Melbourne, Australia	19	264.7K followers
12	Auckland, New Zealand	19	77.6K followers
13	Vancouver, Canada	21	166K followers
14	Seattle, USA	22	229.6K followers
15	Zagreb, Croatia	22	84K followers
16	Pristina, Kosovo	22	35K followers
17	Warsaw, Poland	22	254K followers
18	Kabul, Afghanistan	22	19.4K followers
19	Detroit, USA	23	22.7K followers
20	Toronto, Canada	25	352.8K followers
21	Dublin, Ireland	25	38K followers
22	Copenhagen, Denmark	25	63.7K followers
23	Houston, USA	26	41K followers
24	Bucharest, Romania	26	65K followers
25	Birmingham, United Kingdom	26	115.3K followers
26	Kuching, Malaysia	26	24.6K followers
27	Portland, USA	28	121.9K followers
28	Nairobi, Kenya	28	24.4K followers
29	Skopje, North Macedonia	28	78K followers
30	Berlin, Germany	28	262.8K followers
31	Helsinki, Finland	28	69.3K followers
32	Bern, Switzerland	28	67.3K followers
33	Salt Lake City, USA	31	76.3K followers
34	Ljubljana, Slovenia	31	64.1K followers
35	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	31	244.4K followers
36	London, United Kingdom	33	496.6K followers
37	Washington D.C., USA	33	53.3K followers
38	Denver, USA	33	1.3M followers
39	Belgrade, Serbia	33	637.4K followers
40	Rome, Italy	33	130.1K followers
41	Budapest, Hungary	34	49.6K followers
42	Minneapolis, USA	35	27.3K followers
43	Singapore, Singapore	36	619.1K followers
44	Wrocław, Poland	36	139.9K followers
45	Baku, Azerbaijan	36	26.6K followers
46	New York, USA	37	1.8M followers
47	Bogota, Colombia	37	45K followers
48	Vienna, Austria	38	150K followers
49	Almaty, Kazakhstan	39	259.2K followers
50	Kobe, Japan	39	21.4K followers
51	Kyoto, Japan	39	83.1K followers
52	Sao Paulo, Brazil	39	56.4K followers
53	Yangon, Myanmar	39	71K followers
54	Tehran, Iran	39	904.2K followers
55	Munich, Germany	41	217.8K followers
56	Athens, Greece	42	57.1K followers
57	Kraków, Poland	43	189.7K followers
58	Tokyo, Japan	44	1M followers
59	Milan, Italy	44	158.3K followers
60	Manila, Philippines	44	112.9K followers
61	Lisbon, Portugal	47	62.7K followers
62	Krasnoyarsk, Russia	47	49.5K followers
63	Lyon, France	48	219.9K followers
64	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	50	830.7K followers
65	Bratislava, Slovakia	50	27.2K followers
66	Brussels, Belgium	52	109.2K followers
67	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	53	363.9K followers
68	Chongqing, China	55	157.3K followers
69	Osaka, Japan	55	204.5K followers
70	Baghdad, Iraq	55	89.8K followers
71	Oslo, Norway	56	59.2K followers
72	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	56	190.3K followers
73	Shanghai, China	58	2.7M followers
74	Kuwait City, Kuwait	58	53.4K followers
75	Medan, Indonesia	59	715.7K followers
76	Mexico City, Mexico	60	192.4K followers
77	Taipei, Taiwan	60	774.6K followers
78	Amsterdam, Netherlands	60	174.8K followers
79	Rotterdam, Netherlands	60	59K followers
80	Nice, France	60	188.2K followers
81	Madrid, Spain	61	237.6K followers
82	Hangzhou, China	62	243.9K followers
83	Istanbul, Turkey	62	172.8K followers
84	Algiers, Algeria	62	15.7K followers
85	Mumbai, India	63	1.1M followers
86	Bangkok, Thailand	64	16.2M followers
87	Chicago, USA	64	64.5K followers
88	Lima, Peru	64	20.8K followers
89	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	64	376.2K followers
90	Accra, Ghana	66	8.4K followers
91	Prague, Czech Republic	67	89.3K followers
92	Hanoi, Vietnam	68	2.9M followers
93	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	68	2.2M followers
94	Barcelona, Spain	68	193.1K followers
95	Manama, Bahrain	68	24.7K followers
96	Busan, South Korea	69	429.3K followers
97	Paris, France	69	14.3M followers
98	Chengdu, China	69	1.7M followers
99	Kathmandu, Nepal	69	139.5K followers
100	Lahore, Pakistan	70	447.1K followers
101	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	70	547.4K followers
102	Seoul, South Korea	71	16.6M followers
103	Incheon, South Korea	71	60.4K followers
104	Dhaka, Bangladesh	71	153.5K followers
105	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	75	73.1K followers
106	Guangzhou, China	77	1.3M followers
107	Kolkata, India	77	902.1K followers
108	Delhi, India	78	2.6M followers
109	Jerusalem, Israel	79	30.9K followers
110	Beijing, China	80	17.3M followers
111	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	80	359.5K followers
112	Wuhan, China	81	199K followers
113	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	81	11.2K followers
114	Kampala, Uganda	82	12.3K followers
115	Shenzhen, China	85	263.5K followers
116	Karachi, Pakistan	86	96.3K followers
117	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	94	457.1K followers
118	Doha, Qatar	97	102.5K followers
119	Dakar, Senegal	99	15.6K followers
120	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	106	121.8K followers
121	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	115	41.2K followers
122	Santiago, Chile	122	54.8K followers
123	Johannesburg, South Africa	137	34.6K followers
124	Jakarta, Indonesia	153	1.5M followers
125	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	156	5.5K followers
126	Cairo, Egypt	161	85.2K followers