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	Stockholm, Sweden	11	78.1K followers
2	Sydney, Australia	12	1.2M followers
3	Auckland, New Zealand	14	78.7K followers
4	Canberra, Australia	16	154.1K followers
5	Sofia, Bulgaria	17	86.2K followers
6	Pristina, Kosovo	17	35.3K followers
7	Toronto, Canada	19	358.6K followers
8	Budapest, Hungary	20	50.2K followers
9	Kobe, Japan	22	21.5K followers
10	Houston, USA	22	41.5K followers
11	Melbourne, Australia	22	267.7K followers
12	Skopje, North Macedonia	22	78.5K followers
13	Warsaw, Poland	23	256.2K followers
14	Bogota, Colombia	24	45.3K followers
15	Vancouver, Canada	25	168.9K followers
16	Seattle, USA	26	233.3K followers
17	New York, USA	26	1.8M followers
18	Washington D.C., USA	26	54.3K followers
19	Copenhagen, Denmark	27	64.4K followers
20	Oslo, Norway	28	59.9K followers
21	Portland, USA	29	125.1K followers
22	Vienna, Austria	29	151.4K followers
23	Helsinki, Finland	29	69.8K followers
24	Prague, Czech Republic	31	90.2K followers
25	San Francisco, USA	32	363.2K followers
26	Dhaka, Bangladesh	32	154.6K followers
27	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	33	245.8K followers
28	Zagreb, Croatia	33	84.7K followers
29	Lisbon, Portugal	33	63.6K followers
30	Detroit, USA	34	22.9K followers
31	Bratislava, Slovakia	35	27.5K followers
32	Lyon, France	36	221.1K followers
33	Munich, Germany	36	219.2K followers
34	Bern, Switzerland	37	68.2K followers
35	Chiang Mai, Thailand	38	15.2M followers
36	Milan, Italy	38	160K followers
37	Brussels, Belgium	38	110.1K followers
38	Belgrade, Serbia	39	642.6K followers
39	Bucharest, Romania	39	65.7K followers
40	Dublin, Ireland	39	38.5K followers
41	Nairobi, Kenya	39	24.6K followers
42	Osaka, Japan	39	206.8K followers
43	Wrocław, Poland	41	140.4K followers
44	Shenzhen, China	42	268.5K followers
45	Minneapolis, USA	43	27.8K followers
46	Denver, USA	43	1.3M followers
47	Kyiv, Ukraine	43	207.7K followers
48	Ljubljana, Slovenia	44	64.6K followers
49	Rome, Italy	44	132.2K followers
50	Amsterdam, Netherlands	44	176.5K followers
51	Krasnoyarsk, Russia	44	49.8K followers
52	Kraków, Poland	45	190.6K followers
53	Chicago, USA	46	65.8K followers
54	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	46	551.8K followers
55	Paris, France	46	14.4M followers
56	Berlin, Germany	47	266.2K followers
57	London, United Kingdom	50	503.3K followers
58	Tokyo, Japan	50	1M followers
59	Chongqing, China	50	158.7K followers
60	Busan, South Korea	50	433.6K followers
61	Kyoto, Japan	50	83.8K followers
62	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	50	41.6K followers
63	Baghdad, Iraq	50	90.9K followers
64	Tehran, Iran	50	910.6K followers
65	Taipei, Taiwan	52	780.7K followers
66	Bangkok, Thailand	53	16.3M followers
67	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	53	11.4K followers
68	Kathmandu, Nepal	54	140.6K followers
69	Birmingham, United Kingdom	54	115.6K followers
70	Shanghai, China	55	2.7M followers
71	Montreal, Canada	55	105.9K followers
72	Rotterdam, Netherlands	55	59.5K followers
73	Baku, Azerbaijan	55	26.9K followers
74	Moscow, Russia	56	558.8K followers
75	Doha, Qatar	56	103.4K followers
76	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	56	191.5K followers
77	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	57	367.1K followers
78	Kuwait City, Kuwait	57	53.9K followers
79	Los Angeles, USA	58	15.3M followers
80	Guangzhou, China	58	1.3M followers
81	Seoul, South Korea	58	16.7M followers
82	Hangzhou, China	58	247.2K followers
83	Barcelona, Spain	58	194.5K followers
84	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	58	73.8K followers
85	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	60	2.2M followers
86	Incheon, South Korea	60	60.7K followers
87	Madrid, Spain	60	240K followers
88	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	61	378.8K followers
89	Nice, France	61	189.1K followers
90	Lima, Peru	62	21K followers
91	Mexico City, Mexico	62	194.1K followers
92	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	62	123K followers
93	Istanbul, Turkey	63	174.2K followers
94	Wuhan, China	63	201.3K followers
95	Almaty, Kazakhstan	64	261.1K followers
96	Accra, Ghana	64	8.5K followers
97	Medan, Indonesia	64	717.2K followers
98	Manama, Bahrain	65	25K followers
99	Dakar, Senegal	67	15.8K followers
100	Kuching, Malaysia	67	24.7K followers
101	Cairo, Egypt	68	86.1K followers
102	Mumbai, India	69	1.1M followers
103	Yangon, Myanmar	69	71.9K followers
104	Athens, Greece	71	58.2K followers
105	Johannesburg, South Africa	73	34.9K followers
106	Salt Lake City, USA	75	80.7K followers
107	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	83	839.2K followers
108	Singapore, Singapore	84	623.8K followers
109	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	84	362.9K followers
110	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	86	462K followers
111	Karachi, Pakistan	86	97K followers
112	Hanoi, Vietnam	87	2.9M followers
113	Beijing, China	88	17.4M followers
114	Delhi, India	90	2.6M followers
115	Chengdu, China	91	1.7M followers
116	Lahore, Pakistan	94	449.3K followers
117	Algiers, Algeria	94	15.8K followers
118	Kolkata, India	96	903.4K followers
119	Jerusalem, Israel	105	31.1K followers
120	Jakarta, Indonesia	111	1.5M followers
121	Sao Paulo, Brazil	112	56.9K followers
122	Kabul, Afghanistan	117	19.6K followers
123	Santiago, Chile	128	55.8K followers
124	Kampala, Uganda	167	12.4K followers
125	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	192	5.6K followers