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	Melbourne, Australia	6	850.4K followers
2	Dublin, Ireland	12	122.7K followers
3	Canberra, Australia	12	490.3K followers
4	Sydney, Australia	15	1.8M followers
5	Brussels, Belgium	15	349.8K followers
6	Taipei, Taiwan	19	1.5M followers
7	San Francisco, USA	20	1.1M followers
8	Paris, France	20	15.2M followers
9	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	22	1.1M followers
10	Prague, Czech Republic	23	285.9K followers
11	Denver, USA	24	2M followers
12	Helsinki, Finland	24	221K followers
13	Portland, USA	26	434.1K followers
14	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	26	132.3K followers
15	Oslo, Norway	27	191K followers
16	Stockholm, Sweden	27	248.6K followers
17	Tokyo, Japan	28	1.7M followers
18	Houston, USA	28	133.1K followers
19	Kobe, Japan	28	67.9K followers
20	Osaka, Japan	28	655.9K followers
21	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	28	1.1M followers
22	Moscow, Russia	28	1.2M followers
23	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	29	1.2M followers
24	Copenhagen, Denmark	30	204.7K followers
25	Auckland, New Zealand	31	250.8K followers
26	Seattle, USA	32	779K followers
27	Detroit, USA	32	75.7K followers
28	Amsterdam, Netherlands	32	561K followers
29	Bangkok, Thailand	33	17.1M followers
30	Shanghai, China	33	3.4M followers
31	Sofia, Bulgaria	33	273.7K followers
32	Kyiv, Ukraine	33	662.2K followers
33	Kraków, Poland	33	601.9K followers
34	Warsaw, Poland	33	811.2K followers
35	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	33	1.1M followers
36	Budapest, Hungary	34	160K followers
37	Birmingham, United Kingdom	34	364.3K followers
38	London, United Kingdom	36	1.2M followers
39	Salt Lake City, USA	36	262.4K followers
40	Kyoto, Japan	36	265.2K followers
41	Lima, Peru	37	67K followers
42	Montreal, Canada	38	346.2K followers
43	Vienna, Austria	38	480.7K followers
44	Wrocław, Poland	39	442.3K followers
45	Lyon, France	40	699.1K followers
46	Almaty, Kazakhstan	41	826.6K followers
47	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	42	605.5K followers
48	Skopje, North Macedonia	42	248.4K followers
49	Washington D.C., USA	44	176.4K followers
50	Shenzhen, China	44	856.8K followers
51	Lisbon, Portugal	44	203.2K followers
52	Bogota, Colombia	44	143.8K followers
53	Toronto, Canada	46	1.1M followers
54	Vancouver, Canada	47	556.5K followers
55	Yangon, Myanmar	47	228.7K followers
56	Chicago, USA	48	221.3K followers
57	Bucharest, Romania	48	209.1K followers
58	Hangzhou, China	50	785K followers
59	Bratislava, Slovakia	50	87.1K followers
60	Bern, Switzerland	51	217.8K followers
61	Busan, South Korea	53	1.1M followers
62	Berlin, Germany	53	849.4K followers
63	Rotterdam, Netherlands	53	187.9K followers
64	Baku, Azerbaijan	53	85.3K followers
65	Los Angeles, USA	54	16.1M followers
66	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	54	1.5M followers
67	Barcelona, Spain	54	616.4K followers
68	Rome, Italy	54	422.6K followers
69	Kathmandu, Nepal	55	445.3K followers
70	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	55	776.3K followers
71	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	56	2.9M followers
72	Mumbai, India	56	1.8M followers
73	Pristina, Kosovo	56	112.3K followers
74	New York, USA	58	2.5M followers
75	Chiang Mai, Thailand	58	16M followers
76	Nice, France	58	597.2K followers
77	Doha, Qatar	59	327.9K followers
78	Baghdad, Iraq	59	289K followers
79	Munich, Germany	59	693.2K followers
80	Guangzhou, China	60	2M followers
81	Dakar, Senegal	61	50.3K followers
82	Athens, Greece	63	186.3K followers
83	Santiago, Chile	66	177.2K followers
84	Tehran, Iran	66	1.6M followers
85	Algiers, Algeria	66	50K followers
86	Minneapolis, USA	68	92.8K followers
87	Accra, Ghana	68	27K followers
88	Kabul, Afghanistan	68	62.2K followers
89	Chongqing, China	69	501.7K followers
90	Zagreb, Croatia	69	268.7K followers
91	Medan, Indonesia	71	1.4M followers
92	Hanoi, Vietnam	72	3.6M followers
93	Seoul, South Korea	73	17.5M followers
94	Dhaka, Bangladesh	73	489.5K followers
95	Manila, Philippines	74	362.7K followers
96	Jerusalem, Israel	75	98.2K followers
97	Karachi, Pakistan	76	307K followers
98	Chengdu, China	76	2.4M followers
99	Wuhan, China	77	638.4K followers
100	Manama, Bahrain	77	79.4K followers
101	Incheon, South Korea	79	192.3K followers
102	Kuwait City, Kuwait	81	170.9K followers
103	Nairobi, Kenya	82	78.2K followers
104	Istanbul, Turkey	82	551.8K followers
105	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	83	391.2K followers
106	Lahore, Pakistan	85	1.1M followers
107	Singapore, Singapore	87	1.3M followers
108	Cairo, Egypt	90	274.3K followers
109	Beijing, China	91	18.3M followers
110	Belgrade, Serbia	92	1.3M followers
111	Milan, Italy	93	508.2K followers
112	Mexico City, Mexico	98	616.7K followers
113	Madrid, Spain	100	770.5K followers
114	Ljubljana, Slovenia	100	204.6K followers
115	Sao Paulo, Brazil	105	180.5K followers
116	Johannesburg, South Africa	107	110.3K followers
117	Kolkata, India	110	1.6M followers
118	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	111	234.8K followers
119	Delhi, India	122	3.3M followers
120	Kampala, Uganda	131	39.2K followers
121	Jakarta, Indonesia	151	2.2M followers
122	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	153	1.1M followers
123	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	161	17.9K followers
124	Kuching, Malaysia	166	82.4K followers
125	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	184	36.2K followers