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	Yangon, Myanmar	6	71.4K followers
2	Kyiv, Ukraine	15	203.9K followers
3	Melbourne, Australia	16	265.9K followers
4	Dublin, Ireland	17	38.2K followers
5	Shenzhen, China	17	266K followers
6	San Francisco, USA	18	360.4K followers
7	Auckland, New Zealand	18	78.1K followers
8	London, United Kingdom	22	499.3K followers
9	Montreal, Canada	22	104.8K followers
10	Pristina, Kosovo	22	35.1K followers
11	Bogota, Colombia	22	45.1K followers
12	Sydney, Australia	23	1.2M followers
13	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	23	549.3K followers
14	Skopje, North Macedonia	23	78.2K followers
15	Portland, USA	24	123.1K followers
16	Vancouver, Canada	24	166.9K followers
17	Kuching, Malaysia	24	24.6K followers
18	Osaka, Japan	25	205.4K followers
19	Birmingham, United Kingdom	25	115.4K followers
20	Houston, USA	26	41.2K followers
21	Stockholm, Sweden	26	77.6K followers
22	Chiang Mai, Thailand	27	15.2M followers
23	Lisbon, Portugal	27	63.1K followers
24	Guangzhou, China	28	1.3M followers
25	Kobe, Japan	28	21.4K followers
26	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	28	244.9K followers
27	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	28	190.9K followers
28	Bern, Switzerland	28	67.6K followers
29	Moscow, Russia	29	555.1K followers
30	Belgrade, Serbia	30	639.7K followers
31	Detroit, USA	30	22.7K followers
32	Sofia, Bulgaria	31	85.4K followers
33	Singapore, Singapore	31	621.1K followers
34	Accra, Ghana	31	8.4K followers
35	Ljubljana, Slovenia	32	64.3K followers
36	Tokyo, Japan	33	1M followers
37	Kyoto, Japan	33	83.4K followers
38	Vienna, Austria	33	150.5K followers
39	Mexico City, Mexico	33	193.1K followers
40	Minneapolis, USA	35	27.5K followers
41	Taipei, Taiwan	36	777.3K followers
42	Canberra, Australia	37	153K followers
43	Paris, France	37	14.3M followers
44	Amsterdam, Netherlands	37	175.4K followers
45	Helsinki, Finland	37	69.5K followers
46	Kraków, Poland	38	190.1K followers
47	Los Angeles, USA	39	15.2M followers
48	Denver, USA	39	1.3M followers
49	Berlin, Germany	39	264.1K followers
50	Bucharest, Romania	39	65.3K followers
51	Sao Paulo, Brazil	39	56.6K followers
52	Zagreb, Croatia	39	84.3K followers
53	Rome, Italy	39	131K followers
54	Milan, Italy	39	159K followers
55	Munich, Germany	39	218.3K followers
56	Algiers, Algeria	39	15.8K followers
57	New York, USA	40	1.8M followers
58	Chicago, USA	41	65K followers
59	Nairobi, Kenya	42	24.5K followers
60	Budapest, Hungary	42	49.8K followers
61	Oslo, Norway	42	59.4K followers
62	Almaty, Kazakhstan	43	260K followers
63	Toronto, Canada	43	354.8K followers
64	Seattle, USA	44	230.9K followers
65	Prague, Czech Republic	44	89.6K followers
66	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	44	377.4K followers
67	Washington D.C., USA	47	53.7K followers
68	Madrid, Spain	47	238.6K followers
69	Tehran, Iran	47	907.2K followers
70	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	49	834.5K followers
71	Bratislava, Slovakia	50	27.3K followers
72	Busan, South Korea	52	431.3K followers
73	Warsaw, Poland	52	254.9K followers
74	Salt Lake City, USA	53	76.9K followers
75	Kabul, Afghanistan	53	19.5K followers
76	Manama, Bahrain	54	24.8K followers
77	Barcelona, Spain	55	193.6K followers
78	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	55	41.4K followers
79	Mumbai, India	55	1.1M followers
80	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	55	122.3K followers
81	Wrocław, Poland	55	140.1K followers
82	Baghdad, Iraq	55	90.2K followers
83	Brussels, Belgium	55	109.5K followers
84	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	56	365.2K followers
85	Lima, Peru	57	20.9K followers
86	Doha, Qatar	57	102.8K followers
87	Bangkok, Thailand	58	16.3M followers
88	Athens, Greece	58	57.5K followers
89	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	58	11.3K followers
90	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	62	458.9K followers
91	Cairo, Egypt	62	85.6K followers
92	Seoul, South Korea	64	16.7M followers
93	Medan, Indonesia	68	716.3K followers
94	Istanbul, Turkey	69	173.4K followers
95	Dhaka, Bangladesh	69	154K followers
96	Beijing, China	70	17.4M followers
97	Dakar, Senegal	72	15.7K followers
98	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	74	361.1K followers
99	Karachi, Pakistan	75	96.6K followers
100	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	77	2.2M followers
101	Johannesburg, South Africa	77	34.7K followers
102	Chengdu, China	79	1.7M followers
103	Hanoi, Vietnam	81	2.9M followers
104	Wuhan, China	81	200.2K followers
105	Chongqing, China	82	158.1K followers
106	Shanghai, China	82	2.7M followers
107	Delhi, India	83	2.6M followers
108	Rotterdam, Netherlands	85	59.2K followers
109	Hangzhou, China	88	245.4K followers
110	Incheon, South Korea	89	60.5K followers
111	Manila, Philippines	90	113.4K followers
112	Kathmandu, Nepal	91	139.9K followers
113	Baku, Azerbaijan	92	26.7K followers
114	Kuwait City, Kuwait	100	53.6K followers
115	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	102	73.4K followers
116	Kolkata, India	105	902.6K followers
117	Jerusalem, Israel	116	31K followers
118	Lahore, Pakistan	155	448.1K followers
119	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	157	5.5K followers
120	Jakarta, Indonesia	159	1.5M followers
121	Kampala, Uganda	162	12.3K followers
122	Santiago, Chile	173	55.3K followers