Live most polluted 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	Lahore, Pakistan	257	1.1M followers
2	Delhi, India	181	3.3M followers
3	Kolkata, India	180	1.6M followers
4	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	174	1.2M followers
5	Singapore, Singapore	170	1.4M followers
6	Mumbai, India	169	1.8M followers
7	Jakarta, Indonesia	159	2.3M followers
8	Kuching, Malaysia	158	109K followers
9	Dhaka, Bangladesh	158	495.2K followers
10	Dakar, Senegal	156	51.3K followers
11	Kuwait City, Kuwait	154	173.3K followers
12	Beijing, China	154	18.5M followers
13	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	146	18.4K followers
14	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	142	1.2M followers
15	Medan, Indonesia	138	1.4M followers
16	Manama, Bahrain	134	80.8K followers
17	Doha, Qatar	127	332.8K followers
18	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	117	397.9K followers
19	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	109	238.9K followers
20	Cairo, Egypt	107	279.5K followers
21	Shenzhen, China	103	870K followers
22	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	99	1.5M followers
23	Istanbul, Turkey	98	559.5K followers
24	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	98	1.2M followers
25	Karachi, Pakistan	96	310.8K followers
26	Tehran, Iran	94	1.6M followers
27	Baghdad, Iraq	94	295.7K followers
28	Baku, Azerbaijan	90	86.9K followers
29	Chicago, USA	90	227.1K followers
30	Hanoi, Vietnam	90	3.6M followers
31	Wuhan, China	88	652K followers
32	Jerusalem, Israel	85	99.1K followers
33	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	85	36.8K followers
34	Kampala, Uganda	82	39.8K followers
35	Chengdu, China	80	2.4M followers
36	Kathmandu, Nepal	80	450.6K followers
37	Chongqing, China	75	511.2K followers
38	Accra, Ghana	70	27.7K followers
39	Detroit, USA	69	76.8K followers
40	Bangkok, Thailand	69	17.3M followers
41	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	68	2.9M followers
42	Houston, USA	68	136K followers
43	Algiers, Algeria	64	50.5K followers
44	Nairobi, Kenya	64	79.3K followers
45	Kabul, Afghanistan	62	63.1K followers
46	Guangzhou, China	62	2M followers
47	Sao Paulo, Brazil	60	182.9K followers
48	Hangzhou, China	59	800.6K followers
49	Belgrade, Serbia	58	1.3M followers
50	Minneapolis, USA	58	94.8K followers
51	Manila, Philippines	57	380.3K followers
52	Athens, Greece	57	190.5K followers
53	Moscow, Russia	56	1.3M followers
54	Chiang Mai, Thailand	56	16M followers
55	Osaka, Japan	55	668.7K followers
56	Kobe, Japan	55	68.9K followers
57	Shanghai, China	55	3.5M followers
58	Almaty, Kazakhstan	55	839.4K followers
59	Kraków, Poland	53	607K followers
60	Bucharest, Romania	53	213.2K followers
61	Kyoto, Japan	53	269.1K followers
62	Tokyo, Japan	53	1.7M followers
63	Budapest, Hungary	51	163.5K followers
64	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	50	1.1M followers
65	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	50	135.2K followers
66	Incheon, South Korea	50	194.7K followers
67	Helsinki, Finland	49	223.7K followers
68	Bratislava, Slovakia	47	88.3K followers
69	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	44	612.3K followers
70	Warsaw, Poland	43	822.2K followers
71	Yangon, Myanmar	42	234K followers
72	Zagreb, Croatia	42	273.3K followers
73	Berlin, Germany	42	864.4K followers
74	Seoul, South Korea	40	17.7M followers
75	Madrid, Spain	39	780.2K followers
76	Ljubljana, Slovenia	35	207.6K followers
77	Wrocław, Poland	34	444.5K followers
78	Johannesburg, South Africa	33	111.4K followers
79	Milan, Italy	33	517.2K followers
80	Rome, Italy	33	432.8K followers
81	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	33	1.1M followers
82	Lima, Peru	33	68.2K followers
83	Busan, South Korea	33	1.1M followers
84	Nice, France	31	600.8K followers
85	Bern, Switzerland	31	222.1K followers
86	Rotterdam, Netherlands	31	189.4K followers
87	Taipei, Taiwan	31	1.5M followers
88	Skopje, North Macedonia	31	251.7K followers
89	Kyiv, Ukraine	31	674.9K followers
90	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	31	784.5K followers
91	London, United Kingdom	31	1.2M followers
92	New York, USA	30	2.6M followers
93	Prague, Czech Republic	29	289.9K followers
94	Vancouver, Canada	29	566.7K followers
95	Barcelona, Spain	29	622.5K followers
96	Amsterdam, Netherlands	28	569K followers
97	Krasnoyarsk, Russia	26	158.9K followers
98	Pristina, Kosovo	26	114.2K followers
99	Oslo, Norway	26	194.8K followers
100	Paris, France	26	15.3M followers
101	Sofia, Bulgaria	26	277K followers
102	Birmingham, United Kingdom	24	366.8K followers
103	San Francisco, USA	24	1.1M followers
104	Lyon, France	23	703.9K followers
105	Munich, Germany	23	700K followers
106	Washington D.C., USA	23	179.9K followers
107	Los Angeles, USA	23	16.2M followers
108	Bogota, Colombia	22	145.6K followers
109	Mexico City, Mexico	22	623.8K followers
110	Vienna, Austria	22	487K followers
111	Melbourne, Australia	22	865.9K followers
112	Seattle, USA	22	791.4K followers
113	Brussels, Belgium	21	353.6K followers
114	Copenhagen, Denmark	21	208.5K followers
115	Stockholm, Sweden	21	253.5K followers
116	Dublin, Ireland	21	125.1K followers
117	Salt Lake City, USA	20	267.3K followers
118	Lisbon, Portugal	19	207.3K followers
119	Canberra, Australia	19	503.5K followers
120	Portland, USA	18	446.3K followers
121	Denver, USA	17	2M followers
122	Toronto, Canada	16	1.1M followers
123	Sydney, Australia	12	1.9M followers
124	Montreal, Canada	11	351.8K followers
125	Auckland, New Zealand	9	258.1K followers
126	Santiago, Chile	9	179.7K followers