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	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	162	5.5K followers
2	Lahore, Pakistan	136	448.2K followers
3	Beijing, China	127	17.4M followers
4	Manama, Bahrain	122	24.8K followers
5	Jerusalem, Israel	121	31K followers
6	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	117	73.4K followers
7	Jakarta, Indonesia	117	1.5M followers
8	Kolkata, India	114	902.7K followers
9	Delhi, India	112	2.6M followers
10	Hangzhou, China	111	245.5K followers
11	Cairo, Egypt	102	85.6K followers
12	Chengdu, China	98	1.7M followers
13	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	97	122.4K followers
14	Wuhan, China	92	200.2K followers
15	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	90	11.3K followers
16	Kampala, Uganda	81	12.3K followers
17	Dakar, Senegal	81	15.7K followers
18	Shanghai, China	80	2.7M followers
19	Hanoi, Vietnam	77	2.9M followers
20	Karachi, Pakistan	75	96.7K followers
21	Dhaka, Bangladesh	73	154K followers
22	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	73	459K followers
23	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	68	834.8K followers
24	Medan, Indonesia	66	716.4K followers
25	Accra, Ghana	66	8.4K followers
26	Seoul, South Korea	66	16.7M followers
27	Santiago, Chile	65	55.3K followers
28	Kathmandu, Nepal	65	140K followers
29	Washington D.C., USA	64	53.7K followers
30	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	63	361.2K followers
31	Baghdad, Iraq	62	90.3K followers
32	Kuwait City, Kuwait	61	53.6K followers
33	Johannesburg, South Africa	61	34.7K followers
34	Prague, Czech Republic	61	89.7K followers
35	Incheon, South Korea	61	60.5K followers
36	Algiers, Algeria	60	15.8K followers
37	Mumbai, India	59	1.1M followers
38	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	59	41.4K followers
39	Ljubljana, Slovenia	58	64.3K followers
40	Sao Paulo, Brazil	58	56.6K followers
41	Barcelona, Spain	58	193.7K followers
42	Kabul, Afghanistan	56	19.5K followers
43	Bratislava, Slovakia	56	27.3K followers
44	Milan, Italy	56	159K followers
45	Doha, Qatar	56	102.8K followers
46	Mexico City, Mexico	56	193.1K followers
47	Kraków, Poland	56	190.1K followers
48	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	56	245K followers
49	Istanbul, Turkey	56	173.5K followers
50	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	56	2.2M followers
51	Tehran, Iran	55	907.4K followers
52	Wrocław, Poland	55	140.1K followers
53	Busan, South Korea	55	431.5K followers
54	Skopje, North Macedonia	54	78.2K followers
55	Paris, France	54	14.3M followers
56	Belgrade, Serbia	54	639.9K followers
57	Nairobi, Kenya	53	24.5K followers
58	Lima, Peru	53	20.9K followers
59	Madrid, Spain	53	238.6K followers
60	Baku, Azerbaijan	52	26.7K followers
61	Bern, Switzerland	52	67.7K followers
62	Almaty, Kazakhstan	52	260.1K followers
63	Singapore, Singapore	51	621.2K followers
64	Manila, Philippines	50	113.4K followers
65	Taipei, Taiwan	50	777.4K followers
66	Kyoto, Japan	50	83.4K followers
67	Lisbon, Portugal	46	63.1K followers
68	Athens, Greece	46	57.5K followers
69	Yangon, Myanmar	44	71.4K followers
70	Munich, Germany	44	218.4K followers
71	Rome, Italy	44	131K followers
72	Osaka, Japan	44	205.5K followers
73	Kobe, Japan	44	21.4K followers
74	Salt Lake City, USA	44	76.9K followers
75	Los Angeles, USA	44	15.2M followers
76	Rotterdam, Netherlands	43	59.2K followers
77	Vienna, Austria	43	150.6K followers
78	Denver, USA	43	1.3M followers
79	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	40	549.4K followers
80	Berlin, Germany	39	264.2K followers
81	Chongqing, China	39	158.2K followers
82	Budapest, Hungary	37	49.8K followers
83	Detroit, USA	37	22.7K followers
84	Toronto, Canada	35	355K followers
85	Bangkok, Thailand	35	16.3M followers
86	Chicago, USA	34	65.1K followers
87	Kuching, Malaysia	33	24.6K followers
88	Pristina, Kosovo	33	35.1K followers
89	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	33	190.9K followers
90	Warsaw, Poland	33	254.9K followers
91	Zagreb, Croatia	33	84.3K followers
92	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	33	365.3K followers
93	Bucharest, Romania	33	65.3K followers
94	Sofia, Bulgaria	33	85.5K followers
95	Guangzhou, China	33	1.3M followers
96	New York, USA	33	1.8M followers
97	Stockholm, Sweden	32	77.6K followers
98	Amsterdam, Netherlands	28	175.4K followers
99	Chiang Mai, Thailand	28	15.2M followers
100	Portland, USA	28	123.2K followers
101	Minneapolis, USA	26	27.5K followers
102	Helsinki, Finland	25	69.5K followers
103	Oslo, Norway	24	59.5K followers
104	Brussels, Belgium	23	109.5K followers
105	Vancouver, Canada	23	167K followers
106	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	22	377.4K followers
107	Seattle, USA	22	231K followers
108	Birmingham, United Kingdom	20	115.4K followers
109	Moscow, Russia	20	555.3K followers
110	Montreal, Canada	19	104.8K followers
111	Dublin, Ireland	19	38.2K followers
112	Houston, USA	19	41.2K followers
113	Tokyo, Japan	19	1M followers
114	San Francisco, USA	19	360.6K followers
115	Auckland, New Zealand	18	78.1K followers
116	Kyiv, Ukraine	18	204K followers
117	Shenzhen, China	17	266.2K followers
118	London, United Kingdom	17	499.5K followers
119	Canberra, Australia	14	153K followers
120	Bogota, Colombia	13	45.1K followers
121	Sydney, Australia	13	1.2M followers
122	Melbourne, Australia	4	266K followers