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	Canberra, Australia	10	499.9K followers
2	Krasnoyarsk, Russia	11	158.5K followers
3	Rome, Italy	12	430.3K followers
4	Almaty, Kazakhstan	14	835.9K followers
5	Sydney, Australia	14	1.9M followers
6	Auckland, New Zealand	14	256.7K followers
7	Montreal, Canada	16	350.6K followers
8	Brussels, Belgium	16	352.7K followers
9	Detroit, USA	19	76.5K followers
10	Melbourne, Australia	20	861.5K followers
11	Dublin, Ireland	20	124.5K followers
12	San Francisco, USA	21	1.1M followers
13	Nice, France	21	600K followers
14	Accra, Ghana	22	27.5K followers
15	Barcelona, Spain	22	621K followers
16	Santiago, Chile	22	179.1K followers
17	Ljubljana, Slovenia	22	206.9K followers
18	Berlin, Germany	23	860.5K followers
19	Prague, Czech Republic	23	289.1K followers
20	Birmingham, United Kingdom	23	366K followers
21	Rotterdam, Netherlands	24	188.9K followers
22	Budapest, Hungary	25	162.7K followers
23	London, United Kingdom	26	1.2M followers
24	Toronto, Canada	26	1.1M followers
25	Munich, Germany	26	697.9K followers
26	Bratislava, Slovakia	26	88K followers
27	Bern, Switzerland	26	221.1K followers
28	Amsterdam, Netherlands	27	567K followers
29	Zagreb, Croatia	28	272.6K followers
30	Copenhagen, Denmark	28	207.5K followers
31	Algiers, Algeria	28	50.4K followers
32	Oslo, Norway	29	193.9K followers
33	Lisbon, Portugal	29	206.4K followers
34	Minneapolis, USA	30	94.2K followers
35	Madrid, Spain	30	778.1K followers
36	Paris, France	30	15.3M followers
37	Portland, USA	31	443.5K followers
38	New York, USA	31	2.6M followers
39	Wrocław, Poland	31	443.9K followers
40	Nairobi, Kenya	33	79K followers
41	Osaka, Japan	33	664.8K followers
42	Lima, Peru	35	67.9K followers
43	Helsinki, Finland	36	223K followers
44	Chicago, USA	38	225.4K followers
45	Kobe, Japan	39	68.7K followers
46	Belgrade, Serbia	39	1.3M followers
47	Kyoto, Japan	39	268K followers
48	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	39	610.4K followers
49	Washington D.C., USA	41	179K followers
50	Los Angeles, USA	42	16.2M followers
51	Bogota, Colombia	43	145.2K followers
52	Busan, South Korea	44	1.1M followers
53	Denver, USA	47	2M followers
54	Sofia, Bulgaria	47	276.2K followers
55	Taipei, Taiwan (China)	47	1.5M followers
56	Moscow, Russia	48	1.3M followers
57	Seattle, USA	49	788.4K followers
58	Houston, USA	49	135.2K followers
59	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	50	1.1M followers
60	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	50	782.5K followers
61	Kampala, Uganda	52	39.6K followers
62	Tokyo, Japan	53	1.7M followers
63	Kaohsiung, Taiwan (China)	53	1.1M followers
64	Jerusalem, Israel	53	98.9K followers
65	Chiang Mai, Thailand	54	16M followers
66	Vienna, Austria	55	485.5K followers
67	Kyiv, Ukraine	55	673K followers
68	Stockholm, Sweden	55	252.3K followers
69	Pristina, Kosovo	55	113.8K followers
70	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	56	1.2M followers
71	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	56	36.7K followers
72	Warsaw, Poland	58	819.4K followers
73	Shenzhen, China	59	865.8K followers
74	Salt Lake City, USA	61	266K followers
75	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	62	2.9M followers
76	Yangon, Myanmar	62	232.5K followers
77	Vancouver, Canada	64	564K followers
78	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	64	237.7K followers
79	Tehran, Iran	64	1.6M followers
80	Kabul, Afghanistan	68	62.9K followers
81	Seoul, South Korea	69	17.6M followers
82	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	69	134.3K followers
83	Kraków, Poland	69	605.7K followers
84	Karachi, Pakistan	71	309.8K followers
85	Incheon, South Korea	72	194K followers
86	Bangkok, Thailand	73	17.2M followers
87	Sao Paulo, Brazil	73	182.2K followers
88	Athens, Greece	74	189.5K followers
89	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	81	396.4K followers
90	Skopje, North Macedonia	82	251K followers
91	Cairo, Egypt	82	278.3K followers
92	Johannesburg, South Africa	82	111.2K followers
93	Baku, Azerbaijan	85	86.5K followers
94	Guangzhou, China	86	2M followers
95	Dakar, Senegal	88	51K followers
96	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	89	1.5M followers
97	Milan, Italy	90	514.7K followers
98	Medan, Indonesia	90	1.4M followers
99	Baghdad, Iraq	93	294.4K followers
100	Chongqing, China	94	506.8K followers
101	Jakarta, Indonesia	96	2.3M followers
102	Bucharest, Romania	96	212.3K followers
103	Kathmandu, Nepal	97	449.3K followers
104	Mexico City, Mexico	103	622.1K followers
105	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	105	1.2M followers
106	Hangzhou, China	106	795.1K followers
107	Shanghai, China	117	3.5M followers
108	Doha, Qatar	124	331.5K followers
109	Mumbai, India	126	1.8M followers
110	Manila, Philippines	126	377.4K followers
111	Manama, Bahrain	140	80.5K followers
112	Kuching, Malaysia	141	106.9K followers
113	Wuhan, China	142	647.3K followers
114	Istanbul, Turkey	149	557.1K followers
115	Kuwait City, Kuwait	153	172.7K followers
116	Chengdu, China	157	2.4M followers
117	Lahore, Pakistan	159	1.1M followers
118	Dhaka, Bangladesh	159	493.8K followers
119	Beijing, China	163	18.4M followers
120	Kolkata, India	169	1.6M followers
121	Delhi, India	170	3.3M followers
122	Hanoi, Vietnam	174	3.6M followers
123	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	175	18.2K followers
124	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	199	1.1M followers
125	Singapore, Singapore	205	1.3M followers