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	Vancouver, Canada	9	557.3K followers
2	Moscow, Russia	11	1.2M followers
3	Warsaw, Poland	11	811.7K followers
4	Kyiv, Ukraine	12	663.1K followers
5	San Francisco, USA	15	1.1M followers
6	Seattle, USA	16	780K followers
7	Portland, USA	16	435.3K followers
8	Kraków, Poland	17	602.1K followers
9	Pristina, Kosovo	17	112.4K followers
10	Sydney, Australia	19	1.8M followers
11	Washington D.C., USA	19	176.6K followers
12	Taipei, Taiwan (China)	22	1.5M followers
13	Berlin, Germany	22	850.1K followers
14	Canberra, Australia	23	490.9K followers
15	Dublin, Ireland	24	122.8K followers
16	Stockholm, Sweden	24	248.8K followers
17	Lisbon, Portugal	26	203.4K followers
18	Kaohsiung, Taiwan (China)	27	1.1M followers
19	Oslo, Norway	27	191.2K followers
20	Bangkok, Thailand	28	17.1M followers
21	Almaty, Kazakhstan	28	827.2K followers
22	Barcelona, Spain	28	616.6K followers
23	Rome, Italy	28	423K followers
24	Helsinki, Finland	28	221.1K followers
25	Copenhagen, Denmark	28	204.9K followers
26	New York, USA	29	2.5M followers
27	Denver, USA	29	2M followers
28	Bern, Switzerland	29	218K followers
29	Auckland, New Zealand	30	251.1K followers
30	Melbourne, Australia	31	851.1K followers
31	Toronto, Canada	32	1.1M followers
32	Sofia, Bulgaria	32	273.9K followers
33	Montreal, Canada	32	346.4K followers
34	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	33	1.5M followers
35	Kobe, Japan	33	68K followers
36	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	33	132.5K followers
37	Zagreb, Croatia	33	268.9K followers
38	Milan, Italy	33	508.6K followers
39	Bratislava, Slovakia	35	87.1K followers
40	Baku, Azerbaijan	36	85.4K followers
41	Rotterdam, Netherlands	37	188K followers
42	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	38	776.7K followers
43	Osaka, Japan	39	656.4K followers
44	Prague, Czech Republic	39	286.2K followers
45	Amsterdam, Netherlands	39	561.5K followers
46	Kabul, Afghanistan	39	62.3K followers
47	London, United Kingdom	41	1.2M followers
48	Houston, USA	42	133.2K followers
49	Paris, France	42	15.2M followers
50	Budapest, Hungary	42	160.2K followers
51	Skopje, North Macedonia	42	248.5K followers
52	Lyon, France	42	699.4K followers
53	Wrocław, Poland	42	442.3K followers
54	Johannesburg, South Africa	42	110.4K followers
55	Chicago, USA	43	221.6K followers
56	Belgrade, Serbia	43	1.3M followers
57	Chiang Mai, Thailand	44	16M followers
58	Hangzhou, China	44	785.7K followers
59	Kolkata, India	44	1.6M followers
60	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	44	1.1M followers
61	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	44	605.8K followers
62	Dakar, Senegal	44	50.3K followers
63	Salt Lake City, USA	45	262.7K followers
64	Vienna, Austria	45	481K followers
65	Ljubljana, Slovenia	46	204.8K followers
66	Munich, Germany	46	693.6K followers
67	Yangon, Myanmar	46	228.9K followers
68	Nice, France	46	597.4K followers
69	Seoul, South Korea	50	17.5M followers
70	Madrid, Spain	50	770.9K followers
71	Kyoto, Japan	50	265.4K followers
72	Los Angeles, USA	51	16.1M followers
73	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	51	1.2M followers
74	Bogota, Colombia	51	144.1K followers
75	Birmingham, United Kingdom	52	364.4K followers
76	Brussels, Belgium	52	350K followers
77	Shanghai, China	53	3.4M followers
78	Busan, South Korea	53	1.1M followers
79	Incheon, South Korea	53	192.5K followers
80	Nairobi, Kenya	55	78.2K followers
81	Athens, Greece	55	186.5K followers
82	Sao Paulo, Brazil	55	180.6K followers
83	Shenzhen, China	55	857.8K followers
84	Tokyo, Japan	56	1.7M followers
85	Tehran, Iran	56	1.6M followers
86	Mexico City, Mexico	57	617.1K followers
87	Mumbai, India	58	1.8M followers
88	Wuhan, China	58	638.9K followers
89	Detroit, USA	60	75.8K followers
90	Istanbul, Turkey	60	552.2K followers
91	Dhaka, Bangladesh	60	489.8K followers
92	Algiers, Algeria	60	50K followers
93	Bucharest, Romania	61	209.5K followers
94	Hanoi, Vietnam	62	3.6M followers
95	Lima, Peru	62	67K followers
96	Accra, Ghana	65	27.1K followers
97	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	65	391.6K followers
98	Chongqing, China	66	502.2K followers
99	Santiago, Chile	66	177.4K followers
100	Chengdu, China	66	2.4M followers
101	Minneapolis, USA	68	92.9K followers
102	Kathmandu, Nepal	69	445.6K followers
103	Doha, Qatar	69	328.1K followers
104	Manama, Bahrain	69	79.5K followers
105	Baghdad, Iraq	71	289.2K followers
106	Guangzhou, China	73	2M followers
107	Kuwait City, Kuwait	75	171.1K followers
108	Cairo, Egypt	77	274.5K followers
109	Beijing, China	82	18.3M followers
110	Karachi, Pakistan	82	307.2K followers
111	Singapore, Singapore	88	1.3M followers
112	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	90	1.1M followers
113	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	96	2.9M followers
114	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	102	36.2K followers
115	Lahore, Pakistan	105	1.1M followers
116	Manila, Philippines	109	363K followers
117	Delhi, India	111	3.3M followers
118	Jakarta, Indonesia	124	2.2M followers
119	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	124	235.1K followers
120	Kampala, Uganda	124	39.2K followers
121	Jerusalem, Israel	127	98.3K followers
122	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	131	1.1M followers
123	Medan, Indonesia	155	1.4M followers
124	Kuching, Malaysia	175	84.8K followers
125	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	193	17.9K followers