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	Delhi, India	169	2.6M followers
2	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	167	5.5K followers
3	Jakarta, Indonesia	166	1.5M followers
4	Santiago, Chile	157	55.2K followers
5	Lahore, Pakistan	157	448K followers
6	Medan, Indonesia	147	716.3K followers
7	Hanoi, Vietnam	115	2.9M followers
8	Dhaka, Bangladesh	107	154K followers
9	Jerusalem, Israel	104	31K followers
10	Incheon, South Korea	103	60.5K followers
11	Kolkata, India	96	902.6K followers
12	Manila, Philippines	90	113.4K followers
13	Kampala, Uganda	88	12.3K followers
14	Cairo, Egypt	86	85.6K followers
15	Chengdu, China	86	1.7M followers
16	Beijing, China	84	17.4M followers
17	Chongqing, China	83	158.1K followers
18	Johannesburg, South Africa	82	34.7K followers
19	Kathmandu, Nepal	81	139.9K followers
20	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	80	122.3K followers
21	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	80	365.1K followers
22	Karachi, Pakistan	79	96.6K followers
23	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	76	458.8K followers
24	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	75	73.4K followers
25	Denver, USA	75	1.3M followers
26	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	73	361K followers
27	Wuhan, China	73	200.1K followers
28	Lima, Peru	73	20.9K followers
29	Seoul, South Korea	73	16.7M followers
30	Dakar, Senegal	72	15.7K followers
31	Istanbul, Turkey	71	173.3K followers
32	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	68	2.2M followers
33	Baku, Azerbaijan	66	26.7K followers
34	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	66	834.3K followers
35	Busan, South Korea	64	431.2K followers
36	Kuwait City, Kuwait	62	53.6K followers
37	Doha, Qatar	62	102.8K followers
38	Paris, France	60	14.3M followers
39	Guangzhou, China	60	1.3M followers
40	Baghdad, Iraq	59	90.2K followers
41	Tehran, Iran	58	907.1K followers
42	Kabul, Afghanistan	58	19.5K followers
43	Accra, Ghana	58	8.4K followers
44	Nairobi, Kenya	58	24.5K followers
45	Mumbai, India	58	1.1M followers
46	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	57	11.3K followers
47	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	55	190.9K followers
48	Osaka, Japan	55	205.4K followers
49	Athens, Greece	55	57.4K followers
50	Kyoto, Japan	55	83.4K followers
51	Kobe, Japan	55	21.4K followers
52	Salt Lake City, USA	55	76.9K followers
53	London, United Kingdom	55	499.2K followers
54	Birmingham, United Kingdom	54	115.4K followers
55	Milan, Italy	53	158.9K followers
56	Shanghai, China	53	2.7M followers
57	Almaty, Kazakhstan	52	260K followers
58	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	50	244.9K followers
59	Chicago, USA	49	65K followers
60	Portland, USA	48	123K followers
61	Taipei, Taiwan (China)	47	777.1K followers
62	Minneapolis, USA	47	27.5K followers
63	Algiers, Algeria	44	15.8K followers
64	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	44	41.4K followers
65	Madrid, Spain	44	238.5K followers
66	Washington D.C., USA	44	53.7K followers
67	Seattle, USA	44	230.8K followers
68	Bangkok, Thailand	44	16.3M followers
69	Singapore, Singapore	43	620.9K followers
70	Dublin, Ireland	42	38.2K followers
71	Hangzhou, China	42	245.3K followers
72	Helsinki, Finland	39	69.5K followers
73	Wrocław, Poland	39	140.1K followers
74	Bratislava, Slovakia	39	27.3K followers
75	Berlin, Germany	39	264K followers
76	Barcelona, Spain	39	193.6K followers
77	Tokyo, Japan	39	1M followers
78	Vancouver, Canada	38	166.9K followers
79	Lisbon, Portugal	35	63K followers
80	Mexico City, Mexico	35	193.1K followers
81	Los Angeles, USA	35	15.2M followers
82	Rotterdam, Netherlands	34	59.2K followers
83	Manama, Bahrain	33	24.8K followers
84	Yangon, Myanmar	33	71.4K followers
85	Rome, Italy	33	130.9K followers
86	Munich, Germany	33	218.3K followers
87	Kaohsiung, Taiwan (China)	33	377.3K followers
88	Belgrade, Serbia	33	639.6K followers
89	Brussels, Belgium	32	109.5K followers
90	Bern, Switzerland	32	67.6K followers
91	Warsaw, Poland	31	254.8K followers
92	Ljubljana, Slovenia	31	64.3K followers
93	Canberra, Australia	31	152.9K followers
94	Toronto, Canada	31	354.7K followers
95	Amsterdam, Netherlands	30	175.3K followers
96	Zagreb, Croatia	30	84.3K followers
97	Chiang Mai, Thailand	30	15.2M followers
98	Kraków, Poland	29	190K followers
99	Bogota, Colombia	28	45.1K followers
100	Budapest, Hungary	28	49.8K followers
101	Sao Paulo, Brazil	28	56.6K followers
102	Bucharest, Romania	28	65.3K followers
103	Sofia, Bulgaria	28	85.4K followers
104	Moscow, Russia	27	554.9K followers
105	Vienna, Austria	27	150.5K followers
106	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	27	549.2K followers
107	Houston, USA	26	41.1K followers
108	Kuching, Malaysia	23	24.6K followers
109	Auckland, New Zealand	23	78.1K followers
110	Prague, Czech Republic	23	89.6K followers
111	New York, USA	23	1.8M followers
112	Skopje, North Macedonia	22	78.2K followers
113	Sydney, Australia	21	1.2M followers
114	San Francisco, USA	21	360.4K followers
115	Detroit, USA	18	22.7K followers
116	Shenzhen, China	17	265.9K followers
117	Melbourne, Australia	17	265.8K followers
118	Kyiv, Ukraine	15	203.9K followers
119	Pristina, Kosovo	14	35.1K followers
120	Oslo, Norway	14	59.4K followers
121	Montreal, Canada	14	104.7K followers
122	Stockholm, Sweden	12	77.5K followers