Cleanest Air Cities

City Rankings

#	Location	AQI
#1	Novosibirsk, Russia	14
#2	Stockholm, Sweden	14
#3	Minsk, Belarus	15
#4	Brisbane, Australia	16
#5	Mombasa, Kenya	17
#6	Buenos Aires, Argentina	18
#7	Montevideo, Uruguay	18
#8	Melbourne, Australia	20
#9	Copenhagen, Denmark	23
#10	Abidjan, Ivory Coast	25
#11	Dar es Salaam, Tanzania	25
#12	Saint Petersburg, Russia	25
#13	Quito, Ecuador	26
#14	Abobo, Ivory Coast	26
#15	Guayaquil, Ecuador	28
#16	Warsaw, Poland	28
#17	Kyiv, Ukraine	29
#18	Accra, Ghana	30
#19	Auckland, New Zealand	32
#20	Berlin, Germany	34
#21	Alexandria, Egypt	35
#22	Sanaa, Yemen	35
#23	Beirut, Lebanon	35
#24	Davao, Philippines	35
#25	Amman, Jordan	35
#26	London, United Kingdom	36
#27	Hamburg, Germany	36
#28	Kumasi, Ghana	37
#29	Kharkiv, Ukraine	37
#30	Caracas, Venezuela	40
#31	Budapest, Hungary	40
#32	Vienna, Austria	41
#33	Nairobi, Kenya	43
#34	Cali, Colombia	43
#35	Rome, Italy	44
#36	Baku, Azerbaijan	44
#37	Sydney, Australia	45
#38	Yaoundé, Cameroon	45
#39	New York City, United States	46
#40	Luanda, Angola	46
#41	Dakar, Senegal	46
#42	Madrid, Spain	47
#43	Ankara, Turkey	48
#44	Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic	48
#45	Phoenix, United States	49
#46	Medellín, Colombia	51
#47	Maracay, Venezuela	51
#48	Khulna, Bangladesh	51
#49	Prague, Czechia	51
#50	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	53
#51	Belo Horizonte, Brazil	53
#52	Sofia, Bulgaria	53
#53	Algiers, Algeria	54
#54	Mosul, Iraq	54
#55	Barcelona, Spain	54
#56	Munich, Germany	55
#57	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	56
#58	Cairo, Egypt	57
#59	Lima, Peru	57
#60	Giza, Egypt	57
#61	Callao, Peru	57
#62	Belgrade, Serbia	57
#63	Bogotá, Colombia	58
#64	Rabat, Morocco	58
#65	Shymkent, Kazakhstan	58
#66	Bursa, Turkey	59
#67	Toronto, Canada	59
#68	Maracaibo, Venezuela	59
#69	Tehran, Iran	60
#70	Mexico City, Mexico	61
#71	Almaty, Kazakhstan	61
#72	Karachi, Pakistan	62
#73	Bucharest, Romania	62
#74	Niamey, Niger	62
#75	Port-au-Prince, Haiti	62
#76	Dhaka, Bangladesh	63
#77	Paris, France	63
#78	Kakamega, Kenya	63
#79	Puebla, Mexico	63
#80	Kampala, Uganda	63
#81	Kabul, Afghanistan	64
#82	Ibadan, Nigeria	64
#83	Douala, Cameroon	64
#84	Erbil, Iraq	65
#85	Johannesburg, South Africa	66
#86	Córdoba, Argentina	66
#87	Kigali, Rwanda	66
#88	Pretoria, South Africa	67
#89	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	69
#90	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	70
#91	Chattogram, Bangladesh	70
#92	Fes, Morocco	70
#93	Abuja, Nigeria	72
#94	Isfahan, Iran	72
#95	Cape Town, South Africa	73
#96	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	73
#97	Casablanca, Morocco	74
#98	Tokyo, Japan	75
#99	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	75
#100	Bamako, Mali	75
#101	Yokohama, Japan	75
#102	Iztapalapa, Mexico	75
#103	São Paulo, Brazil	76
#104	Osaka, Japan	78
#105	Asunción, Paraguay	78
#106	Budta, Philippines	78
#107	N'Djamena, Chad	79
#108	Istanbul, Turkey	82
#109	Yangon, Myanmar	82
#110	Monrovia, Liberia	83
#111	Mumbai, India	84
#112	Bangkok, Thailand	85
#113	Peshawar, Pakistan	87
#114	Manila, Philippines	89
#115	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	89
#116	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	90
#117	Singapore, Singapore	92
#118	Pyongyang, North Korea	95
#119	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	95
#120	Mashhad, Iran	97
#121	Sharjah, United Arab Emirates	98
#122	Lahore, Pakistan	99
#123	Baghdad, Iraq	100
#124	Milan, Italy	100
#125	Busan, South Korea	102
#126	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	104
#127	Seoul, South Korea	105
#128	Santiago, Chile	105
#129	Incheon, South Korea	105
#130	Moscow, Russia	107
#131	Khartoum, Sudan	109
#132	Omdurman, Sudan	109
#133	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	111
#134	Bengaluru, India	113
#135	Taipei, Taiwan	115
#136	New Taipei City, Taiwan	115
#137	Mandalay, Myanmar	116
#138	Hong Kong, Hong Kong	125
#139	Beijing, China	132
#140	Guangzhou, China	135
#141	Conakry, Guinea	138
#142	Camayenne, Guinea	138
#143	Kathmandu, Nepal	147
#144	Hanoi, Vietnam	151
#145	Surabaya, Indonesia	151
#146	Kano, Nigeria	155
#147	Shanghai, China	161
#148	Jakarta, Indonesia	175
#149	Bekasi, Indonesia	175
#150	Delhi, India	258

Understanding Air Quality Index

The Air Quality Index (AQI) is a scale from 0 to 500 that measures air pollution levels. Poor air quality can cause respiratory issues, cardiovascular problems, and other health concerns. Rankings are updated hourly to help you stay informed.

Source: US EPA Air Quality Index

0-50

Good

Air quality is satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk.

51-100

Moderate

Air quality is acceptable. However, there may be a risk for some people.

101-150

Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups

Members of sensitive groups may experience health effects.

151-200

Unhealthy

Everyone may begin to experience health effects.

201-300

Very Unhealthy

Health alert: everyone may experience more serious health effects.

301+

Hazardous

Health warnings of emergency conditions. The entire population is likely to be affected.

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