The world's air right now

Live ranking of the most polluted and the cleanest cities in the world by European Air Quality Index, updated hourly from Copernicus CAMS model data. · Updated 24 Sept 2026, 23:00 UTC

Most polluted cities

#	City	Country	AQI	PM2.5
1	Ābdānān	Iran	455	235
2	Minya	Egypt	447	254
3	Girga	Egypt	383	254
4	Assiut	Egypt	283	164
5	Faya-Largeau	Chad	274	171
6	Laayoune	Western Sahara	253	150
7	Jaisalmer	India	244	149
8	Banī Suwayf	Egypt	238	69
9	Kuwait City	Kuwait	233	157
10	Esna	Egypt	223	163
11	Reggane	Algeria	223	122
12	Al Bawīţī	Egypt	218	121
13	Sīwah	Egypt	199	134
14	Boujdour	Western Sahara	194	133
15	Aswān	Egypt	189	141
16	Sampit	Indonesia	185	352
17	Kuraymah	Sudan	181	109
18	Balkanabat	Turkmenistan	176	66
19	Adrar	Algeria	167	89
20	Zhanaozen	Kazakhstan	164	87
21	Ahvaz	Iran	163	134
22	Korla	China	159	112
23	Palangkaraya	Indonesia	159	289
24	Al ‘Amārah	Iraq	151	107
25	Washuk	Pakistan	151	83
26	Sakakah	Saudi Arabia	148	88
27	Khān Neshīn	Afghanistan	146	80
28	Ālā'ĕr	China	143	79
29	Kano	Nigeria	136	229
30	Aktau	Kazakhstan	135	79
31	In Salah	Algeria	132	59
32	Turubah	Saudi Arabia	131	68
33	Al Khafjī	Saudi Arabia	128	117
34	Sooke	Canada	119	186
35	Huocheng	China	117	66
36	Tindouf	Algeria	117	49
37	Riyadh	Saudi Arabia	116	72
38	Hisar	India	116	78
39	Turbat	Pakistan	115	78
40	Kashgar	China	113	43
41	Gujangbagh	China	111	62
42	Bandung	Indonesia	110	165
43	Al Khārjah	Egypt	110	60
44	Sarāvān	Iran	110	53
45	Kidal	Mali	110	66
46	Dongola	Sudan	108	67
47	Cilacap	Indonesia	107	158
48	Tumxuk	China	107	60
49	Itacoatiara	Brazil	105	116
50	Uíge	Angola	103	149

Cleanest cities

#	City	Country	AQI	PM2.5
1	Nola	Central African Republic	6	1
2	Kong	Côte d’Ivoire	8	2
3	Nizhneudinsk	Russia	8	1
4	Sagalo	Mali	9	2
5	Kataragama	Sri Lanka	9	2
6	Dinguiraye	Guinea	9	2
7	Guōlèmùdé	China	9	2
8	Sundsvall	Sweden	9	2
9	Rovaniemi	Finland	9	2
10	Dambulla	Sri Lanka	9	1
11	Ébolowa	Cameroon	9	1
12	Trincomalee	Sri Lanka	9	1
13	Bang Saphan	Thailand	10	2
14	Nerchinsk	Russia	10	3
15	Hudiksvall	Sweden	10	1
16	Linguère	Senegal	10	1
17	Petrovsk-Zabaykal’skiy	Russia	10	2
18	Karachev	Russia	10	2
19	Tornio	Finland	10	2
20	Koundara	Guinea	10	2
21	Krychaw	Belarus	10	3
22	Piteå	Sweden	10	3
23	Arvayheer	Mongolia	10	2
24	Kandalaksha	Russia	10	2
25	Lyudinovo	Russia	10	2
26	Altay	Kazakhstan	10	3
27	Västerås	Sweden	10	3
28	Abengourou	Côte d’Ivoire	10	3
29	Man	Côte d’Ivoire	10	2
30	Kuala Terengganu	Malaysia	10	2
31	Ciudad de la Paz	Equatorial Guinea	10	2
32	Pochep	Russia	11	2
33	Phước Hòa	Vietnam	11	1
34	Trubchevsk	Russia	11	2
35	Chunskiy	Russia	11	2
36	Bykhov	Belarus	11	3
37	Nima	China	11	1
38	Starodub	Russia	11	3
39	Lumphat	Cambodia	11	2
40	Iisalmi	Finland	11	3
41	Katrineholm	Sweden	11	3
42	Damongo	Ghana	11	3
43	Bayanhongor	Mongolia	11	3
44	Cañete	Chile	11	1
45	Skellefteå	Sweden	11	2
46	Kajaani	Finland	11	2
47	Yartsevo	Russia	11	3
48	Karlstad	Sweden	11	3
49	Kanchanaburi	Thailand	11	2
50	Caicara del Orinoco	Venezuela	11	3