Clean air compared 2026: 100 cities ranked

Any 2, side by side.

#	City	Country	Clean air
99	Dubai	🇦🇪 UAE	35.8 µg/m³
59	Zurich	🇨🇭 Switzerland	8.6 µg/m³

The ranking

All 100, ranked.

#	City	Country	Clean air
1	Bora Bora	🇵🇫 French Polynesia	1.5 µg/m³
2	San Juan	🇵🇷 Puerto Rico	2.3 µg/m³
3	Quinta do Lago	🇵🇹 Portugal	2.7 µg/m³
3	Platinum Coast	🇧🇧 Barbados	2.7 µg/m³
5	Queenstown	🇳🇿 New Zealand	2.9 µg/m³
6	Panama City	🇵🇦 Panama	3.3 µg/m³
7	Montecito	🇺🇸 United States	3.7 µg/m³
8	Tucker's Town	🇧🇲 Bermuda	3.8 µg/m³
9	Sydney	🇦🇺 Australia	3.9 µg/m³
10	Maui	🇺🇸 United States	4.0 µg/m³
11	Palm Beach	🇺🇸 United States	4.3 µg/m³
12	Aspen	🇺🇸 United States	4.4 µg/m³
13	San Francisco	🇺🇸 United States	4.6 µg/m³
14	Bal Harbour	🇺🇸 United States	4.9 µg/m³
14	Coral Gables	🇺🇸 United States	4.9 µg/m³
14	Miami	🇺🇸 United States	4.9 µg/m³
17	Andorra la Vella	🇦🇩 Andorra	5.2 µg/m³
18	Naples	🇺🇸 United States	5.3 µg/m³
19	Las Vegas	🇺🇸 United States	5.6 µg/m³
20	Zermatt	🇨🇭 Switzerland	5.7 µg/m³
20	The Hamptons	🇺🇸 United States	5.7 µg/m³
22	Mykonos	🇬🇷 Greece	5.8 µg/m³
23	Cascais	🇵🇹 Portugal	6.0 µg/m³
24	Kitzbühel	🇦🇹 Austria	6.2 µg/m³
25	St. Moritz	🇨🇭 Switzerland	6.8 µg/m³
25	Newport Beach	🇺🇸 United States	6.8 µg/m³
25	Porto Cervo	🇮🇹 Italy	6.8 µg/m³
25	Los Cabos	🇲🇽 Mexico	6.8 µg/m³
29	Austin	🇺🇸 United States	6.9 µg/m³
30	Malibu	🇺🇸 United States	7.2 µg/m³
30	Gibraltar	🇬🇮 Gibraltar	7.2 µg/m³
32	George Town	🇰🇾 Cayman Islands	7.4 µg/m³
33	Montreux	🇨🇭 Switzerland	7.5 µg/m³
33	Luxembourg	🇱🇺 Luxembourg	7.5 µg/m³
35	Gstaad	🇨🇭 Switzerland	7.6 µg/m³
36	Lugano	🇨🇭 Switzerland	7.8 µg/m³
36	Verbier	🇨🇭 Switzerland	7.8 µg/m³
36	Vaduz	🇱🇮 Liechtenstein	7.8 µg/m³
36	Dallas	🇺🇸 United States	7.8 µg/m³
36	Buenos Aires	🇦🇷 Argentina	7.8 µg/m³
41	New York	🇺🇸 United States	7.9 µg/m³
41	Marbella	🇪🇸 Spain	7.9 µg/m³
43	Anguilla	🇦🇮 Anguilla	8.0 µg/m³
44	Lisbon	🇵🇹 Portugal	8.1 µg/m³
45	Portofino	🇮🇹 Italy	8.2 µg/m³
46	Munich	🇩🇪 Germany	8.3 µg/m³
47	Jersey	🇯🇪 Jersey	8.4 µg/m³
47	Gustavia	🇫🇷 St Barths	8.4 µg/m³
47	Providenciales	🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos	8.4 µg/m³
47	Virgin Gorda	🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands	8.4 µg/m³
47	Nassau	🇧🇸 Bahamas	8.4 µg/m³
47	Christophe Harbour	🇰🇳 St Kitts and Nevis	8.4 µg/m³
47	St John's	🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda	8.4 µg/m³
47	Casa de Campo	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	8.4 µg/m³
55	Monaco	🇲🇨 Monaco	8.4 µg/m³
56	Madrid	🇪🇸 Spain	8.5 µg/m³
56	Provence	🇫🇷 France	8.5 µg/m³
56	Tuscany	🇮🇹 Italy	8.5 µg/m³
59	Zurich	🇨🇭 Switzerland	8.6 µg/m³
60	Geneva	🇨🇭 Switzerland	8.7 µg/m³
60	Lucerne	🇨🇭 Switzerland	8.7 µg/m³
62	Megève	🇫🇷 France	8.9 µg/m³
62	Nice	🇫🇷 France	8.9 µg/m³
64	Barcelona	🇪🇸 Spain	9.2 µg/m³
65	Palma	🇪🇸 Spain	9.3 µg/m³
66	Cancún	🇲🇽 Mexico	9.5 µg/m³
66	Tulum	🇲🇽 Mexico	9.5 µg/m³
68	Vienna	🇦🇹 Austria	9.6 µg/m³
68	Saint-Tropez	🇫🇷 France	9.6 µg/m³
70	London	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	9.9 µg/m³
71	Zug	🇨🇭 Switzerland	10.0 µg/m³
72	Courchevel	🇫🇷 France	10.1 µg/m³
73	Tokyo	🇯🇵 Japan	10.2 µg/m³
74	Paris	🇫🇷 France	10.3 µg/m³
75	Hvar	🇭🇷 Croatia	10.4 µg/m³
76	Limassol	🇨🇾 Cyprus	10.5 µg/m³
77	Phuket	🇹🇭 Thailand	10.9 µg/m³
78	Valletta	🇲🇹 Malta	11.0 µg/m³
79	Rome	🇮🇹 Italy	11.2 µg/m³
79	Tivat	🇲🇪 Montenegro	11.2 µg/m³
81	Beverly Hills	🇺🇸 United States	11.3 µg/m³
81	Amalfi Coast	🇮🇹 Italy	11.3 µg/m³
81	Capri	🇮🇹 Italy	11.3 µg/m³
84	Punta del Este	🇺🇾 Uruguay	11.5 µg/m³
85	Cortina d'Ampezzo	🇮🇹 Italy	11.8 µg/m³
86	Singapore	🇸🇬 Singapore	11.9 µg/m³
86	Ibiza	🇪🇸 Spain	11.9 µg/m³
88	Prague	🇨🇿 Czech Republic	12.1 µg/m³
89	Lake Como	🇮🇹 Italy	14.1 µg/m³
90	Forte dei Marmi	🇮🇹 Italy	14.6 µg/m³
91	Athens	🇬🇷 Greece	14.7 µg/m³
92	Hong Kong	🇭🇰 Hong Kong SAR	15.7 µg/m³
93	Cannes	🇫🇷 France	16.1 µg/m³
94	Venice	🇮🇹 Italy	16.3 µg/m³
95	Milan	🇮🇹 Italy	17.0 µg/m³
96	Bangkok	🇹🇭 Thailand	17.6 µg/m³
97	Tel Aviv	🇮🇱 Israel	17.9 µg/m³
98	Bali	🇮🇩 Indonesia	22.2 µg/m³
99	Dubai	🇦🇪 UAE	35.8 µg/m³
99	Abu Dhabi	🇦🇪 UAE	38.6 µg/m³

Clean air: IQAir, World Air Quality Report, 2025 data, at the place or the nearest city IQAir reports, in the same country where there is one. A place with no reporting city near it takes the median of the board. Checked 3 October 2026. The full method: how the list is ranked.