Digital Nomad Cities by Air quality: Tier List

This tier list places every city by its Air quality score alone, our 1 to 10 rating for air quality. It is one of the 13 factors behind the overall Nomad Score, isolated here so you can see which cities lead on air quality and which lag.

Tiers follow the Air quality score: S is 9 to 10, A is 8, B is 7, C is 6, D is 5, F is below 5. Tap any city for its full breakdown, or see the all-round tier list and the ranked lists.

S9.0 and up37 cities

ReykjavikQueenstownPonta DelgadaTrondheimTromsøTurkuOuluLas PalmasTenerifeHelsinkiFaroBarilocheBoqueteWellingtonByron BayHobartEriceiraTarifaFuerteventuraStavangerLucerneIbizaFunchalBergenTampereTartuSantoriniEl NidoSan SebastiánFreiburgVictoriaMar del PlataPraiaWindhoekSalalahSuvaNouméa

A8.0 to 8.984 cities

LisbonTallinnSplitPortoMontevideoAucklandTamarindoZurichMálagaCreteKoh PhanganCopenhagenStockholmOsloDubrovnikCorkSapporoTulumMontañitaPunta CanaPuerto EscondidoSayulitaLake AtitlánZanzibarEssaouiraTaghazoutChefchaouenMauritiusPerthGold CoastChristchurchCairnsPhu QuocGijónSalzburgInnsbruckLausannePalma de MallorcaMarbellaCádizCascaisCoimbraGalwayGothenburgMalmöAarhusKlaipėdaKotorSarandëPulaZadarBledPiranChaniaRhodesBodrumFethiyeCappadociaSiargaoPalawanBoracayNusa PenidaVilcabambaMáncoraLecceTriesteAlicanteBathLuxembourg CityAix-en-ProvenceKhao LakVang ViengHiroshimaKanazawaSan DiegoCalgaryOttawaCancúnMazatlánManizalesPereiraArushaDarwinCanberra

B7.0 to 7.9129 cities

Cape TownPlaya del CarmenOaxacaBarcelonaBerlinTokyoAmsterdamAustinMiamiVancouverSydneyMelbourneKigaliCuscoCartagenaSan JuanPuerto VallartaSan JoséAntiguaViennaGenevaDublinEdinburghNicePalermoValenciaSevilleCyprusRigaVilniusPodgoricaBatumiAntalyaPhuketSan Miguel de AllendeMéridaLjubljanaZagrebRotterdamUtrechtHamburgGhentOsakaKyotoFukuokaLangkawiKoh SamuiJeju IslandNagoyaWeligamaFlorianópolisSanta MartaCórdobaMendozaGuanajuatoCuencaBrisbaneAdelaideVallettaBilbaoBordeauxToulouseMontpellierNantesAnnecyMunichDresdenHeidelbergGrazBaselBariCataniaGranadaGironaBrightonBristolGlasgowBrugesMaastrichtEindhovenKaunasSibiuBrașovVarnaOhridPaphosKutaisiEilatAqabaLuang PrabangKrabiKampotDa LatQuy NhonKota KinabaluDumagueteLombokSucreHuanchacoGenoaZaragozaOxfordCambridgeYorkGroningenThe HagueLeuvenNurembergStuttgartDüsseldorfStrasbourgGrenobleKanchanaburiSanurBaguioDavaoIloiloNinh BinhSihanoukvilleBattambangBostonNashvilleQuerétaroTrujilloRosarioRecifeMaputoRamallahYazd

C6.0 to 6.982 cities

MedellínTbilisiBali (Canggu)Buenos AiresPragueSingaporeDa NangTaipeiSiem ReapGoaTel AvivMarrakechValparaísoQuitoSanta CruzPanama CityLondonManchesterParisLyonRomeFlorenceMadridAthensThessalonikiCluj-NapocaUbudBrusselsGdańskBrnoAntwerpKochiHoi AnHua HinNha TrangIpohDenverTorontoMontrealPortlandSeattleArequipaSalvadorCaliSanto DomingoMuscatCangguPlovdivRabatMarseilleCologneFrankfurtLeipzigBolognaVeronaNaplesKošiceBratislavaTimișoaraNovi SadMostarIzmirGyumriHaifaSapaMalaccaPattayaMakassarKuchingCan ThoHueKaohsiungTainanGwangjuChicagoLeónBarranquillaGuayaquilLuxorAlexandriaKampalaJeddah

D5.0 to 5.958 cities

BudapestKuala LumpurBelgradePenangDubaiCebuPhnom PenhPokharaColomboCasablancaAccraNairobiLimaBogotáSantiagoLa PazAsunciónGuadalajaraMilanWarsawBucharestSofiaTiranaYerevanBakuIstanbulHong KongWrocławBusanYogyakartaVientianeSão PauloJohannesburgDakarDar es SalaamTunisAddis AbabaAmmanBeirutAbu DhabiDohaPoznańTurinPrizrenManamaPaiSurabayaMalangSemarangCochabambaChiang RaiSoloMedanJohor BahruDaeguNew YorkRiyadhKuwait City

Fbelow 5.020 cities

Mexico CityHo Chi Minh CitySeoulManilaBangaloreKrakowSarajevoSkopjePuneShenzhenBandungLos AngelesChiang MaiBangkokHanoiMumbaiLagosJaipurKathmanduCairo