The Hungarian capital, Budapest, was named the dirtiest city in the world.
Poland’s second-largest city, Krakow, has been recognized as the cleanest city in the world in 2025.
Meanwhile, the Hungarian capital Budapest has been named the world’s dirtiest city.
This is the conclusion reached by analysts of the luggage storage company Radical Storage, after analyzing a hundred cities from the Euromonitor Top 100 destinations rating. For each city, the top 10 attractions were evaluated based on more than 70,000 real online reviews over the past 12 months. Cities were also checked for such characteristics as” clean “and”dirty”.
Krakow is the cleanest city in the world
Data analysis has shown that Krakow is the cleanest city in the world, with an impressive 98.5% positive feedback on cleanliness.
“Krakow’s impeccable reputation is likely due to more than just good street cleaning. Over the past decade, Poland as a whole has invested significantly in waste management systems and public space maintenance, as well as in a well-developed waste recycling infrastructure and public space maintenance,” the study authors note.
It is noteworthy that Krakow is not the only Polish city in the top 10: the country’s capital, Warsaw, ranked fourth with 97.8% positive reviews on cleanliness.
10 cleanest cities in the world
- Krakow, Poland (98.5%).
- Sharjah, UAE (98.0%).
- Singapore (97.9%).
- Warsaw, Poland (97.8%).
- Doha, Qatar (97.4%).
- Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (96.9%).
- Prague, Czech Republic (96.4%).
- Muscat, Oman (96.4%).
- Dubai, UAE (96.3%).
- Fukuoka, Japan (96.3%).
Budapest is the dirtiest city in the world
On the other hand, the Hungarian capital, Budapest, was criticized for its dirty streets: more than 37.9% of reviews about the city’s cleanliness mention dirt or poor maintenance.
“The perception of Budapest as a city with a low level of cleanliness may be a result of the city’s waste management system not being able to cope with the high volume of visitors. In September 2025, the Hungarian tourism industry experienced an 8.3% increase, with Budapest alone recording a 12% increase compared to the same month in 2024,” the analysts noted.
However, the cities of Italy received the most criticism for their littered streets and graffiti-covered walls, with four of the country’s cities ranking among the ten most dirty.
