List of the cleanest and dirtiest cities in the world

Radical Storage, a luggage storage company, has published a ranking of the cleanest and dirtiest cities in the world. The list is based on reviews from travellers who visited 100 popular tourist destinations according to Euromonitor. Spanish cities also made it into the ranking.

The Polish city of Krakow took first place, followed by Sharjah (United Arab Emirates), Singapore, Warsaw (Poland) and Doha (Qatar). Next come Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), Prague (Czech Republic), Muscat (Oman), Dubai (UAE), Fukuoka (Japan), Abu Dhabi (UAE), Zurich (Switzerland), Edinburgh (Scotland), Los Angeles (USA), Lima (Peru), Cancun (Mexico), Porto (Portugal), Copenhagen (Denmark) and Taipei (Taiwan).

Valencia closes out the top 20 cleanest cities in the world. At the same time, other major cities in Spain ended up in a different ranking. Barcelona took 13th place on the list of the 20 dirtiest cities in the world. Travellers mainly complained about rubbish, unpleasant smells and the general condition of the streets. Another Spanish city in the anti-rating is Seville. It ranks 15th.

Budapest (Hungary) tops the list of the dirtiest cities, followed by Rome (Italy), Las Vegas (USA), Florence (Italy) and Paris (France). The Italian city of Milan ranks sixth, followed by Verona (Italy), Frankfurt am Main (Germany), Brussels (Belgium), Cairo (Egypt), Heraklion (Greece) and New York (USA). Johor Bahru (Malaysia) ranks 14th, after Barcelona. Two American cities, San Francisco and Miami, Hyderabad (India), London (United Kingdom) and Osaka (Japan) round out the list.