Daily report · 14 October 2026
World air quality on 14 October 2026
On 14 October 2026 at 12:00 UTC, Banjarmasin, Indonesia had the most polluted air of any monitored city, at US AQI 500 (Hazardous). Palembang, Indonesia (306) and Batam, Indonesia (279) followed. Indonesia had 9 of the 20 most polluted cities. The cleanest air was in Wellington, New Zealand (6).
20 most polluted cities
- 500BanjarmasinIndonesia · Hazardous
- 306PalembangIndonesia · Hazardous
- 279BatamIndonesia · Very Unhealthy
- 271SingaporeSingapore · Very Unhealthy
- 212Johor BahruMalaysia · Very Unhealthy
- 203PekanbaruIndonesia · Very Unhealthy
- 202Kuala LumpurMalaysia · Very Unhealthy
- 196HanoiVietnam · Unhealthy
- 195PadangIndonesia · Unhealthy
- 193MedanIndonesia · Unhealthy
- 190MakassarIndonesia · Unhealthy
- 183ZhuzhouChina · Unhealthy
- 180ChangshaChina · Unhealthy
- 179HoniaraSolomon Islands · Unhealthy
- 174City of BalikpapanIndonesia · Unhealthy
- 163BaodingChina · Unhealthy
- 162Bayan NurChina · Unhealthy
- 162DepokIndonesia · Unhealthy
- 161BeijingChina · Unhealthy
- 161FaisalabadPakistan · Unhealthy
20 cleanest cities
- 6WellingtonNew Zealand · Good
- 7Victoria de DurangoMexico · Good
- 8Buenos AiresArgentina · Good
- 10AdelaideAustralia · Good
- 10OttawaCanada · Good
- 10SuvaFiji Islands · Good
- 11SydneyAustralia · Good
- 11São PauloBrazil · Good
- 11TorontoCanada · Good
- 11SapporoJapan · Good
- 12CanberraAustralia · Good
- 12ReykjavíkIceland · Good
- 12SaltilloMexico · Good
- 12Las VegasUnited States · Good
- 13MontréalCanada · Good
- 13HamiltonCanada · Good
- 13MunichGermany · Good
- 13NottinghamUnited Kingdom · Good
- 13Saint HelierJersey · Good
- 13AsunciónParaguay · Good
US AQI from government and research monitoring stations, recorded at 12:00 UTC. Modelled estimates are excluded.