Daily report · 15 October 2026
World air quality on 15 October 2026
On 15 October 2026 at 12:00 UTC, Palembang, Indonesia had the most polluted air of any monitored city, at US AQI 500 (Hazardous). Banjarmasin, Indonesia (500) and Padang, Indonesia (411) followed. Indonesia had 8 of the 20 most polluted cities. The day before, Banjarmasin topped the list at 500. The cleanest air was in Buenos Aires, Argentina (6).
20 most polluted cities
- 500PalembangIndonesia · Hazardous
- 500BanjarmasinIndonesia · Hazardous
- 411PadangIndonesia · Hazardous
- 232SingaporeSingapore · Very Unhealthy
- 218PekanbaruIndonesia · Very Unhealthy
- 216BatamIndonesia · Very Unhealthy
- 211Johor BahruMalaysia · Very Unhealthy
- 207Kuala LumpurMalaysia · Very Unhealthy
- 193MedanIndonesia · Unhealthy
- 192IpohMalaysia · Unhealthy
- 179City of BalikpapanIndonesia · Unhealthy
- 167NanchangChina · Unhealthy
- 167Rahim Yar KhanPakistan · Unhealthy
- 166NagpurIndia · Unhealthy
- 166BekasiIndonesia · Unhealthy
- 165KuchingMalaysia · Unhealthy
- 163Kuwait CityKuwait · Unhealthy
- 163MultanPakistan · Unhealthy
- 161HoniaraSolomon Islands · Unhealthy
- 154ZhuzhouChina · Unhealthy
20 cleanest cities
- 6Buenos AiresArgentina · Good
- 6OttawaCanada · Good
- 7CórdobaArgentina · Good
- 7SrinagarIndia · Good
- 7ReykjavíkIceland · Good
- 8MontréalCanada · Good
- 8QuébecCanada · Good
- 8AlbuquerqueUnited States · Good
- 8BostonUnited States · Good
- 9CalgaryCanada · Good
- 9ClevelandUnited States · Good
- 10LiverpoolUnited Kingdom · Good
- 10BeirutLebanon · Good
- 10DetroitUnited States · Good
- 11SaltaArgentina · Good
- 11AdelaideAustralia · Good
- 11LijiangChina · Good
- 11DortmundGermany · Good
- 11MilwaukeeUnited States · Good
- 11Dar es SalaamTanzania · Good
US AQI from government and research monitoring stations, recorded at 12:00 UTC. Modelled estimates are excluded.