Daily report · 16 October 2026
World air quality on 16 October 2026
On 16 October 2026 at 12:00 UTC, Padang, Indonesia had the most polluted air of any monitored city, at US AQI 500 (Hazardous). Palembang, Indonesia (416) and Birkirkara, Malta (254) followed. Indonesia had 7 of the 20 most polluted cities. The day before, Palembang topped the list at 500. The cleanest air was in Milwaukee, United States (2).
20 most polluted cities
- 500PadangIndonesia · Hazardous
- 416PalembangIndonesia · Hazardous
- 254BirkirkaraMalta · Very Unhealthy
- 253PekanbaruIndonesia · Very Unhealthy
- 225Johor BahruMalaysia · Very Unhealthy
- 222SingaporeSingapore · Very Unhealthy
- 217BatamIndonesia · Very Unhealthy
- 200Kuala LumpurMalaysia · Unhealthy
- 200El PasoUnited States · Unhealthy
- 181HandanChina · Unhealthy
- 174MedanIndonesia · Unhealthy
- 174ZhengzhouChina · Unhealthy
- 171MilanItaly · Unhealthy
- 169Kuwait CityKuwait · Unhealthy
- 162IpohMalaysia · Unhealthy
- 162BekasiIndonesia · Unhealthy
- 161City of BalikpapanIndonesia · Unhealthy
- 161NagpurIndia · Unhealthy
- 161HoniaraSolomon Islands · Unhealthy
- 160KarachiPakistan · Unhealthy
20 cleanest cities
- 2MilwaukeeUnited States · Good
- 6ChicagoUnited States · Good
- 8Buenos AiresArgentina · Good
- 8CanberraAustralia · Good
- 8Fort WorthUnited States · Good
- 9DortmundGermany · Good
- 9ManchesterUnited Kingdom · Good
- 9Basse-TerreGuadeloupe · Good
- 9Dededo VillageGuam · Good
- 9Saint HelierJersey · Good
- 10OsloNorway · Good
- 10Gold CoastAustralia · Good
- 11LijiangChina · Good
- 11LiverpoolUnited Kingdom · Good
- 11AsunciónParaguay · Good
- 11Saint-DenisReunion · Good
- 11DehradunIndia · Good
- 12Fort-de-FranceMartinique · Good
- 13OttawaCanada · Good
- 13TallinnEstonia · Good
US AQI from government and research monitoring stations, recorded at 12:00 UTC. Modelled estimates are excluded.