Daily report · 19 October 2026
World air quality on 19 October 2026
On 19 October 2026 at 12:00 UTC, Banjarmasin, Indonesia had the most polluted air of any monitored city, at US AQI 277 (Very Unhealthy). Palembang, Indonesia (206) and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (194) followed. India had 5 of the 20 most polluted cities. The day before, Palembang topped the list at 296. The cleanest air was in Sydney, Australia (6).
20 most polluted cities
- 277BanjarmasinIndonesia · Very Unhealthy
- 206PalembangIndonesia · Very Unhealthy
- 194Kuala LumpurMalaysia · Unhealthy
- 191Johor BahruMalaysia · Unhealthy
- 189IpohMalaysia · Unhealthy
- 179PekanbaruIndonesia · Unhealthy
- 170FaridabadIndia · Unhealthy
- 166HoniaraSolomon Islands · Unhealthy
- 166BhavnagarIndia · Unhealthy
- 164JalandharIndia · Unhealthy
- 163KinshasaDemocratic Republic of the Congo · Unhealthy
- 163BrazzavilleCongo · Unhealthy
- 158KuchingMalaysia · Unhealthy
- 158LahorePakistan · Unhealthy
- 157NagpurIndia · Unhealthy
- 156Rahim Yar KhanPakistan · Unhealthy
- 155KotaIndia · Unhealthy
- 155FaisalabadPakistan · Unhealthy
- 155MultanPakistan · Unhealthy
- 155PeshawarPakistan · Unhealthy
20 cleanest cities
- 6SydneyAustralia · Good
- 7KrasnoyarskRussia · Good
- 7DniproUkraine · Good
- 8Buenos AiresArgentina · Good
- 8ManchesterUnited Kingdom · Good
- 8StockholmSweden · Good
- 8GöteborgSweden · Good
- 9SuvaFiji Islands · Good
- 9PueblaMexico · Good
- 10BarcelonaSpain · Good
- 11OttawaCanada · Good
- 11BremenGermany · Good
- 11CopenhagenDenmark · Good
- 11LiverpoolUnited Kingdom · Good
- 11ReynosaMexico · Good
- 11Gold CoastAustralia · Good
- 12ValenciaSpain · Good
- 12Santiago de QuerétaroMexico · Good
- 12LisbonPortugal · Good
- 13AdelaideAustralia · Good
US AQI from government and research monitoring stations, recorded at 12:00 UTC. Modelled estimates are excluded.