Air quality by country

Air quality in Indonesia today

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Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups: average US AQI 126 across 76 cities Worst now: Palangkaraya (500); cleanest: Dumai (39).

Live US AQI, PM2.5 and ozone for cities across Indonesia, ranked from most polluted to cleanest.

Average US AQI
126 Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups
Most polluted now
Palangkaraya AQI 500
Cleanest now
Dumai AQI 39
Cities above 100
38 unhealthy for sensitive groups or worse

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Air quality in Indonesia today

Right now the modelled air quality in Indonesia averages a US AQI of 126 (Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups) across the 76 cities we track. By category: 2 Good, 36 Moderate, 8 Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups, 28 Unhealthy, 2 Hazardous (of 76).

That is 60 points worse than the worldwide average of 66 across 3,556 cities.

Palangkaraya has the worst air at 500 with PM2.5 at 227 µg/m³, while Dumai is cleanest at 39. 38 cities are above 100, where sensitive groups should limit time outdoors.

Indonesia cities by AQI (most polluted first)

CityRegionUS AQICategoryPM2.5 µg/m³Ozone µg/m³
PalangkarayaCentral Kalimantan500Hazardous226.8143
BanjarmasinSouth Kalimantan334Hazardous179.3175
KarawangWest Java193Unhealthy14228
RengasdengklokWest Java193Unhealthy14228
CikarangWest Java193Unhealthy14228
BandungWest Java177Unhealthy92.723
CimahiWest Java177Unhealthy92.723
PadalarangWest Java177Unhealthy92.723
LembangWest Java177Unhealthy92.723
BanjaranWest Java177Unhealthy92.723
SoreangWest Java177Unhealthy92.723
JakartaJakarta175Unhealthy95.717
BekasiWest Java175Unhealthy95.717
DepokWest Java175Unhealthy95.717
TangerangBanten175Unhealthy95.717
South TangerangBanten175Unhealthy95.717
BogorWest Java175Unhealthy95.717
CibinongWest Java175Unhealthy95.717
CileungsirWest Java175Unhealthy95.717
CiteureupWest Java175Unhealthy95.717
CiputatWest Java175Unhealthy95.717
CiampeaWest Java175Unhealthy95.717
SawanganWest Java175Unhealthy95.717
PamulangWest Java175Unhealthy95.717
ParungWest Java175Unhealthy95.717
PalembangSouth Sumatra173Unhealthy62.959
PontianakWest Kalimantan171Unhealthy31.1176
MakassarSouth Sulawesi157Unhealthy56.276
BanjarbaruSouth Kalimantan155Unhealthy51.679
MartapuraSouth Kalimantan155Unhealthy51.679
SurabayaEast Java143Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups57.340
PaluCentral Sulawesi133Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups49.571
TanjungSouth Kalimantan121Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups15.986
SamarindaEast Kalimantan118Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups24.465
KendariSoutheast Sulawesi117Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups34.566
MedanNorth Sumatra116Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups45.820
PercutNorth Sumatra116Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups45.820
BelawanNorth Sumatra116Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups45.820
AmbonMaluku96Moderate23.467
SukabumiWest Java93Moderate24.425
SerangBanten92Moderate45.621
CilegonBanten92Moderate45.621
JemberEast Java91Moderate26.558
TasikmalayaWest Java90Moderate21.841
BalikpapanEast Kalimantan90Moderate29.284
ManadoNorth Sulawesi90Moderate17.159
CiamisWest Java90Moderate21.841
JeparaCentral Java86Moderate17.149
YogyakartaYogyakarta86Moderate23.347
BatangCentral Java86Moderate17.149
SemarangCentral Java84Moderate23.636
PekalonganCentral Java83Moderate23.583
KedungwuniCentral Java83Moderate23.583
CirebonWest Java82Moderate24.336
KediriEast Java82Moderate22.649
PlumbonWest Java82Moderate24.336
WeruWest Java82Moderate24.336
ArjawinangunWest Java82Moderate24.336
TegalCentral Java81Moderate22.843
SurakartaCentral Java77Moderate25.443
GrogolCentral Java77Moderate25.443
MalangEast Java76Moderate1546
SingosariEast Java76Moderate1546
JayapuraPapua69Moderate12.558
BatamRiau68Moderate9.548
SitubondoEast Java64Moderate21.456
DenpasarBali64Moderate14.861
KupangEast Nusa Tenggara64Moderate12.560
Jambi CityJambi62Moderate24.449
PekanbaruRiau61Moderate16.135
NegaraBali61Moderate14.161
PadangWest Sumatra55Moderate17.836
BengkuluBengkulu55Moderate1336
MataramWest Nusa Tenggara52Moderate10.759
Bandar LampungLampung50Good10.644
DumaiRiau39Good925

What the US AQI numbers mean

US AQICategoryWhat it means
0-50GoodAir quality is satisfactory and poses little or no risk; a good time for outdoor activity.
51-100ModerateAcceptable for most people. Unusually sensitive people should consider shortening long or heavy exertion outdoors.
101-150Unhealthy for Sensitive GroupsPeople with heart or lung disease, older adults, children and teens should cut back on prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors.
151-200UnhealthyEveryone should reduce prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors; sensitive groups should avoid it and keep windows closed.
201-300Very UnhealthyHealth alert: everyone should avoid prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors, and sensitive groups should stay indoors.
301-500HazardousEmergency conditions: everyone should avoid all outdoor physical activity and stay indoors with filtered air if possible. The scale tops out at 500; heavier dust or smoke is shown as 500.

Modelled by CAMS (Copernicus) via Open-Meteo, refreshed twice a day; read hour by hour from the forecast.

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Data: Open-Meteo Air Quality API, Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS).