Air quality in Pahang right now
Highest station AQI
68Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
- Measured at
- Rompin, Pahang, Malaysia
- Reading taken
- 12:00 pm
- Stations reporting
- 5 of 5
- Latest day vs previous
- Up 1 from 67
As of 28 Oct, 12:00 pm MYT, the highest reporting monitoring station in Pahang recorded a US EPA Air Quality Index of 68, which is Moderate. The reading came from Rompin, Pahang, Malaysia, with 5 of 5 stations in the region reporting. This is not Malaysia's official Air Pollutant Index.
Pahang’s recent air quality
Built from our own archive of hourly readings, so it shows what actually happened here rather than only what is happening now.
Highest station reading in Pahang each hour, on the US EPA AQI scale. A break in the line is an hour with no reporting station, not a reading of zero.
The highest reading recorded in Pahang on each day, Malaysian time. Days with no reporting station are absent rather than shown as zero.
The worst reading we hold for Pahang is 161 on Monday, 19 October 2026. In the last 13 days, 7 days have had at least one hour at 101 or above.
Our archive for this region starts Friday, 16 October 2026 and now covers 13 days.
Show the last 13 days as a table
| Date | Peak | Band | Mean of hourly peaks | Hours at 101+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, 28 October 2026 | 68 | Moderate | 67 | 0 of 13 |
| Tuesday, 27 October 2026 | 67 | Moderate | 63 | 0 of 23 |
| Monday, 26 October 2026 | 67 | Moderate | 63 | 0 of 24 |
| Sunday, 25 October 2026 | 151 | Unhealthy | 90 | 2 of 23 |
| Saturday, 24 October 2026 | 153 | Unhealthy | 110 | 10 of 24 |
| Friday, 23 October 2026 | 87 | Moderate | 80 | 0 of 24 |
| Thursday, 22 October 2026 | 93 | Moderate | 91 | 0 of 24 |
| Wednesday, 21 October 2026 | 102 | Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups | 96 | 1 of 23 |
| Tuesday, 20 October 2026 | 156 | Unhealthy | 128 | 14 of 23 |
| Monday, 19 October 2026 | 161 | Unhealthy | 157 | 24 of 24 |
| Sunday, 18 October 2026 | 161 | Unhealthy | 114 | 10 of 24 |
| Saturday, 17 October 2026 | 91 | Moderate | 82 | 0 of 24 |
| Friday, 16 October 2026 | 159 | Unhealthy | 140 | 17 of 22 |
Monitoring stations in Pahang
Every station inside the state boundary that has published recently. The headline figure above is the highest of these, never an average.
| Station | AQI | Band | Reading taken |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rompin, Pahang, Malaysia | 68 | Moderate | 12:00 pm |
| Balok Baru, Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia | 63 | Moderate | 12:00 pm |
| Temerloh, Pahang, Malaysia | 45 | Good | 12:00 pm |
| Indera Mahkota, Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia | 42 | Good | 12:00 pm |
| Jerantut, Pahang, Malaysia | 20 | Good | 12:00 pm |
US EPA AQI scale (WAQI)
- Good 0–50
- Moderate 51–100
- Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups 101–150
- Unhealthy 151–200
- Very Unhealthy 201–300
- Hazardous 301+
- No current data
What drives air quality in Pahang
Why this state’s readings move the way they do.
Pahang is the largest state in Peninsular Malaysia and one of the most heavily forested, which tends to keep its baseline readings low. It is also enormous: the coast at Kuantan, the highlands at Cameron, and the interior around Jerantut are hundreds of kilometres and more than a thousand metres apart, and a single state figure covers all of them.
Main local sources
- Land clearing and plantation fires in the interior during dry periods
- Industrial and port activity around Kuantan and Gebeng
- Haze drifting over from the west coast when the wind turns
- Highland temperature inversions that can trap smoke in valleys
How the year runs here
The northeast monsoon from November brings Pahang’s east coast heavy rain and usually its cleanest air. Dry inter-monsoon spells, particularly in the interior, are when its readings are most likely to climb.
Readings on this page cover Kuantan, Temerloh, Bentong, Cameron Highlands, Jerantut and Raub, to the extent that stations in those areas are reporting. Each figure is named with the station it came from, so you can judge how close it is to you.
Jerebu and haze in Pahang
When the air here crosses into unhealthy territory, we write it up.
We publish a dated bulletin for every day on which any Malaysian state reaches AQI 101 or above — the point at which health advice starts naming who should stay indoors. The bulletins are built from the same hourly archive as the charts above, so they record what the stations actually read rather than restating a headline.
Pahang has had 7 such days in the last 13.
Read the haze bulletins →Eating out in Pahang
Places we have written up in this part of the country.
Air quality in Pahang: common questions
Asked about this state specifically.
Does this page show air quality in Cameron Highlands?
Only if a station there is currently reporting to the monitoring network. Pahang covers both the highlands and the coast, and the figure shown is the highest reporting station anywhere in the state — we name that station, so you can see whether it is anywhere near where you are.
Why is Pahang usually among the cleaner states?
It has a large forested interior, a relatively small industrial footprint, and the Titiwangsa range between it and the west coast haze corridor. That is a tendency rather than a rule, and it does not hold during a severe regional episode.
For how the index is calculated, why it differs from Malaysia’s official API, and where the data comes from, see the national air quality page.
Air quality elsewhere in Malaysia
Live readings for every other state and territory.
Readings from the World Air Quality Index project, on the US EPA scale. This is not Malaysia’s official Air Pollutant Index — for that, see APIMS from the Department of Environment. State boundaries from geoBoundaries (ADM1, CC BY 4.0).