Jakarta Becomes The 20th City With The Worst Air Quality In The World This Morning

Illustration. The HI Roundabout became one of the landscapes of DKI Jakarta on Monday, September 14, 2019. (ANTARA-Sigid K)

JAKARTA - Air quality in Jakarta on Sunday 27 October this morning improved. Jakarta is the 20th city with the worst air in the world and is in the moderate category.

Based on data from the IQAir air quality monitoring site at 05.20 WIB, the air quality index (AQI) in Jakarta is at 88 or is categorized as unhealthy with PM2.5 air pollution and a concentration value of 29 micrograms per cubic meter.

This figure has an explanation that the level of air quality does not affect human or animal health but affects sensitive plants and aesthetic values with a PM2.5 range of 51-100.

Meanwhile, the category is unhealthy for sensitive groups because it can harm humans or groups of animals that are sensitive or can cause damage to plants or aesthetic values.

Then the good category is the level of air quality which does not have an effect on human or animal health and does not affect plants, buildings or aesthetic values with a PM2.5 range of 0-50.

Then, the category is very unhealthy with a PM2.5 range of 200-299 or its air quality can be detrimental to health in a number of segments of the exposed population.

Lastly, dangerous (300-500) or in general its air quality can harm people's serious health in the population.

The city with the worst air quality in first place is Lahore, Pakistan, which is at 543, second in Delhi, India at 416, third in Mumbai, India at 187, fourth in Dhaka, Bangladesh at 154, fifth in Cairo, Egypt at 137.

However, people are still recommended to always wear masks when outdoors, closing windows to avoid dirty outside air and turning on air filters.