Air quality in Lubok Antu has again gone up to a very unhealthy category

KUCHING, Sept 20 2026: The air quality in Lubok Antu has gone up from an unhealthy to a very unhealthy categories, with the Air Pollutant Index (API) reading at 216 level as at 8pm this evening.

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On the whole, the air quality across Sarawak has not improved much, as the weather monitoring stations show 16 locations in the unhealthy category.

The API reading in Serian was 176, folllowing by Kanowit 169, Samarahan 165, Kuching 163, Betong 161 while the API readings in Sibu, Miri and Bintulu all at 155,

The air quality in Bario and Lawas was categorised as moderate. 

20 September 2026, Sunday 8:00 P.M.

 

	STATION	INDEX	STATUS
	KUCHING	163	Unhealthy
	SAMARAHAN	165	Unhealthy
	SERIAN	176	Unhealthy
	SIMANGGANG	156	Unhealthy
	SARIKEI	120	Unhealthy
	SIBU	155	Unhealthy
	MUKAH	#	No latest data
	KAPIT	125	Unhealthy
	BINTULU	155	Unhealthy
	SAMALAJU	152	Unhealthy
	MIRI	155	Unhealthy
	ILP MIRI	112	Unhealthy
	LIMBANG	125	Unhealthy
	LUNDU	116	Unhealthy
	TEBEDU	137	Unhealthy
	LUBOK ANTU	216	Very Unhealthy
	KANOWIT	169	Unhealthy
	LAWAS	75	Moderate
	BARIO	63	Moderate
	BETONG (MCAQM)	161	Unhealthy
	INDEX	STATUS	HEALTH EFFECT
	0 – 50	Good	Low pollution without any bad effect on health.
	51 – 100	Moderate	Moderate pollution that does not pose any bad effect on health.
	101 – 200	Unhealthy	Worsen the health condition of high risk people who is the people with heart and lung complications.
	201 – 300	Very Unhealthy	Worsen the health condition and low tolerance of physical exercises to people with heart and lung complications. Affect public health.
	301 – 400	Hazardous	Hazardous to high risk people and public health.
	401 – 500	Very Hazardous	Hazardous to high risk people and public health.
	> 500	Very Hazardous	Hazardous to high risk people and public heal