Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- PM2.5
- 17.6 ug/m3
- PM10
- n/a ug/m3
- Worst month
- October
- Trend
- n/a
EPA category: Moderate
Kuala Lumpur vs Shah Alam AQI Comparison
Side-by-side OpenAQ-derived air quality comparison for Kuala Lumpur and Shah Alam. Values use mapped daily PM2.5 and PM10 observations normalized to US EPA AQI.
Lower average AQI: Kuala Lumpur (29-pt gap)PM2.5: Kuala Lumpur 17.6 ug/m3 · Shah Alam 29.4 ug/m3
Source: OpenAQ local exports mapped to AQI Now cities; city summaries cover 2023-12-31–2024-10-27 and 2024-01-09–2024-12-31.
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Kuala Lumpur vs Shah Alam
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Shah Alam
Selangor, Malaysia
- PM2.5
- 29.4 ug/m3
- PM10
- 36.4 ug/m3
- Worst month
- March
- Trend
- n/a
EPA category: Moderate
Lower average AQI in this selected period: Kuala Lumpur. Values are historical OpenAQ-derived city summaries, not live readings.
Yearly EPA AQI trend
Seasonal EPA AQI heatmap
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Kuala Lumpur
33
50
58
63
54
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89
111
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Shah Alam
96
110
113
113
95
94
103
93
69
63
65
70
What this comparison measures
- Average EPA AQI — city-level daily AQI values averaged across the OpenAQ coverage window.
- PM2.5 and PM10 — mapped monitor concentrations aggregated to daily city averages.
- Seasonality — worst and cleanest months from the monthly city rollups.
- Trend — difference between the earliest and latest yearly AQI average in this build.