Perak API today

• Tasek Ipoh70
  Moderate
• Seri Manjung67
  Moderate
• Pegoh Ipoh53
  Moderate
• Taiping53
  Moderate
• Tanjung Malim51
  Moderate

Common questions: Perak API

What is the API in Perak right now?

The highest reading in Perak is 70 (Moderate) at the Tasek Ipoh station, as of 06:00 MYT, 4 Nov. Sensitive people (asthma, elderly, children) should cut back on long or strenuous outdoor activity.

How many stations monitor Perak?

5 Department of Environment stations report in Perak: Pegoh Ipoh, Seri Manjung, Taiping, Tanjung Malim, Tasek Ipoh. None is at an unhealthy level right now.

Are schools in Perak closed because of haze?

Since October 2026, schools in an affected area close when the API goes above 180, or stays above 150 for three days in a row, on the instruction of the Ministry of Education or the State Education Department, not from this number alone. The current reading of 70 is well below that level.

When is haze season in Perak?

The Peninsula's west coast has two risky windows: February to April, when haze is more local, and July to October, the worst window, when the southwest monsoon carries smoke from regional forest and peatland fires. El Niño years are usually worse.

• Good

  0–50
• Moderate

  51–100
• Unhealthy

  101–200
• Very Unhealthy

  201–300
• Hazardous

  301–500
• Emergency

  500+