Air quality comparison · Indonesia, 115 km apart
Bandung vs Jakarta Air quality index (AQI) today
Bandung has cleaner air than Jakarta right now: AQI 62 (Moderate) against 108 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups).
That puts them in different EPA bands, so the health advice differs today. Over the past 6 days, on modeled daily averages, Bandung averaged AQI 161 against 173, and it was the cleaner of the two on 5 of those days. Bandung has lost more forest since 2001. Jakarta has more tree cover.
Indonesia
AQI 62
Moderate
Cleaner right now
- PM2.5
- 16.2 µg/m³1.1× WHO guideline
- Main pollutant
- PM2.5
- Source
- Model estimate
- Reading
- Nov 11, 02:00 local
Indonesia
AQI 108
Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Cleaner right now
- PM2.5
- 38.3 µg/m³2.6× WHO guideline
- Main pollutant
- PM2.5
- Source
- Ground station
- Reading
- Nov 11, 23:00 local
Updated . Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf.
Bandung62Jakarta108
Head to head
Bandung vs Jakarta at a glance
Bandung and Jakarta are level, each ahead on 3 of 6 measures. The better figure in each row is marked.
| Bandung | Jakarta | |
|---|---|---|
| Air quality nowUS AQI. Lower is better. | 62 (better) | 108 |
| PM2.5Fine particles, µg/m³. | 16.2 (better) | 38.3 |
| Past week's averageUS AQI, 6 days. | 161 (better) | 173 |
| Forest lost since 2001Within 10 km of the center. | 154 ha | 7 ha (better) |
| Tree coverWithin 2 km of the center. | 12.3% | 17.8% (better) |
| Trees still neededTo reach a healthy canopy. | 55.6K | 53.8K (better) |
Air quality today
What is the air like in Bandung and Jakarta right now?
Bandung has cleaner air than Jakarta right now: AQI 62 (Moderate) against 108 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups). PM2.5 is setting the index in both.
Bandung's PM2.5 is about 1.1× the WHO's 24-hour guideline of 15 µg/m³. Jakarta's PM2.5 is about 2.6× the WHO's 24-hour guideline of 15 µg/m³.
Jakarta is read from a nearby ground station and Bandung is a model estimate, so the two are not quite like for like.
BandungJakarta
Concentrations at the same moment as the index above, for the pollutants both places report. Lower is better. The dark marks on the PM2.5 and PM10 rows show the WHO's 24-hour guidelines (15 and 45 µg/m³).
Bandung: Estimate · model corrected with 2 station cities within 125 km, e.g. Bekasi and South Jakarta. Data: Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 125 km, US EPA index.
Jakarta: Ground station · Kemayoran, Indonesia, 6.6 km away. Data: World Air Quality Index Project, BMKG | Badan Meteorologi, Klimatologi dan Geofisika.
The past week
Which had cleaner air over the past 6 days?
Over the past 6 days, on modeled daily averages, Bandung averaged AQI 161 against 173, and it was the cleaner of the two on 5 of those days. A single reading can catch a city on a bad afternoon; the week says whether it was the weather or the place.
- Cleaner days
- Bandung5Jakarta1
- Average AQI
- Bandung161Jakarta173
- Worst day, AQI
- Bandung171Jakarta187
The daily numbers (6 days)
| Day | Bandung | Jakarta |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 5 | 151 | 157 |
| Nov 6 | 161 | 172 |
| Nov 7 | 168 | 166 |
| Nov 8 | 157 | 181 |
| Nov 9 | 171 | 176 |
| Nov 10 | 156 | 187 |
Daily averages from the CAMS atmospheric model for both places, so the week compares like with like. They can differ from today's reading at the top of the page wherever that comes from a ground station.
What it means today
Is it safe to go outside in Bandung and Jakarta today?
Bandung (AQI 62, Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Jakarta (AQI 108, Unhealthy for sensitive groups): Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Exercise outdoors
- Bandung
- Fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier.
- Jakarta
- Children, older adults and people with asthma or heart disease should cut down long or hard exercise.
Windows
- Bandung
- Fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution.
- Jakarta
- Close them to keep the outside air out.
Masks
- Bandung
- Not needed for most people.
- Jakarta
- Sensitive groups: an N95 outdoors.
Air purifier
- Bandung
- Worth running if you are sensitive.
- Jakarta
- Run one, especially in bedrooms.
Against everywhere else
How do Bandung and Jakarta compare with the rest of the world?
Right now Bandung's air is cleaner than 44% of the 5,420 places Airleaf tracks, and Jakarta's is cleaner than 19%. Within Indonesia, that is 47% and 18% of its 156 measured places.
Cleaner air than…
- Bandung
- Beats 44%
- Jakarta
- Beats 19%
More tree cover than…
- Bandung
- Beats 27%
- Jakarta
- Beats 41%
Includes model estimates as well as station readings, so it can differ from our most polluted and cleanest air rankings, which use station readings only.
Deforestation · 2001–2025
Which has lost more forest, Bandung or Jakarta?
Bandung has lost more: about 154 ha of forest within 10 km of its center from 2001 to 2025, against 7 ha around Jakarta. 142 ha of that was cleared for good, for farms, mines or towns.
Measured within 10 km of each center, from the yearly satellite maps of forest loss: a wider circle than the one for tree cover, because forest is usually lost at a city's edges.
Worst year: 2006, with 29 ha lost.
Worst year: 2006, with 3 ha lost.
| Bandung | Jakarta | |
|---|---|---|
| Forest lost since 2001Cleared, burned or logged. | 154 ha | 7 ha (better) |
| Share of its forestOf what it had in 2000. | 3.5% (better) | 3.9% |
| Cleared for goodTurned into farms, mines or towns. | 142 ha | 5 ha (better) |
| Recent trend2021–2025 against the five years before. | Too little to call | Too little to call |
| Main known cause | Towns and roads (62%) | Farms, pasture and plantations (44%) |
Satellite timelapses
Watch both change, year by year
A clear satellite photo a year of the land around each city. Press play, turn on the forest cleared since the first year, or drag the before and after.
Bandung
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
Jakarta
2017: satellite photo from September 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
Trees
Which has more trees, Bandung or Jakarta?
Jakarta has more tree cover: 17.8% of the land within 2 km of its center against 12.3% around Bandung, or about 55,697 trees against 38,642.
The dark mark is each place's canopy target: 30% of the land, raised where air quality is poor.
| Bandung | Jakarta | |
|---|---|---|
| Trees standingEstimated from the canopy area. | 38.6K | 55.7K (better) |
| Trees still neededTo reach the target. Fewer is better. | 55.6K | 53.8K (better) |
| CO₂ absorbed each yearBy the trees already standing. | 850K kg | 1.2M kg (better) |
Tree cover on the satellite image
The same 2 km radius around each center, with the tree cover the satellite found marked on it.
Reading these numbers
How this comparison is made
Air quality index
The US EPA index, computed from current pollutant concentrations: ground stations where a place has them nearby, and the CAMS atmospheric model everywhere else. It moves hour to hour, so it is a snapshot rather than a verdict on either place. The guideline marks are from the WHO's 2021 air quality guidelines.
Trees and forest
Tree cover is the share of ground under canopy within 2 km of each center, read from Sentinel-2 satellite imagery at 10 m detail. It measures that circle, not the whole municipality, which is what makes the two comparable. Forest loss comes from the University of Maryland's Global Forest Change maps.
More on the method on the About Airleaf page.
Frequently asked
Bandung vs Jakarta: your questions answered
Is Bandung cleaner than Jakarta?
On air quality, yes, right now: Bandung reads AQI 62 against 108, a gap of 46 points on the US EPA index. This is a live reading rather than an annual average, so it can reverse within a day. Over the past 6 days, on modeled daily averages, Bandung averaged AQI 161 against 173, and it was the cleaner of the two on 5 of those days.
Is it safe to exercise outdoors in Bandung and Jakarta today?
In Bandung, at AQI 62: Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion. In Jakarta, at AQI 108: Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Which has lost more forest, Bandung or Jakarta?
Bandung has lost more: about 154 ha of forest within 10 km of its center from 2001 to 2025, against 7 ha around Jakarta. 142 ha of that was cleared for good, for farms, mines or towns.
Which has more trees, Bandung or Jakarta?
Jakarta has more tree cover: 17.8% of the land within 2 km of its center against 12.3% around Bandung, or about 55,697 trees against 38,642. Both figures describe the same-sized circle of ground around each center, not the whole municipality.
How many more trees do Bandung and Jakarta need?
Bandung needs about 55,606 more to reach its canopy target of 30%, and Jakarta about 53,819 to reach 35%. The target starts at 30% of the land and rises where air quality is poor.
Are Bandung and Jakarta measured the same way?
The method is the same: the US EPA index for air, and Sentinel-2 satellite imagery at 10 m detail over an identical radius for trees. Jakarta is read from a nearby ground station and Bandung is a model estimate, so the two are not quite like for like. Nothing is adjusted for population, city limits or climate.
How often does the Bandung vs Jakarta comparison update?
The air readings refresh about once an hour, and each reading's local time is shown at the top of the page. Tree cover comes from the latest clear satellite image of each area (Sep 17, 2026 and Sep 5, 2026), and the forest figures are published yearly.
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