City report · South Kalimantan, Indonesia
Banjarbaru Air quality today
Air quality in Banjarbaru currently reads AQI 129 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Air quality right now
AQI 129
Unhealthy for sensitive groups
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 46.9
- tree cover
- 27.9%
- trees in this area
- 87.7K
- more trees needed
- 22.3K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Banjarbaru, Banjarbaru City, South Kalimantan, Indonesia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 21, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Banjarbaru · AQI 129 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups)
Banjarbaru's tree count comes to 87,650 trees across 12.57 km², 7 points below the 35% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 22,305 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Banjarbaru today: AQI 129, Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 21:00 local time via World Air Quality Index Project ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Banjarbaru, Indonesia, 4.4 km away
Health signal
Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
PM2.5
46.9
PM10
—
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
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Data: World Air Quality Index Project, BMKG | Badan Meteorologi, Klimatologi dan Geofisika
- Outdoor exercise
- Children, older adults and people with asthma or heart disease should cut down long or hard exercise
- Windows
- Close them to keep the outside air out
- Mask
- Sensitive groups: an N95 outdoors
- Air purifier
- Run one, especially in bedrooms
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Banjarbaru's daily AQI at 85 on average, from 65 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 152 on Nov 6.
This is the US EPA AQI. How it differs from Indonesia's ISPU
Where Banjarbaru stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Banjarbaru: Below target
27.9% tree cover against a 35% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
87,650
Target trees
109,955
More trees needed
22,305
CO₂ if planted / yr
490.7 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Banjarbaru lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Banjarbaru has lost about 3,170 hectares of forest (about 4,400 football pitches): 31% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (90%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from June 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 6 km south of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 3,170 haabout 4,400 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 31%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 2,860 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 92 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 104 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2011, when about 311 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 30 ha | 2 ha | 33 ha |
| 2002 | 24 ha | 1 ha | 25 ha |
| 2003 | 78 ha | 16 ha | 94 ha |
| 2004 | 117 ha | 12 ha | 129 ha |
| 2005 | 85 ha | 9 ha | 95 ha |
| 2006 | 160 ha | 11 ha | 171 ha |
| 2007 | 160 ha | 39 ha | 199 ha |
| 2008 | 65 ha | under 1 ha | 65 ha |
| 2009 | 268 ha | 21 ha | 289 ha |
| 2010 | 111 ha | 9 ha | 120 ha |
| 2011 | 305 ha | 6 ha | 311 ha |
| 2012 | 163 ha | 28 ha | 191 ha |
| 2013 | 100 ha | 1 ha | 101 ha |
| 2014 | 149 ha | 18 ha | 167 ha |
| 2015 | 127 ha | 70 ha | 197 ha |
| 2016 | 148 ha | 11 ha | 159 ha |
| 2017 | 139 ha | 2 ha | 141 ha |
| 2018 | 54 ha | under 1 ha | 54 ha |
| 2019 | 90 ha | 7 ha | 97 ha |
| 2020 | 64 ha | 4 ha | 69 ha |
| 2021 | 69 ha | 10 ha | 79 ha |
| 2022 | 53 ha | under 1 ha | 53 ha |
| 2023 | 160 ha | 18 ha | 178 ha |
| 2024 | 92 ha | 10 ha | 102 ha |
| 2025 | 45 ha | 2 ha | 48 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Banjarbaru?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good46% · 1,460 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good28% · 889 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good16% · 508 ha
Also: wildfires, storms, floods and other natural causes, unknown causes.
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020
- Forest in 2000
- 6,080 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 5,570 ha
- Overall change
- −504 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Banjarbaru shrank from about 6,080 hectares to 5,570 hectares, a net loss of about 504 hectares (−8.3%). New forest grew on about 1,170 hectares, but 1,680 hectares were lost.
These 2000 and 2020 maps, from the University of Maryland, count any land with trees taller than 5 m as forest, including plantations and orchards. Forest that was cut or burned and had grown back by 2020 counts in both years, so the loss here is smaller than the yearly figures.
These figures cover everything within 10 km of the city center, a wider area than the report above, because forest is usually lost at a city's edges.
Source: Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA, Global Forest Change (GFC-2025-v1.13); causes: WRI/Google DeepMind drivers of forest loss; both CC BY 4.0, summed by Airleaf for each area. Forest gained and lost 2000–2020: Potapov et al. 2022, UMD GLAD Global Land Cover and Land Use Change, CC BY 4.0. Images: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data. How it's measured
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Frequently asked
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Banjarbaru right now?
The latest reading for Banjarbaru shows an AQI of 129 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups), measured Nov 11, 21:00 local time by the Banjarbaru, Indonesia ground monitoring station, 4.4 km away, via OpenAQ. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Banjarbaru today?
At AQI 129 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): children, older adults and people with asthma or heart disease should cut down long or hard exercise. Windows: close them to keep the outside air out. Masks: sensitive groups: an N95 outdoors. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Banjarbaru been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Banjarbaru's daily AQI at 85 on average, from 65 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 152 on Nov 6. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
Is Banjarbaru's AQI the same as Indonesia's ISPU?
No. Airleaf shows the US EPA Air Quality Index (AQI), the scale used by IQAir and most air-quality apps. Indonesia's official index is the ISPU (Indeks Standar Pencemar Udara), published by the environment ministry from its own monitoring stations. Its bands are 0–50 Baik (good), 51–100 Sedang (moderate), 101–200 Tidak Sehat (unhealthy), 201–300 Sangat Tidak Sehat (very unhealthy) and over 300 Berbahaya (hazardous). The two indexes use different breakpoints and averaging times, so the same air can score differently on each.
How much forest has the area around Banjarbaru lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Banjarbaru has lost about 3,170 hectares of forest (about 4,400 football pitches): 31% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (90%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 92 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 104 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Banjarbaru shrank from about 6,080 hectares to 5,570 hectares, a net loss of about 504 hectares (−8.3%). New forest grew on about 1,170 hectares, but 1,680 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Banjarbaru?
Banjarbaru has an estimated 87,650 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 27.9% tree cover, 7 percentage points short of the 35% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Banjarbaru need?
Banjarbaru needs roughly 22,305 more trees to close a 7-point shortfall against its 35% tree-cover target — about 490.7 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Banjarbaru's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Banjarbaru, via OpenAQ; the 7-day trend is the Open-Meteo / CAMS model's estimate. Tree cover is measured from Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search satellite imagery at 10 m detail across a 2 km radius around Banjarbaru; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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