City report · South Sumatra, Indonesia
Baturaja Air quality today
Air quality in Baturaja currently reads AQI 115 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Air quality right now
AQI 115
Unhealthy for sensitive groups
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 36.3
- tree cover
- 43.4%
- trees in this area
- 135K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Kecamatan Batu Raja Timur, Sumatera Selatan, Indonesia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 8, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Baturaja · AQI 115 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups)
Baturaja's tree count comes to 135,391 trees across 12.48 km² of land, already at or above the 35% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Baturaja today: AQI 115, Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 11:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 225 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 2 station cities within 225 km, e.g. Palembang and Metro
Health signal
Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
PM2.5
36.3
PM10
30.7
NO₂
0.4
O₃
125.0
SO₂
7.0
CO
278.0
- 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 Baturaja's daily AQI at 88 on average, from 65 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 152 on Nov 11.
This is the US EPA AQI. How it differs from Indonesia's ISPU
Where Baturaja stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Baturaja: Healthy tree cover
43.4% tree cover against a 35% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.48 km² of land.
Trees in this area
135,391
Target trees
135,391
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Baturaja lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Baturaja has lost about 13,900 hectares of forest (about 19,000 football pitches): 53% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (over 99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 6 km south of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 13,900 haabout 19,000 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 53%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 13,900 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is slowing down: about 329 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 502 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2012, when about 2,290 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 184 ha | under 1 ha | 184 ha |
| 2002 | 308 ha | 1 ha | 309 ha |
| 2003 | 153 ha | 2 ha | 155 ha |
| 2004 | 286 ha | 1 ha | 287 ha |
| 2005 | 433 ha | under 1 ha | 433 ha |
| 2006 | 1,000 ha | 1 ha | 1,000 ha |
| 2007 | 612 ha | under 1 ha | 612 ha |
| 2008 | 562 ha | under 1 ha | 562 ha |
| 2009 | 908 ha | under 1 ha | 908 ha |
| 2010 | 421 ha | 3 ha | 424 ha |
| 2011 | 851 ha | 1 ha | 852 ha |
| 2012 | 2,290 ha | 4 ha | 2,290 ha |
| 2013 | 940 ha | 1 ha | 941 ha |
| 2014 | 413 ha | 1 ha | 414 ha |
| 2015 | 371 ha | under 1 ha | 371 ha |
| 2016 | 653 ha | 1 ha | 654 ha |
| 2017 | 752 ha | 2 ha | 754 ha |
| 2018 | 428 ha | under 1 ha | 428 ha |
| 2019 | 372 ha | under 1 ha | 372 ha |
| 2020 | 301 ha | under 1 ha | 301 ha |
| 2021 | 226 ha | 1 ha | 227 ha |
| 2022 | 259 ha | 1 ha | 260 ha |
| 2023 | 576 ha | 3 ha | 579 ha |
| 2024 | 249 ha | 3 ha | 252 ha |
| 2025 | 325 ha | 1 ha | 326 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Baturaja?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good94% · 13,000 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good4.6% · 643 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good1.3% · 185 ha
Also: shifting farming, wildfires, 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
- 27,200 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 24,900 ha
- Overall change
- −2,300 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Baturaja shrank from about 27,200 hectares to 24,900 hectares, a net loss of about 2,300 hectares (−8.5%). New forest grew on about 1,260 hectares, but 3,560 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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What is the air quality (AQI) in Baturaja right now?
The latest reading for Baturaja shows an AQI of 115 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups), observed Nov 11, 11:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 225 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Baturaja today?
At AQI 115 (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 Baturaja been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Baturaja's daily AQI at 88 on average, from 65 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 152 on Nov 11. On 1 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
Is Baturaja'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 Baturaja lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Baturaja has lost about 13,900 hectares of forest (about 19,000 football pitches): 53% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (over 99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Forest loss is slowing down: about 329 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 502 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Baturaja shrank from about 27,200 hectares to 24,900 hectares, a net loss of about 2,300 hectares (−8.5%). New forest grew on about 1,260 hectares, but 3,560 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Baturaja?
Baturaja has an estimated 135,391 trees across the 12.48 km² of land measured — 43.4% tree cover, already past the 35% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Baturaja need?
Baturaja has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Baturaja's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality comes from ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ where one reports nearby, and otherwise, as here, from the Open-Meteo / CAMS model, which may differ from street-level monitors. 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 Kecamatan Batu Raja Timur; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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