City report · West Java, Indonesia
Garut Air quality today
Air quality in Garut currently reads AQI 127 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Air quality right now
AQI 127
Unhealthy for sensitive groups
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 45.8
- tree cover
- 52.2%
- trees in this area
- 164K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Garut, Garut Kota, Garut Regency, West Java, Indonesia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 24, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Garut · AQI 127 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups)
Garut's tree count comes to 163,991 trees across 12.57 km², already at or above the 35% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Garut today: AQI 127, Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 03:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 6 ground-station cities within 165 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 6 station cities within 165 km, e.g. Cileungsi and Bogor
Health signal
Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
PM2.5
45.8
PM10
67.3
NO₂
28.7
O₃
12.0
SO₂
4.3
CO
1241.0
- 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 Garut's daily AQI at 101 on average, from 82 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 175 on Nov 5.
This is the US EPA AQI. How it differs from Indonesia's ISPU
Where Garut stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Garut: Healthy tree cover
52.2% tree cover against a 35% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
163,991
Target trees
163,991
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Garut lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Garut has lost about 319 hectares of forest (about 450 football pitches): 1.5% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (76%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from September 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 319 haabout 450 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 1.5%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 241 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2001, when about 47 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 42 ha | 6 ha | 47 ha |
| 2002 | 8 ha | 3 ha | 11 ha |
| 2003 | 12 ha | 2 ha | 14 ha |
| 2004 | 11 ha | 1 ha | 13 ha |
| 2005 | 8 ha | 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2006 | 12 ha | 2 ha | 14 ha |
| 2007 | 9 ha | 3 ha | 11 ha |
| 2008 | 9 ha | 3 ha | 13 ha |
| 2009 | 13 ha | 5 ha | 18 ha |
| 2010 | 6 ha | 3 ha | 9 ha |
| 2011 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2012 | 26 ha | 6 ha | 32 ha |
| 2013 | 1 ha | 3 ha | 4 ha |
| 2014 | 4 ha | 8 ha | 12 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | 16 ha | 14 ha | 30 ha |
| 2017 | 9 ha | 3 ha | 12 ha |
| 2018 | 11 ha | 3 ha | 14 ha |
| 2019 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2020 | 9 ha | 2 ha | 11 ha |
| 2021 | 5 ha | 3 ha | 8 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | 7 ha | 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2024 | 6 ha | 2 ha | 7 ha |
| 2025 | 6 ha | 2 ha | 9 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Garut?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good61% · 196 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good14% · 45 ha
- Shifting farmingcan grow back11% · 36 ha
Also: 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
- 20,100 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 19,500 ha
- Overall change
- −545 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Garut shrank from about 20,100 hectares to 19,500 hectares, a net loss of about 545 hectares (−2.7%). New forest grew on about 125 hectares, but 670 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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Questions about Garut
What is the air quality (AQI) in Garut right now?
The latest reading for Garut shows an AQI of 127 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups), observed Nov 11, 03:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 6 ground-station cities within 165 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 Garut today?
At AQI 127 (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 Garut been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Garut's daily AQI at 101 on average, from 82 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 175 on Nov 5. On 3 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
Is Garut'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 Garut lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Garut has lost about 319 hectares of forest (about 450 football pitches): 1.5% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (76%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Garut shrank from about 20,100 hectares to 19,500 hectares, a net loss of about 545 hectares (−2.7%). New forest grew on about 125 hectares, but 670 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Garut?
Garut has an estimated 163,991 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 52.2% tree cover, already past the 35% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Garut need?
Garut has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Garut'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 Garut; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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