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Gorontalo Air quality today
Air quality in Gorontalo currently reads AQI 29 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 29
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 5.7
- tree cover
- 26.2%
- trees in this area
- 82.2K
- more trees needed
- 11.9K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Gorontalo, Gorontalo Regency, Gorontalo, Indonesia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 19, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Gorontalo · AQI 29 (Good)
Gorontalo's tree count comes to 82,227 trees across 12.56 km² of land, 4 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 11,926 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Gorontalo today: AQI 29, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 18:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Model estimate · no ground station nearby
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
5.7
PM10
6.6
NO₂
2.8
O₃
35.0
SO₂
1.2
CO
512.0
- Outdoor exercise
- A good day to be active outside
- Windows
- Open them to air the house
- Mask
- Not needed
- Air purifier
- Not needed
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Gorontalo's daily AQI at 53 on average, from 41 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 103 on Nov 5.
This is the US EPA AQI. How it differs from Indonesia's ISPU
Where Gorontalo stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Gorontalo: Below target
26.2% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.56 km² of land.
Trees in this area
82,227
Target trees
94,153
More trees needed
11,926
CO₂ if planted / yr
262.4 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Gorontalo lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Gorontalo has lost about 1,150 hectares of forest (about 1,600 football pitches): 11% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (67%) 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 7 km west of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 1,150 haabout 1,600 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 11%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 772 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is slowing down: about 54 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 101 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2019, when about 325 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 13 ha | 5 ha | 18 ha |
| 2002 | 22 ha | 5 ha | 27 ha |
| 2003 | 10 ha | 4 ha | 13 ha |
| 2004 | 28 ha | 12 ha | 40 ha |
| 2005 | 18 ha | 5 ha | 23 ha |
| 2006 | 12 ha | 5 ha | 17 ha |
| 2007 | 9 ha | 3 ha | 11 ha |
| 2008 | 6 ha | 5 ha | 11 ha |
| 2009 | 66 ha | 15 ha | 81 ha |
| 2010 | 8 ha | 2 ha | 10 ha |
| 2011 | 16 ha | 8 ha | 24 ha |
| 2012 | 27 ha | 1 ha | 28 ha |
| 2013 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2014 | 23 ha | 3 ha | 26 ha |
| 2015 | 24 ha | 8 ha | 32 ha |
| 2016 | 31 ha | 9 ha | 41 ha |
| 2017 | 45 ha | 13 ha | 57 ha |
| 2018 | 37 ha | 14 ha | 52 ha |
| 2019 | 122 ha | 203 ha | 325 ha |
| 2020 | 25 ha | 8 ha | 33 ha |
| 2021 | 36 ha | 7 ha | 43 ha |
| 2022 | 42 ha | 8 ha | 49 ha |
| 2023 | 89 ha | 11 ha | 100 ha |
| 2024 | 25 ha | 11 ha | 36 ha |
| 2025 | 29 ha | 11 ha | 41 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Gorontalo?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good59% · 676 ha
- Shifting farmingcan grow back19% · 213 ha
- Loggingcan grow back14% · 155 ha
Also: towns and roads, mining and energy, 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
- 14,300 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 14,100 ha
- Overall change
- −223 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Gorontalo stayed about the same size, at about 14,100 hectares: new forest grew on about 126 hectares, and about 348 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 Gorontalo right now?
The latest reading for Gorontalo shows an AQI of 29 (Good), observed Nov 11, 18:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Gorontalo today?
At AQI 29 (Good): a good day to be active outside. Windows: open them to air the house. Masks: not needed. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Gorontalo been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Gorontalo's daily AQI at 53 on average, from 41 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 103 on Nov 5. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
Is Gorontalo'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 Gorontalo lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Gorontalo has lost about 1,150 hectares of forest (about 1,600 football pitches): 11% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (67%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Forest loss is slowing down: about 54 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 101 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Gorontalo stayed about the same size, at about 14,100 hectares: new forest grew on about 126 hectares, and about 348 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Gorontalo?
Gorontalo has an estimated 82,227 trees across the 12.56 km² of land measured — 26.2% tree cover, 4 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Gorontalo need?
Gorontalo needs roughly 11,926 more trees to close a 4-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 262.4 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Gorontalo'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 Gorontalo; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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