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Jakarta Air quality today
Air quality in Jakarta currently reads AQI 108 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
AQI 108
Air quality right now
Unhealthy for sensitive groups
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 38.3
- tree cover
- 17.8%
- trees in this area
- 55.7K
- more trees needed
- 53.8K
Measured across a 2 km radius around South Jakarta, South Jakarta City, Jakarta, Indonesia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 5, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Jakarta · AQI 108 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups)
Jakarta's tree count comes to 55,697 trees across 12.52 km² of land, 17 points below the 35% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 53,819 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Jakarta today: AQI 108, Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 22:00 local time via World Air Quality Index Project ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Kemayoran, Indonesia, 6.6 km away
Health signal
Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
PM2.5
38.3
PM10
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NO₂
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O₃
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SO₂
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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 Jakarta's daily AQI at 172 on average, from 157 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 249 on Nov 7.
This is the US EPA AQI. How it differs from Indonesia's ISPU
Where Jakarta stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Jakarta: Critically low
17.8% tree cover against a 35% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.52 km² of land.
Trees in this area
55,697
Target trees
109,516
More trees needed
53,819
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,184 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Jakarta lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Jakarta has lost about 7 hectares of forest (about 10 football pitches): 3.9% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (77%) 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
- 7 haabout 10 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 3.9%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 5 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2006, when about 3 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
Show the figures as a table
| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2006 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2007 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Jakarta?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good44% · 3 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good31% · 2 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown21% · 2 ha
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
- 3,130 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 3,630 ha
- Overall change
- +499 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Jakarta grew from about 3,130 hectares to 3,630 hectares, a net gain of about 499 hectares (+16%). New forest grew on about 564 hectares, while 65 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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- Air quality
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- Tangerang24.1 km
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- Air quality
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- Air quality
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Frequently asked
Questions about Jakarta
What is the air quality (AQI) in Jakarta right now?
The latest reading for Jakarta shows an AQI of 108 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups), measured Nov 11, 22:00 local time by the Kemayoran, Indonesia ground monitoring station, 6.6 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 Jakarta today?
At AQI 108 (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 Jakarta been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Jakarta's daily AQI at 172 on average, from 157 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 249 on Nov 7. On 7 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
Is Jakarta'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 Jakarta lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Jakarta has lost about 7 hectares of forest (about 10 football pitches): 3.9% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (77%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Jakarta grew from about 3,130 hectares to 3,630 hectares, a net gain of about 499 hectares (+16%). New forest grew on about 564 hectares, while 65 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Jakarta?
Jakarta has an estimated 55,697 trees across the 12.52 km² of land measured — 17.8% tree cover, 17 percentage points short of the 35% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Jakarta need?
Jakarta needs roughly 53,819 more trees to close a 17-point shortfall against its 35% tree-cover target — about 1,184 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Jakarta's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near South Jakarta, 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 South Jakarta; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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