City report · Jambi, Indonesia
Jambi City Air quality today
Air quality in Jambi City currently reads AQI 106 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
AQI 106
Air quality right now
Unhealthy for sensitive groups
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 37.5
- tree cover
- 19.9%
- trees in this area
- 61.5K
- more trees needed
- 46.6K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Jambi, Jambi City, Jambi, Indonesia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 3, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Jambi City · AQI 106 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups)
Jambi City's tree count comes to 61,455 trees across 12.36 km² of land, 15 points below the 35% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 46,632 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Jambi City today: AQI 106, 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 · Jambi, Indonesia, 4.5 km away
Health signal
Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
PM2.5
37.5
PM10
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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 Jambi City's daily AQI at 90 on average, from 63 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 182 on Nov 5.
This is the US EPA AQI. How it differs from Indonesia's ISPU
Where Jambi City stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Jambi City: Critically low
19.9% tree cover against a 35% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.36 km² of land.
Trees in this area
61,455
Target trees
108,087
More trees needed
46,632
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,026 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Jambi City lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Jambi City has lost about 5,870 hectares of forest (about 8,200 football pitches): 35% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (over 99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2018: satellite photo from September 2018 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km north of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 5,870 haabout 8,200 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 35%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 5,860 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is slowing down: about 203 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 324 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2016, when about 620 hectares of forest were lost.
Jambi City's full deforestation reportHectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 113 ha | under 1 ha | 113 ha |
| 2002 | 106 ha | under 1 ha | 106 ha |
| 2003 | 52 ha | under 1 ha | 52 ha |
| 2004 | 191 ha | under 1 ha | 191 ha |
| 2005 | 196 ha | under 1 ha | 196 ha |
| 2006 | 129 ha | under 1 ha | 129 ha |
| 2007 | 370 ha | under 1 ha | 370 ha |
| 2008 | 438 ha | 1 ha | 439 ha |
| 2009 | 461 ha | 1 ha | 462 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | 73 ha | under 1 ha | 73 ha |
| 2012 | 600 ha | under 1 ha | 600 ha |
| 2013 | 177 ha | under 1 ha | 177 ha |
| 2014 | 147 ha | under 1 ha | 147 ha |
| 2015 | 180 ha | under 1 ha | 180 ha |
| 2016 | 620 ha | under 1 ha | 620 ha |
| 2017 | 261 ha | under 1 ha | 261 ha |
| 2018 | 181 ha | under 1 ha | 181 ha |
| 2019 | 183 ha | under 1 ha | 183 ha |
| 2020 | 377 ha | under 1 ha | 377 ha |
| 2021 | 169 ha | under 1 ha | 169 ha |
| 2022 | 167 ha | under 1 ha | 167 ha |
| 2023 | 250 ha | 2 ha | 252 ha |
| 2024 | 260 ha | 3 ha | 263 ha |
| 2025 | 162 ha | 1 ha | 163 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Jambi City?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good65% · 3,810 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good34% · 1,990 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good1% · 60 ha
Also: wildfires.
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
- 15,500 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 12,000 ha
- Overall change
- −3,530 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Jambi City shrank from about 15,500 hectares to 12,000 hectares, a net loss of about 3,530 hectares (−23%). New forest grew on about 476 hectares, but 4,010 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 Jambi City right now?
The latest reading for Jambi City shows an AQI of 106 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups), measured Nov 11, 22:00 local time by the Jambi, Indonesia ground monitoring station, 4.5 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 Jambi City today?
At AQI 106 (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 Jambi City been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Jambi City's daily AQI at 90 on average, from 63 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 182 on Nov 5. On 2 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
Is Jambi City'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 Jambi City lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Jambi City has lost about 5,870 hectares of forest (about 8,200 football pitches): 35% 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 203 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 324 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Jambi City shrank from about 15,500 hectares to 12,000 hectares, a net loss of about 3,530 hectares (−23%). New forest grew on about 476 hectares, but 4,010 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Jambi City?
Jambi City has an estimated 61,455 trees across the 12.36 km² of land measured — 19.9% tree cover, 15 percentage points short of the 35% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Jambi City need?
Jambi City needs roughly 46,632 more trees to close a 15-point shortfall against its 35% tree-cover target — about 1,026 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Jambi City's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Jambi, 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 Jambi; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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