City report · West Java, Indonesia
Karawang Air quality today
Air quality in Karawang 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)
- 39.1
- tree cover
- 15.4%
- trees in this area
- 48.3K
- more trees needed
- 61.5K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Karawang, Karawang Timur, Karawang, West Java, Indonesia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 25, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Karawang · AQI 106 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups)
Karawang's tree count comes to 48,332 trees across 12.56 km² of land, 20 points below the 35% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 61,514 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Karawang today: AQI 106, Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 16:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Model estimate · no ground station nearby
Health signal
Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
PM2.5
39.1
PM10
40.0
NO₂
8.7
O₃
153.0
SO₂
12.2
CO
390.0
- 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 Karawang's daily AQI at 163 on average, from 139 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 255 on Nov 9.
This is the US EPA AQI. How it differs from Indonesia's ISPU
Where Karawang stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Karawang: Critically low
15.4% tree cover against a 35% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.56 km² of land.
Trees in this area
48,332
Target trees
109,846
More trees needed
61,514
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,353 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Karawang lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Karawang has lost about 15 hectares of forest (about 20 football pitches): 4.7% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (59%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from September 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 15 haabout 20 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 4.7%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 9 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2011, when about 4 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 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 | 2 ha | 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 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 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 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 Karawang?
- Towns and roadscleared for good46% · 7 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good11% · 2 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown40% · 6 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
- 3,030 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 3,390 ha
- Overall change
- +353 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Karawang grew from about 3,030 hectares to 3,390 hectares, a net gain of about 353 hectares (+12%). New forest grew on about 405 hectares, while 52 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 Karawang
What is the air quality (AQI) in Karawang right now?
The latest reading for Karawang shows an AQI of 106 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups), observed Nov 11, 16:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, 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 Karawang 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 Karawang been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Karawang's daily AQI at 163 on average, from 139 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 255 on Nov 9. On 7 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
Is Karawang'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 Karawang lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Karawang has lost about 15 hectares of forest (about 20 football pitches): 4.7% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (59%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Karawang grew from about 3,030 hectares to 3,390 hectares, a net gain of about 353 hectares (+12%). New forest grew on about 405 hectares, while 52 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Karawang?
Karawang has an estimated 48,332 trees across the 12.56 km² of land measured — 15.4% tree cover, 20 percentage points short of the 35% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Karawang need?
Karawang needs roughly 61,514 more trees to close a 20-point shortfall against its 35% tree-cover target — about 1,353 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Karawang'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 Karawang; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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