City report · Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia
Kendari Air quality today
Air quality in Kendari currently reads AQI 58 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 58
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 12.8
- tree cover
- 19.4%
- trees in this area
- 58.4K
- more trees needed
- 31.9K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Kendari, Kendari City, South East Sulawesi, Indonesia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 22, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Kendari · AQI 58 (Moderate)
Kendari's tree count comes to 58,387 trees across 12.04 km² of land, 11 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 31,902 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Kendari today: AQI 58, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 13:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Model estimate · no ground station nearby
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
12.8
PM10
15.7
NO₂
0.7
O₃
61.0
SO₂
0.9
CO
209.0
- Outdoor exercise
- Fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier
- Windows
- Fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution
- Mask
- Not needed for most people
- Air purifier
- Worth running if you are sensitive
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Kendari's daily AQI at 71 on average, from 62 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 122 on Nov 5.
This is the US EPA AQI. How it differs from Indonesia's ISPU
Where Kendari stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Kendari: Below target
19.4% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.04 km² of land.
Trees in this area
58,387
Target trees
90,289
More trees needed
31,902
CO₂ if planted / yr
701.8 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Kendari lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Kendari has lost about 5,460 hectares of forest (about 7,700 football pitches): 28% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (97%) 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 6 km southwest of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 5,460 haabout 7,700 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 28%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 5,290 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 254 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 262 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2014, when about 512 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 97 ha | 6 ha | 103 ha |
| 2002 | 127 ha | 15 ha | 142 ha |
| 2003 | 77 ha | 4 ha | 81 ha |
| 2004 | 169 ha | 29 ha | 198 ha |
| 2005 | 72 ha | 9 ha | 81 ha |
| 2006 | 164 ha | 27 ha | 191 ha |
| 2007 | 61 ha | 3 ha | 64 ha |
| 2008 | 38 ha | under 1 ha | 39 ha |
| 2009 | 442 ha | 20 ha | 462 ha |
| 2010 | 90 ha | 2 ha | 92 ha |
| 2011 | 241 ha | 3 ha | 244 ha |
| 2012 | 187 ha | 4 ha | 191 ha |
| 2013 | 153 ha | 2 ha | 155 ha |
| 2014 | 505 ha | 7 ha | 512 ha |
| 2015 | 318 ha | 6 ha | 324 ha |
| 2016 | 252 ha | 8 ha | 260 ha |
| 2017 | 267 ha | 8 ha | 275 ha |
| 2018 | 335 ha | 1 ha | 336 ha |
| 2019 | 279 ha | 3 ha | 282 ha |
| 2020 | 155 ha | 4 ha | 159 ha |
| 2021 | 204 ha | 5 ha | 209 ha |
| 2022 | 127 ha | under 1 ha | 127 ha |
| 2023 | 381 ha | 2 ha | 383 ha |
| 2024 | 285 ha | under 1 ha | 285 ha |
| 2025 | 268 ha | under 1 ha | 268 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Kendari?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good54% · 2,960 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good40% · 2,210 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good2.3% · 123 ha
Also: logging, shifting farming, 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
- 21,400 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 19,900 ha
- Overall change
- −1,520 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Kendari shrank from about 21,400 hectares to 19,900 hectares, a net loss of about 1,520 hectares (−7.1%). New forest grew on about 486 hectares, but 2,000 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 Kendari right now?
The latest reading for Kendari shows an AQI of 58 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 13:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Kendari today?
At AQI 58 (Moderate): fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier. Windows: fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution. Masks: not needed for most people. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Kendari been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Kendari's daily AQI at 71 on average, from 62 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 122 on Nov 5. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
Is Kendari'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 Kendari lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Kendari has lost about 5,460 hectares of forest (about 7,700 football pitches): 28% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (97%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 254 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 262 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Kendari shrank from about 21,400 hectares to 19,900 hectares, a net loss of about 1,520 hectares (−7.1%). New forest grew on about 486 hectares, but 2,000 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Kendari?
Kendari has an estimated 58,387 trees across the 12.04 km² of land measured — 19.4% tree cover, 11 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Kendari need?
Kendari needs roughly 31,902 more trees to close a 11-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 701.8 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Kendari'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 Kendari; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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