City report · West Sumatra, Indonesia
Padang Air quality today
Air quality in Padang currently reads AQI 24 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 24
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 4.5
- tree cover
- 4.5%
- trees in this area
- 8.5K
- more trees needed
- 48.0K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Padang, Padang City, West Sumatra, Indonesia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 16, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Padang · AQI 24 (Good)
Padang's tree count comes to 8,468 trees across 7.53 km² of land, 26 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 47,986 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Padang today: AQI 24, Good
Main pollutant: CO · Observed Nov 11, 18:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 205 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 2 station cities within 205 km, e.g. Bukittinggi and Pekanbaru
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
4.5
PM10
10.4
NO₂
17.5
O₃
49.0
SO₂
7.0
CO
2439.0
- 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 Padang's daily AQI at 64 on average, from 46 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 106 on Nov 5.
This is the US EPA AQI. How it differs from Indonesia's ISPU
Where Padang stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Padang: Critically low
4.5% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 7.53 km² of land.
Trees in this area
8,468
Target trees
56,454
More trees needed
47,986
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,056 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Padang lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Padang has lost about 303 hectares of forest (about 420 football pitches): 6% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (64%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km southeast of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 303 haabout 420 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 6%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 194 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2021, when about 47 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2002 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2003 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2004 | 3 ha | 2 ha | 5 ha |
| 2005 | 3 ha | 2 ha | 5 ha |
| 2006 | 2 ha | 3 ha | 5 ha |
| 2007 | 4 ha | 5 ha | 9 ha |
| 2008 | 6 ha | 2 ha | 8 ha |
| 2009 | 7 ha | 10 ha | 17 ha |
| 2010 | 5 ha | 3 ha | 8 ha |
| 2011 | 3 ha | 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2012 | 5 ha | 2 ha | 6 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2014 | 2 ha | 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2015 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2016 | 18 ha | 2 ha | 20 ha |
| 2017 | 10 ha | 4 ha | 14 ha |
| 2018 | 12 ha | 2 ha | 14 ha |
| 2019 | 10 ha | 7 ha | 17 ha |
| 2020 | 20 ha | 15 ha | 36 ha |
| 2021 | 16 ha | 31 ha | 47 ha |
| 2022 | 14 ha | 5 ha | 19 ha |
| 2023 | 12 ha | 4 ha | 16 ha |
| 2024 | 15 ha | 4 ha | 19 ha |
| 2025 | 13 ha | 4 ha | 17 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Padang?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good34% · 102 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good30% · 90 ha
- Shifting farmingcan grow back24% · 72 ha
Also: logging, mining and energy, 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
- 6,610 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 6,630 ha
- Overall change
- +17 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Padang stayed about the same size, at about 6,630 hectares: new forest grew on about 145 hectares, and about 128 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
In the same region
Measured cities near Padang
Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
- Bukittinggi71.2 km
Indonesia
- Tree cover
- 39%
- Air quality
- 17
- Payakumbuh87.2 km
Indonesia
- Tree cover
- 38%
- Air quality
- 26
- Sungai Penuh168.6 km
Indonesia
- Tree cover
- 21%
- Air quality
- 37
- Pekanbaru202.9 km
Indonesia
- Tree cover
- 11%
- Air quality
- 49
- Padangsidempuan285.6 km
Indonesia
- Tree cover
- 53%
- Air quality
- 10
- Dumai315.1 km
Indonesia
- Tree cover
- 22%
- Air quality
- 28
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Padang right now?
The latest reading for Padang shows an AQI of 24 (Good), observed Nov 11, 18:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 205 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is CO. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Padang today?
At AQI 24 (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 Padang been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Padang's daily AQI at 64 on average, from 46 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 106 on Nov 5. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
Is Padang'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 Padang lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Padang has lost about 303 hectares of forest (about 420 football pitches): 6% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (64%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Padang stayed about the same size, at about 6,630 hectares: new forest grew on about 145 hectares, and about 128 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Padang?
Padang has an estimated 8,468 trees across the 7.53 km² of land measured — 4.5% tree cover, 26 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Padang need?
Padang needs roughly 47,986 more trees to close a 26-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,056 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Padang'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 Padang; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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