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Air quality now: AQI11Good, Padangsidempuan

City report · North Sumatra, Indonesia

Padangsidempuan Air quality today

Air quality in Padangsidempuan currently reads AQI 11 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.

AQI 11

Air quality right now

Good

Main pollutant: PM2.5
PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
2.4
tree cover
52.5%
trees in this area
165K
more trees needed
0

Measured across a 2 km radius around Padang Sidempuan, Padangsidimpuan Utara, Padang Sidempuan City, North Sumatra, Indonesia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Aug 28, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.

Padangsidempuan · AQI 11 (Good)

Dark green marks tree cover detected inside the study radius.Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search, captured Aug 28, 2026

Padangsidempuan's tree count comes to 164,934 trees across 12.57 km², already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.

Air quality detail

Air quality in Padangsidempuan today: AQI 11, Good

Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 18:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 250 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.

Estimate · model corrected with 2 station cities within 250 km, e.g. Bukittinggi and Kecamatan Perbaungan

Health signal

Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.

PM2.5

2.4

PM10

5.3

NO₂

3.2

O₃

29.0

SO₂

0.6

CO

300.0

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 Padangsidempuan's daily AQI at 50 on average, from 36 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 113 on Nov 8.

Last 7 daysavg 50 · peak 113
Nov 5: AQI 53 (peak 82)Nov 6: AQI 46 (peak 77)Nov 7: AQI 40 (peak 62)Nov 8: AQI 75 (peak 113)Nov 9: AQI 54 (peak 65)Nov 10: AQI 36 (peak 55)Nov 11: AQI 43 (peak 60)
Nov 5Nov 11

This is the US EPA AQI. How it differs from Indonesia's ISPU

Where Padangsidempuan stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest

Tree cover detail

Tree cover in Padangsidempuan: Healthy tree cover

52.5% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².

Target reached

Trees in this area

164,934

Target trees

164,934

More trees needed

0

CO₂ if planted / yr

0 kg

Deforestation · 2001–2025

How much forest has Padangsidempuan lost?

Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Padangsidempuan has lost about 5,130 hectares of forest (about 7,200 football pitches): 20% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (83%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.

Satellite image of the area around Padangsidempuan, March 2018

2018: satellite photo from March 2018 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km west of the city center.

Forest lost since 2001
5,130 haabout 7,200 football pitches
Share of its forest
20%of what there was in 2000
Cleared for good
4,260 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns

Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 216 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 223 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2009, when about 423 hectares of forest were lost.

Forest lost each year around Padangsidempuan, 2001–2025

Hectares of forest lost each year

Forest lost each year around Padangsidempuan, 2001–2025. Use the left and right arrow keys to read each year.423

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Forest lost each year around Padangsidempuan, 2001–2025
YearCleared for goodCan grow backTotal
200157 ha17 ha74 ha
200260 ha36 ha96 ha
200330 ha20 ha49 ha
2004116 ha53 ha169 ha
2005117 ha27 ha144 ha
2006156 ha29 ha185 ha
2007158 ha21 ha179 ha
2008239 ha27 ha266 ha
2009363 ha60 ha423 ha
2010138 ha52 ha190 ha
2011378 ha43 ha421 ha
2012204 ha41 ha245 ha
2013189 ha22 ha211 ha
2014182 ha28 ha210 ha
201563 ha13 ha76 ha
2016156 ha39 ha195 ha
2017253 ha37 ha290 ha
2018248 ha30 ha278 ha
2019154 ha38 ha192 ha
2020121 ha40 ha161 ha
202186 ha53 ha139 ha
2022125 ha27 ha152 ha
2023207 ha39 ha246 ha
2024151 ha33 ha184 ha
2025314 ha43 ha357 ha

What is causing deforestation around Padangsidempuan?

  • Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good80% · 4,120 ha
  • Shifting farmingcan grow back14% · 704 ha
  • Loggingcan grow back3.1% · 158 ha

Also: towns and roads, 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
26,600 ha
Forest in 2020
26,400 ha
Overall change
−208 haless forest than in 2000

Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Padangsidempuan stayed about the same size, at about 26,400 hectares: new forest grew on about 569 hectares, and about 777 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 Padangsidempuan right now?

The latest reading for Padangsidempuan shows an AQI of 11 (Good), observed Nov 11, 18:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 250 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.

Is it safe to exercise outside in Padangsidempuan today?

At AQI 11 (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 Padangsidempuan been like this week?

Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Padangsidempuan's daily AQI at 50 on average, from 36 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 113 on Nov 8. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.

Is Padangsidempuan'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 Padangsidempuan lost since 2001?

Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Padangsidempuan has lost about 5,130 hectares of forest (about 7,200 football pitches): 20% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (83%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 216 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 223 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Padangsidempuan stayed about the same size, at about 26,400 hectares: new forest grew on about 569 hectares, and about 777 hectares were lost.

What is the tree count in Padangsidempuan?

Padangsidempuan has an estimated 164,934 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 52.5% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.

How many more trees does Padangsidempuan need?

Padangsidempuan has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.

How are Padangsidempuan'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 Sidempuan; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.

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