City report · Bangka–Belitung Islands, Indonesia
Pangkalpinang Air quality today
Air quality in Pangkalpinang currently reads AQI 48 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 48
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 6.9
- tree cover
- 9.3%
- trees in this area
- 29.1K
- more trees needed
- 64.7K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Pangkalpinang, Pangkal Pinang City, Bangka Belitung Islands, Indonesia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 18, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Pangkalpinang · AQI 48 (Good)
Pangkalpinang's tree count comes to 29,071 trees across 12.51 km² of land, 21 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 64,706 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Pangkalpinang today: AQI 48, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 02:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Model estimate · no ground station nearby
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
6.9
PM10
7.6
NO₂
7.8
O₃
36.0
SO₂
1.5
CO
464.0
- 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 Pangkalpinang's daily AQI at 57 on average, from 51 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 80 on Nov 6.
This is the US EPA AQI. How it differs from Indonesia's ISPU
Where Pangkalpinang stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Pangkalpinang: Critically low
9.3% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.51 km² of land.
Trees in this area
29,071
Target trees
93,777
More trees needed
64,706
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,424 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Pangkalpinang lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Pangkalpinang has lost about 8,180 hectares of forest (about 11,000 football pitches): 47% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (98%) 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 7 km southwest of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 8,180 haabout 11,000 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 47%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 8,030 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 421 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 359 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2015, when about 705 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 128 ha | 3 ha | 131 ha |
| 2002 | 70 ha | 4 ha | 75 ha |
| 2003 | 41 ha | under 1 ha | 41 ha |
| 2004 | 135 ha | under 1 ha | 135 ha |
| 2005 | 372 ha | 2 ha | 374 ha |
| 2006 | 116 ha | 2 ha | 118 ha |
| 2007 | 284 ha | 3 ha | 287 ha |
| 2008 | 158 ha | 1 ha | 159 ha |
| 2009 | 542 ha | 5 ha | 547 ha |
| 2010 | 275 ha | 1 ha | 276 ha |
| 2011 | 185 ha | 4 ha | 189 ha |
| 2012 | 418 ha | 4 ha | 422 ha |
| 2013 | 182 ha | 13 ha | 195 ha |
| 2014 | 603 ha | 28 ha | 631 ha |
| 2015 | 695 ha | 10 ha | 705 ha |
| 2016 | 631 ha | 34 ha | 665 ha |
| 2017 | 275 ha | 2 ha | 277 ha |
| 2018 | 220 ha | 4 ha | 224 ha |
| 2019 | 259 ha | under 1 ha | 259 ha |
| 2020 | 365 ha | 7 ha | 372 ha |
| 2021 | 357 ha | 11 ha | 368 ha |
| 2022 | 344 ha | 11 ha | 355 ha |
| 2023 | 615 ha | 3 ha | 618 ha |
| 2024 | 390 ha | 1 ha | 391 ha |
| 2025 | 367 ha | 4 ha | 371 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Pangkalpinang?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good78% · 6,370 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good20% · 1,650 ha
- Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back1.2% · 101 ha
Also: wildfires, mining and energy.
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
- 17,100 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 12,900 ha
- Overall change
- −4,280 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Pangkalpinang shrank from about 17,100 hectares to 12,900 hectares, a net loss of about 4,280 hectares (−25%). New forest grew on about 608 hectares, but 4,890 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 Pangkalpinang right now?
The latest reading for Pangkalpinang shows an AQI of 48 (Good), observed Nov 11, 02:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Pangkalpinang today?
At AQI 48 (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 Pangkalpinang been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Pangkalpinang's daily AQI at 57 on average, from 51 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 80 on Nov 6. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
Is Pangkalpinang'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 Pangkalpinang lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Pangkalpinang has lost about 8,180 hectares of forest (about 11,000 football pitches): 47% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (98%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 421 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 359 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Pangkalpinang shrank from about 17,100 hectares to 12,900 hectares, a net loss of about 4,280 hectares (−25%). New forest grew on about 608 hectares, but 4,890 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Pangkalpinang?
Pangkalpinang has an estimated 29,071 trees across the 12.51 km² of land measured — 9.3% tree cover, 21 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Pangkalpinang need?
Pangkalpinang needs roughly 64,706 more trees to close a 21-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,424 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Pangkalpinang'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 Pangkalpinang; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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