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Payakumbuh Air quality today

Air quality in Payakumbuh currently reads AQI 26 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.

Air quality right now

AQI 26

Good

Main pollutant: PM2.5
PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
4.6
tree cover
38.0%
trees in this area
119K
more trees needed
0

Measured across a 2 km radius around Payakumbuh, Payakumbuh City, West Sumatra, Indonesia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 4, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.

Payakumbuh · AQI 26 (Good)

Dark green marks tree cover detected inside the study radius.Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search, captured Sep 4, 2026

Payakumbuh's tree count comes to 119,381 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 Payakumbuh today: AQI 26, Good

Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 06:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 125 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.

Estimate · model corrected with 2 station cities within 125 km, e.g. Bukittinggi and Pekanbaru

Health signal

Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.

PM2.5

4.6

PM10

10.9

NO₂

8.1

O₃

19.0

SO₂

3.0

CO

1252.0

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 Payakumbuh's daily AQI at 59 on average, from 49 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 104 on Nov 5.

Last 7 daysavg 59 · peak 104
Nov 5: AQI 79 (peak 104)Nov 6: AQI 55 (peak 81)Nov 7: AQI 54 (peak 80)Nov 8: AQI 68 (peak 81)Nov 9: AQI 55 (peak 66)Nov 10: AQI 49 (peak 64)Nov 11: AQI 56 (peak 58)
Nov 5Nov 11

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

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

Tree cover detail

Tree cover in Payakumbuh: Healthy tree cover

38.0% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².

Target reached

Trees in this area

119,381

Target trees

119,381

More trees needed

0

CO₂ if planted / yr

0 kg

Deforestation · 2001–2025

How much forest has Payakumbuh lost?

Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Payakumbuh has lost about 1,650 hectares of forest (about 2,300 football pitches): 8.2% 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 Payakumbuh, July 2017

2017: satellite photo from July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km north of the city center.

Forest lost since 2001
1,650 haabout 2,300 football pitches
Share of its forest
8.2%of what there was in 2000
Cleared for good
1,360 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns

Forest loss is speeding up: about 112 hectares a year in 2021–2025, up from 87 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2025, when about 322 hectares of forest were lost.

Forest lost each year around Payakumbuh, 2001–2025

Hectares of forest lost each year

Forest lost each year around Payakumbuh, 2001–2025. Use the left and right arrow keys to read each year.322

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Forest lost each year around Payakumbuh, 2001–2025
YearCleared for goodCan grow backTotal
200125 ha1 ha26 ha
200219 ha4 ha23 ha
200310 haunder 1 ha10 ha
200410 ha1 ha11 ha
2005101 ha29 ha130 ha
200627 ha3 ha31 ha
200733 ha11 ha43 ha
200847 ha9 ha56 ha
200998 ha11 ha108 ha
201041 ha4 ha45 ha
201152 ha11 ha63 ha
201235 ha3 ha38 ha
201317 ha3 ha19 ha
201419 ha9 ha28 ha
201513 ha11 ha24 ha
2016117 ha22 ha139 ha
2017112 ha26 ha138 ha
201832 ha12 ha44 ha
201942 ha6 ha48 ha
202040 ha24 ha64 ha
202157 ha12 ha69 ha
202241 ha3 ha45 ha
202366 ha7 ha72 ha
202446 ha7 ha54 ha
2025265 ha57 ha322 ha

What is causing deforestation around Payakumbuh?

  • Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good74% · 1,230 ha
  • Shifting farmingcan grow back16% · 270 ha
  • Towns and roadscleared for good8.5% · 141 ha

Also: 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
19,000 ha
Forest in 2020
18,600 ha
Overall change
−422 haless forest than in 2000

Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Payakumbuh shrank from about 19,000 hectares to 18,600 hectares, a net loss of about 422 hectares (−2.2%). New forest grew on about 366 hectares, but 788 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 Payakumbuh

Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.

  • Bukittinggi

    Indonesia

    31.0 km
    Tree cover
    39%
    Air quality
    17
  • Padang

    Indonesia

    87.2 km
    Tree cover
    5%
    Air quality
    24
  • Pekanbaru

    Indonesia

    121.3 km
    Tree cover
    11%
    Air quality
    49
  • Sungai Penuh

    Indonesia

    221.3 km
    Tree cover
    21%
    Air quality
    37
  • Dumai

    Indonesia

    227.9 km
    Tree cover
    22%
    Air quality
    28
  • Padangsidempuan

    Indonesia

    233.2 km
    Tree cover
    53%
    Air quality
    10

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Questions about Payakumbuh

What is the air quality (AQI) in Payakumbuh right now?

The latest reading for Payakumbuh shows an AQI of 26 (Good), observed Nov 11, 06:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 125 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.

Is it safe to exercise outside in Payakumbuh today?

At AQI 26 (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 Payakumbuh been like this week?

Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Payakumbuh's daily AQI at 59 on average, from 49 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 104 on Nov 5. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.

Is Payakumbuh'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 Payakumbuh lost since 2001?

Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Payakumbuh has lost about 1,650 hectares of forest (about 2,300 football pitches): 8.2% 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 is speeding up: about 112 hectares a year in 2021–2025, up from 87 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Payakumbuh shrank from about 19,000 hectares to 18,600 hectares, a net loss of about 422 hectares (−2.2%). New forest grew on about 366 hectares, but 788 hectares were lost.

What is the tree count in Payakumbuh?

Payakumbuh has an estimated 119,381 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 38.0% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.

How many more trees does Payakumbuh need?

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

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

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