City report · Central Java, Indonesia
Pemalang Air quality today
Air quality in Pemalang currently reads AQI 117 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
AQI 117
Air quality right now
Unhealthy for sensitive groups
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 39.3
- tree cover
- 16.0%
- trees in this area
- 49.5K
- more trees needed
- 58.7K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Pemalang, Pemalang Regency, Central Java, Indonesia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 24, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Pemalang · AQI 117 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups)
Pemalang's tree count comes to 49,461 trees across 12.37 km² of land, 19 points below the 35% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 58,735 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Pemalang today: AQI 117, Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 18:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Model estimate · no ground station nearby
Health signal
Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
PM2.5
39.3
PM10
40.9
NO₂
8.5
O₃
153.0
SO₂
25.5
CO
671.0
- Outdoor exercise
- Children, older adults and people with asthma or heart disease should cut down long or hard exercise
- Windows
- Close them to keep the outside air out
- Mask
- Sensitive groups: an N95 outdoors
- Air purifier
- Run one, especially in bedrooms
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Pemalang's daily AQI at 90 on average, from 75 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 127 on Nov 11.
This is the US EPA AQI. How it differs from Indonesia's ISPU
Where Pemalang stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Pemalang: Critically low
16.0% tree cover against a 35% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.37 km² of land.
Trees in this area
49,461
Target trees
108,196
More trees needed
58,735
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,292 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Pemalang lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Pemalang has lost about 80 hectares of forest (about 110 football pitches): 3.8% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (86%) 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 south of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 80 haabout 110 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 3.8%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 69 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2023, when about 30 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2006 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2007 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | 15 ha | under 1 ha | 15 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2013 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2017 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | 29 ha | under 1 ha | 30 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | 5 ha | 5 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Pemalang?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good84% · 67 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good1.9% · 2 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown14% · 11 ha
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
- 3,520 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 3,460 ha
- Overall change
- −61 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Pemalang stayed about the same size, at about 3,460 hectares: new forest grew on about 205 hectares, and about 266 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 Pemalang right now?
The latest reading for Pemalang shows an AQI of 117 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups), observed Nov 11, 18:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Pemalang today?
At AQI 117 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): children, older adults and people with asthma or heart disease should cut down long or hard exercise. Windows: close them to keep the outside air out. Masks: sensitive groups: an N95 outdoors. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Pemalang been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Pemalang's daily AQI at 90 on average, from 75 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 127 on Nov 11. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
Is Pemalang'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 Pemalang lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Pemalang has lost about 80 hectares of forest (about 110 football pitches): 3.8% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (86%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Pemalang stayed about the same size, at about 3,460 hectares: new forest grew on about 205 hectares, and about 266 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Pemalang?
Pemalang has an estimated 49,461 trees across the 12.37 km² of land measured — 16.0% tree cover, 19 percentage points short of the 35% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Pemalang need?
Pemalang needs roughly 58,735 more trees to close a 19-point shortfall against its 35% tree-cover target — about 1,292 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Pemalang'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 Pemalang; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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