City report · West Java, Indonesia
Purwakarta Air quality today
Air quality in Purwakarta currently reads AQI 153 (Unhealthy): Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
Air quality right now
AQI 153
Unhealthy
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 57.9
- tree cover
- 25.7%
- trees in this area
- 80.6K
- more trees needed
- 44.8K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Purwakarta, Purwakarta Regency, West Java, Indonesia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 25, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Purwakarta · AQI 153 (Unhealthy)
Purwakarta's tree count comes to 80,577 trees across 12.54 km² of land, 14 points below the 40% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 44,835 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Purwakarta today: AQI 153, Unhealthy
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 00:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 7 ground-station cities within 85 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 7 station cities within 85 km, e.g. Cileungsi and Bekasi
Health signal
Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
PM2.5
57.9
PM10
86.4
NO₂
58.1
O₃
32.0
SO₂
17.4
CO
1099.0
- Outdoor exercise
- Everyone should cut down long or hard exercise; sensitive groups should avoid it
- Windows
- Keep them closed
- Mask
- Wear an N95 outdoors
- Air purifier
- Run one
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Purwakarta's daily AQI at 160 on average, from 152 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 223 on Nov 5.
This is the US EPA AQI. How it differs from Indonesia's ISPU
Where Purwakarta stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Purwakarta: Below target
25.7% tree cover against a 40% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.54 km² of land.
Trees in this area
80,577
Target trees
125,412
More trees needed
44,835
CO₂ if planted / yr
986.4 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Purwakarta lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Purwakarta has lost about 924 hectares of forest (about 1,300 football pitches): 7.8% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (90%) 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 north of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 924 haabout 1,300 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 7.8%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 834 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is slowing down: about 46 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 68 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2019, when about 120 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 13 ha | 3 ha | 16 ha |
| 2002 | 11 ha | under 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2003 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2004 | 52 ha | 2 ha | 54 ha |
| 2005 | 9 ha | 3 ha | 13 ha |
| 2006 | 13 ha | 3 ha | 16 ha |
| 2007 | 14 ha | 1 ha | 15 ha |
| 2008 | 39 ha | under 1 ha | 39 ha |
| 2009 | 11 ha | under 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2010 | 19 ha | under 1 ha | 19 ha |
| 2011 | 27 ha | under 1 ha | 27 ha |
| 2012 | 15 ha | 2 ha | 18 ha |
| 2013 | 14 ha | 14 ha | 27 ha |
| 2014 | 31 ha | 20 ha | 50 ha |
| 2015 | 33 ha | 4 ha | 37 ha |
| 2016 | 13 ha | under 1 ha | 13 ha |
| 2017 | 59 ha | 1 ha | 61 ha |
| 2018 | 30 ha | 3 ha | 32 ha |
| 2019 | 117 ha | 3 ha | 120 ha |
| 2020 | 108 ha | 5 ha | 113 ha |
| 2021 | 15 ha | 8 ha | 23 ha |
| 2022 | 25 ha | 4 ha | 30 ha |
| 2023 | 63 ha | 3 ha | 66 ha |
| 2024 | 81 ha | 6 ha | 87 ha |
| 2025 | 22 ha | 4 ha | 26 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Purwakarta?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good55% · 511 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good19% · 178 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good16% · 145 ha
Also: logging, 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
- 16,400 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 16,100 ha
- Overall change
- −259 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Purwakarta stayed about the same size, at about 16,100 hectares: new forest grew on about 434 hectares, and about 693 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 Purwakarta right now?
The latest reading for Purwakarta shows an AQI of 153 (Unhealthy), observed Nov 11, 00:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 7 ground-station cities within 85 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Purwakarta today?
At AQI 153 (Unhealthy): everyone should cut down long or hard exercise; sensitive groups should avoid it. Windows: keep them closed. Masks: wear an N95 outdoors. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Purwakarta been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Purwakarta's daily AQI at 160 on average, from 152 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 223 on Nov 5. On 7 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
Is Purwakarta'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 Purwakarta lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Purwakarta has lost about 924 hectares of forest (about 1,300 football pitches): 7.8% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (90%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Forest loss is slowing down: about 46 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 68 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Purwakarta stayed about the same size, at about 16,100 hectares: new forest grew on about 434 hectares, and about 693 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Purwakarta?
Purwakarta has an estimated 80,577 trees across the 12.54 km² of land measured — 25.7% tree cover, 14 percentage points short of the 40% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Purwakarta need?
Purwakarta needs roughly 44,835 more trees to close a 14-point shortfall against its 40% tree-cover target — about 986.4 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Purwakarta'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 Purwakarta; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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