City report · Central Java, Indonesia
Purwokerto Air quality today
Air quality in Purwokerto currently reads AQI 55 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 55
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 12.0
- tree cover
- 18.3%
- trees in this area
- 57.5K
- more trees needed
- 36.8K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Purwokerto, Banyumas 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.
Purwokerto · AQI 55 (Moderate)
Purwokerto's tree count comes to 57,491 trees across 12.57 km², 12 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 36,757 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Purwokerto today: AQI 55, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 17:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 145 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 4 station cities within 145 km, e.g. Yogyakarta and West Ungaran
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
12.0
PM10
26.5
NO₂
12.8
O₃
48.0
SO₂
11.9
CO
793.0
- Outdoor exercise
- Fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier
- Windows
- Fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution
- Mask
- Not needed for most people
- Air purifier
- Worth running if you are sensitive
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Purwokerto's daily AQI at 115 on average, from 92 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 200 on Nov 9.
This is the US EPA AQI. How it differs from Indonesia's ISPU
Where Purwokerto stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Purwokerto: Below target
18.3% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
57,491
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
36,757
CO₂ if planted / yr
808.7 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Purwokerto lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Purwokerto has lost about 312 hectares of forest (about 440 football pitches): 1.7% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (72%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from May 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 312 haabout 440 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 1.7%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 224 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2007, when about 31 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 18 ha | 5 ha | 23 ha |
| 2002 | 16 ha | 2 ha | 18 ha |
| 2003 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2004 | 17 ha | 8 ha | 25 ha |
| 2005 | 10 ha | 4 ha | 13 ha |
| 2006 | 8 ha | 17 ha | 24 ha |
| 2007 | 26 ha | 5 ha | 31 ha |
| 2008 | 12 ha | 5 ha | 17 ha |
| 2009 | 14 ha | 2 ha | 16 ha |
| 2010 | 14 ha | 3 ha | 17 ha |
| 2011 | 14 ha | 2 ha | 16 ha |
| 2012 | 9 ha | 3 ha | 12 ha |
| 2013 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2014 | 4 ha | 2 ha | 5 ha |
| 2015 | 4 ha | 4 ha | 8 ha |
| 2016 | 4 ha | 7 ha | 11 ha |
| 2017 | 4 ha | 3 ha | 7 ha |
| 2018 | 12 ha | 3 ha | 15 ha |
| 2019 | 6 ha | 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2020 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2021 | 3 ha | 2 ha | 5 ha |
| 2022 | 7 ha | 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2023 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2024 | 9 ha | 6 ha | 15 ha |
| 2025 | 3 ha | 3 ha | 5 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Purwokerto?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good41% · 128 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good31% · 95 ha
- Shifting farmingcan grow back9.4% · 29 ha
Also: logging, storms, floods and other natural causes, 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
- 18,300 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 18,000 ha
- Overall change
- −316 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Purwokerto stayed about the same size, at about 18,000 hectares: new forest grew on about 230 hectares, and about 546 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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- Air quality
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Purwokerto right now?
The latest reading for Purwokerto shows an AQI of 55 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 17:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 145 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Purwokerto today?
At AQI 55 (Moderate): fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier. Windows: fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution. Masks: not needed for most people. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Purwokerto been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Purwokerto's daily AQI at 115 on average, from 92 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 200 on Nov 9. On 6 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
Is Purwokerto'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 Purwokerto lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Purwokerto has lost about 312 hectares of forest (about 440 football pitches): 1.7% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (72%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Purwokerto stayed about the same size, at about 18,000 hectares: new forest grew on about 230 hectares, and about 546 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Purwokerto?
Purwokerto has an estimated 57,491 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 18.3% tree cover, 12 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Purwokerto need?
Purwokerto needs roughly 36,757 more trees to close a 12-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 808.7 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Purwokerto'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 Purwokerto; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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