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Rangkasbitung Air quality today
Air quality in Rangkasbitung currently reads AQI 96 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 96
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 34.1
- tree cover
- 46.4%
- trees in this area
- 145K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Rangkasbitung, Jawa, Indonesia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 17, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Rangkasbitung · AQI 96 (Moderate)
Rangkasbitung's tree count comes to 145,041 trees across 12.51 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Rangkasbitung today: AQI 96, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 15:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 65 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 4 station cities within 65 km, e.g. Tangerang and Teluknaga
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
34.1
PM10
50.2
NO₂
15.4
O₃
227.0
SO₂
39.3
CO
353.0
- 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 Rangkasbitung's daily AQI at 156 on average, from 146 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 258 on Nov 7.
This is the US EPA AQI. How it differs from Indonesia's ISPU
Where Rangkasbitung stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Rangkasbitung: Healthy tree cover
46.4% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.51 km² of land.
Trees in this area
145,041
Target trees
145,041
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Rangkasbitung lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Rangkasbitung has lost about 1,930 hectares of forest (about 2,700 football pitches): 11% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (93%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from September 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km south of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 1,930 haabout 2,700 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 11%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 1,800 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 97 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 124 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2019, when about 161 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 26 ha | 1 ha | 28 ha |
| 2002 | 115 ha | 1 ha | 116 ha |
| 2003 | 31 ha | 5 ha | 36 ha |
| 2004 | 45 ha | 4 ha | 49 ha |
| 2005 | 36 ha | 8 ha | 44 ha |
| 2006 | 59 ha | 16 ha | 75 ha |
| 2007 | 40 ha | 3 ha | 43 ha |
| 2008 | 29 ha | under 1 ha | 30 ha |
| 2009 | 109 ha | 4 ha | 113 ha |
| 2010 | 51 ha | under 1 ha | 52 ha |
| 2011 | 35 ha | 2 ha | 38 ha |
| 2012 | 69 ha | under 1 ha | 69 ha |
| 2013 | 37 ha | 1 ha | 38 ha |
| 2014 | 37 ha | under 1 ha | 38 ha |
| 2015 | 52 ha | 4 ha | 56 ha |
| 2016 | 111 ha | 10 ha | 121 ha |
| 2017 | 127 ha | 27 ha | 154 ha |
| 2018 | 76 ha | 5 ha | 81 ha |
| 2019 | 155 ha | 6 ha | 161 ha |
| 2020 | 90 ha | 13 ha | 103 ha |
| 2021 | 67 ha | 3 ha | 70 ha |
| 2022 | 116 ha | 2 ha | 118 ha |
| 2023 | 115 ha | 5 ha | 120 ha |
| 2024 | 79 ha | 3 ha | 82 ha |
| 2025 | 90 ha | 2 ha | 93 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Rangkasbitung?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good66% · 1,280 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good17% · 335 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good9.4% · 182 ha
Also: shifting farming, 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
- 20,700 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 20,300 ha
- Overall change
- −442 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Rangkasbitung shrank from about 20,700 hectares to 20,300 hectares, a net loss of about 442 hectares (−2.1%). New forest grew on about 310 hectares, but 752 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 Rangkasbitung right now?
The latest reading for Rangkasbitung shows an AQI of 96 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 15:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 65 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 Rangkasbitung today?
At AQI 96 (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 Rangkasbitung been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Rangkasbitung's daily AQI at 156 on average, from 146 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 258 on Nov 7. On 7 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
Is Rangkasbitung'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 Rangkasbitung lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Rangkasbitung has lost about 1,930 hectares of forest (about 2,700 football pitches): 11% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (93%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 97 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 124 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Rangkasbitung shrank from about 20,700 hectares to 20,300 hectares, a net loss of about 442 hectares (−2.1%). New forest grew on about 310 hectares, but 752 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Rangkasbitung?
Rangkasbitung has an estimated 145,041 trees across the 12.51 km² of land measured — 46.4% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Rangkasbitung need?
Rangkasbitung has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Rangkasbitung'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 Rangkasbitung; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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