Indonesia · East Nusa Tenggara · 2 cities
Air quality in East Nusa Tenggara today The AQI right now, city by city
Right now, Labuan Bajo has the cleanest air of the 2 cities we track in East Nusa Tenggara (AQI 51, Moderate), and Kupang the worst (AQI 62, Moderate). Labuan Bajo has the most tree cover, at 43.2% — #27 of 155 cities measured in Indonesia.
Every city is measured the same way, over the same 2 km around its center: the air quality right now, from ground stations where there are any, and its tree cover.
- cities tracked
- 2
- average tree cover
- 28.9%
- Indonesia: 28.0%
- worst air now: Kupang
- 62
- cleanest air now: Labuan Bajo
- 51
Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous, and it reads differently from Indonesia's ISPU. Measured by Airleaf, refreshed hourly.
East Nusa Tenggara
Air quality today across East Nusa Tenggara, city by city
| Kupang | 62Moderate | 14.7% | 48.1K | #131 of 155 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labuan Bajo | 51Moderate | 43.2% | — | #27 of 155 |
Air quality is the US AQI from ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ where available, otherwise the Open-Meteo / CAMS model, refreshed hourly. Tree cover is measured within 2 km of each city center from Sentinel-2 imagery; the rank compares every city measured in Indonesia.
Is this 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.
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has East Nusa Tenggara lost?
Since 2001, East Nusa Tenggara has lost about 151,000 hectares of forest (about 210,000 football pitches): 6.7% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (74%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 151,000 haabout 210,000 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 6.7%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 113,000 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 3,540 ha | 1,100 ha | 4,650 ha |
| 2002 | 3,430 ha | 1,080 ha | 4,510 ha |
| 2003 | 2,700 ha | 1,080 ha | 3,780 ha |
| 2004 | 3,510 ha | 1,120 ha | 4,630 ha |
| 2005 | 3,540 ha | 1,440 ha | 4,980 ha |
| 2006 | 5,070 ha | 1,790 ha | 6,860 ha |
| 2007 | 3,830 ha | 1,130 ha | 4,950 ha |
| 2008 | 3,410 ha | 952 ha | 4,360 ha |
| 2009 | 4,520 ha | 1,240 ha | 5,760 ha |
| 2010 | 1,280 ha | 434 ha | 1,720 ha |
| 2011 | 6,210 ha | 1,450 ha | 7,660 ha |
| 2012 | 3,610 ha | 942 ha | 4,550 ha |
| 2013 | 1,440 ha | 611 ha | 2,050 ha |
| 2014 | 6,410 ha | 2,570 ha | 8,980 ha |
| 2015 | 5,410 ha | 1,680 ha | 7,100 ha |
| 2016 | 5,750 ha | 1,430 ha | 7,180 ha |
| 2017 | 7,370 ha | 2,830 ha | 10,200 ha |
| 2018 | 4,040 ha | 1,040 ha | 5,080 ha |
| 2019 | 5,690 ha | 1,910 ha | 7,590 ha |
| 2020 | 4,800 ha | 1,480 ha | 6,280 ha |
| 2021 | 6,260 ha | 3,410 ha | 9,670 ha |
| 2022 | 5,210 ha | 1,690 ha | 6,900 ha |
| 2023 | 6,410 ha | 2,210 ha | 8,620 ha |
| 2024 | 4,920 ha | 1,420 ha | 6,340 ha |
| 2025 | 4,220 ha | 2,570 ha | 6,790 ha |
Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 7,670 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 7,260 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2017, when about 10,200 hectares of forest were lost.
What is causing deforestation in East Nusa Tenggara?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good73% · 111,000 ha
- Shifting farmingcan grow back19% · 28,400 ha
- Wildfirescan grow back2.8% · 4,290 ha
Also: storms, floods and other natural causes, logging, mining and energy, towns and roads, unknown causes.
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
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. How it's measured
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