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Air quality in Yogyakarta today The AQI right now, city by city
Right now, Yogyakarta has the cleanest air of the 2 cities we track in Yogyakarta (AQI 76, Moderate), and Depok, Yogyakarta the worst (AQI 76, Moderate). Depok, Yogyakarta has the most tree cover, at 32.6% — #48 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
- 20.6%
- Indonesia: 28.0%
- worst air now: Depok, Yogyakarta
- 76
- cleanest air now: Yogyakarta
- 76
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.
Yogyakarta
Air quality today across Yogyakarta, city by city
| Yogyakarta | 76Moderate | 8.5% | 67.5K | #152 of 155 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depok, Yogyakarta | 76Moderate | 32.6% | — | #48 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 Yogyakarta lost?
Since 2001, Yogyakarta has lost about 1,420 hectares of forest (about 2,000 football pitches): 1.1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (83%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 1,420 haabout 2,000 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 1.1%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 1,170 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Hectares of forest lost each year
Show the figures as a table
| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 57 ha | 23 ha | 80 ha |
| 2002 | 22 ha | 9 ha | 31 ha |
| 2003 | 7 ha | 2 ha | 9 ha |
| 2004 | 55 ha | 15 ha | 70 ha |
| 2005 | 9 ha | 4 ha | 13 ha |
| 2006 | 41 ha | 10 ha | 51 ha |
| 2007 | 12 ha | 7 ha | 18 ha |
| 2008 | 21 ha | 7 ha | 28 ha |
| 2009 | 18 ha | 7 ha | 25 ha |
| 2010 | 63 ha | 8 ha | 70 ha |
| 2011 | 121 ha | 15 ha | 136 ha |
| 2012 | 34 ha | 13 ha | 47 ha |
| 2013 | 20 ha | 6 ha | 26 ha |
| 2014 | 39 ha | 19 ha | 58 ha |
| 2015 | 27 ha | 9 ha | 35 ha |
| 2016 | 57 ha | 8 ha | 65 ha |
| 2017 | 78 ha | 16 ha | 94 ha |
| 2018 | 108 ha | 16 ha | 124 ha |
| 2019 | 55 ha | 13 ha | 67 ha |
| 2020 | 45 ha | 8 ha | 53 ha |
| 2021 | 66 ha | 5 ha | 71 ha |
| 2022 | 32 ha | 2 ha | 34 ha |
| 2023 | 82 ha | 5 ha | 87 ha |
| 2024 | 84 ha | 12 ha | 96 ha |
| 2025 | 19 ha | 10 ha | 29 ha |
Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 63 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 81 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2011, when about 136 hectares of forest were lost.
What is causing deforestation in Yogyakarta?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good57% · 804 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good22% · 312 ha
- Shifting farmingcan grow back4% · 57 ha
Also: mining and energy, 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.
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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