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Tanjung Pinang Air quality today
Air quality in Tanjung Pinang 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)
- 10.9
- tree cover
- 22.7%
- trees in this area
- 65.5K
- more trees needed
- 21.1K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Tanjung Pinang, Tanjung Pinang City, Riau Islands, Indonesia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 26, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Tanjung Pinang · AQI 55 (Moderate)
Tanjung Pinang's tree count comes to 65,466 trees across 11.54 km² of land, 7 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 21,053 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Tanjung Pinang today: AQI 55, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 21:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 10 ground-station cities within 105 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 10 station cities within 105 km, e.g. Batam and Singapore
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
10.9
PM10
14.2
NO₂
37.7
O₃
42.0
SO₂
16.5
CO
450.0
- 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 Tanjung Pinang's daily AQI at 34 on average, from 24 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 58 on Nov 10.
This is the US EPA AQI. How it differs from Indonesia's ISPU
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Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Tanjung Pinang: Below target
22.7% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 11.54 km² of land.
Trees in this area
65,466
Target trees
86,519
More trees needed
21,053
CO₂ if planted / yr
463.2 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Tanjung Pinang lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Tanjung Pinang has lost about 3,040 hectares of forest (about 4,300 football pitches): 33% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (97%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2019: satellite photo from April 2019 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km northeast of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 3,040 haabout 4,300 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 33%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 2,940 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is slowing down: about 59 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 125 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2008, when about 381 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 35 ha | 1 ha | 36 ha |
| 2002 | 71 ha | 7 ha | 77 ha |
| 2003 | 43 ha | under 1 ha | 44 ha |
| 2004 | 78 ha | 3 ha | 81 ha |
| 2005 | 150 ha | 10 ha | 160 ha |
| 2006 | 88 ha | under 1 ha | 89 ha |
| 2007 | 105 ha | under 1 ha | 105 ha |
| 2008 | 380 ha | 1 ha | 381 ha |
| 2009 | 132 ha | under 1 ha | 132 ha |
| 2010 | 270 ha | 7 ha | 277 ha |
| 2011 | 189 ha | 9 ha | 198 ha |
| 2012 | 255 ha | 16 ha | 271 ha |
| 2013 | 52 ha | 2 ha | 53 ha |
| 2014 | 154 ha | 5 ha | 159 ha |
| 2015 | 62 ha | under 1 ha | 62 ha |
| 2016 | 110 ha | 1 ha | 111 ha |
| 2017 | 197 ha | 5 ha | 202 ha |
| 2018 | 96 ha | 2 ha | 98 ha |
| 2019 | 134 ha | 3 ha | 137 ha |
| 2020 | 65 ha | 11 ha | 75 ha |
| 2021 | 53 ha | 3 ha | 56 ha |
| 2022 | 40 ha | 5 ha | 45 ha |
| 2023 | 64 ha | 4 ha | 69 ha |
| 2024 | 50 ha | 1 ha | 51 ha |
| 2025 | 70 ha | 3 ha | 72 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Tanjung Pinang?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good42% · 1,280 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good31% · 946 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good24% · 719 ha
Also: wildfires, 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
- 6,880 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 5,300 ha
- Overall change
- −1,590 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Tanjung Pinang shrank from about 6,880 hectares to 5,300 hectares, a net loss of about 1,590 hectares (−23%). New forest grew on about 453 hectares, but 2,040 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
In the same region
Measured cities near Tanjung Pinang
Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
- Batam54.7 km
Indonesia
- Tree cover
- 16%
- Air quality
- 116
- Ulu Bedok74.5 km
Singapore
- Tree cover
- 24%
- Air quality
- 62
- Singapore79.3 km
Singapore
- Tree cover
- 19%
- Air quality
- 62
- Punggol82.6 km
Singapore
- Tree cover
- 19%
- Air quality
- 69
- Ang Mo Kio New Town85.9 km
Singapore
- Tree cover
- 35%
- Air quality
- 64
- Pasir Gudang86.3 km
Malaysia
- Tree cover
- 24%
- Air quality
- 75
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Tanjung Pinang right now?
The latest reading for Tanjung Pinang shows an AQI of 55 (Moderate), observed Nov 10, 21:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 10 ground-station cities within 105 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 Tanjung Pinang 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 Tanjung Pinang been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Tanjung Pinang's daily AQI at 34 on average, from 24 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 58 on Nov 10. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
Is Tanjung Pinang'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 Tanjung Pinang lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Tanjung Pinang has lost about 3,040 hectares of forest (about 4,300 football pitches): 33% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (97%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Forest loss is slowing down: about 59 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 125 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Tanjung Pinang shrank from about 6,880 hectares to 5,300 hectares, a net loss of about 1,590 hectares (−23%). New forest grew on about 453 hectares, but 2,040 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Tanjung Pinang?
Tanjung Pinang has an estimated 65,466 trees across the 11.54 km² of land measured — 22.7% tree cover, 7 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Tanjung Pinang need?
Tanjung Pinang needs roughly 21,053 more trees to close a 7-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 463.2 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Tanjung Pinang'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 Tanjung Pinang; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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