City report · West Java, Indonesia
Tasikmalaya Air quality today
Air quality in Tasikmalaya currently reads AQI 103 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Air quality right now
AQI 103
Unhealthy for sensitive groups
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 44.9
- tree cover
- 11.5%
- trees in this area
- 36.1K
- more trees needed
- 73.8K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Tasikmalaya, Tasikmalaya Regency, West 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.
Tasikmalaya · AQI 103 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups)
Tasikmalaya's tree count comes to 36,128 trees across 12.57 km², 24 points below the 35% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 73,827 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Tasikmalaya today: AQI 103, Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 20:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 7 ground-station cities within 205 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 7 station cities within 205 km, e.g. Cileungsi and Cibinong
Health signal
Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
PM2.5
44.9
PM10
67.3
NO₂
32.7
O₃
22.0
SO₂
8.2
CO
572.0
- Outdoor exercise
- Children, older adults and people with asthma or heart disease should cut down long or hard exercise
- Windows
- Close them to keep the outside air out
- Mask
- Sensitive groups: an N95 outdoors
- Air purifier
- Run one, especially in bedrooms
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Tasikmalaya's daily AQI at 97 on average, from 81 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 169 on Nov 5.
This is the US EPA AQI. How it differs from Indonesia's ISPU
Where Tasikmalaya stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Tasikmalaya: Critically low
11.5% tree cover against a 35% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
36,128
Target trees
109,955
More trees needed
73,827
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,624 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Tasikmalaya lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Tasikmalaya has lost about 437 hectares of forest (about 610 football pitches): 2.4% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (86%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 437 haabout 610 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 2.4%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 378 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2004, when about 49 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 33 ha | 9 ha | 42 ha |
| 2002 | 33 ha | 2 ha | 35 ha |
| 2003 | 11 ha | 3 ha | 14 ha |
| 2004 | 47 ha | 3 ha | 49 ha |
| 2005 | 17 ha | 1 ha | 18 ha |
| 2006 | 24 ha | under 1 ha | 24 ha |
| 2007 | 23 ha | 13 ha | 36 ha |
| 2008 | 9 ha | 2 ha | 11 ha |
| 2009 | 21 ha | 3 ha | 24 ha |
| 2010 | 35 ha | 3 ha | 38 ha |
| 2011 | 22 ha | 3 ha | 25 ha |
| 2012 | 41 ha | 9 ha | 49 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | 10 ha | 2 ha | 12 ha |
| 2017 | 15 ha | 2 ha | 16 ha |
| 2018 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2019 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2020 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2021 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2024 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2025 | 8 ha | 1 ha | 9 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Tasikmalaya?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good60% · 262 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good27% · 116 ha
- Loggingcan grow back6.3% · 28 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
- 19,400 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 18,800 ha
- Overall change
- −648 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Tasikmalaya shrank from about 19,400 hectares to 18,800 hectares, a net loss of about 648 hectares (−3.3%). New forest grew on about 251 hectares, but 899 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 Tasikmalaya right now?
The latest reading for Tasikmalaya shows an AQI of 103 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups), observed Nov 10, 20:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 7 ground-station cities within 205 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Tasikmalaya today?
At AQI 103 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): children, older adults and people with asthma or heart disease should cut down long or hard exercise. Windows: close them to keep the outside air out. Masks: sensitive groups: an N95 outdoors. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Tasikmalaya been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Tasikmalaya's daily AQI at 97 on average, from 81 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 169 on Nov 5. On 3 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
Is Tasikmalaya'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 Tasikmalaya lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Tasikmalaya has lost about 437 hectares of forest (about 610 football pitches): 2.4% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (86%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Tasikmalaya shrank from about 19,400 hectares to 18,800 hectares, a net loss of about 648 hectares (−3.3%). New forest grew on about 251 hectares, but 899 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Tasikmalaya?
Tasikmalaya has an estimated 36,128 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 11.5% tree cover, 24 percentage points short of the 35% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Tasikmalaya need?
Tasikmalaya needs roughly 73,827 more trees to close a 24-point shortfall against its 35% tree-cover target — about 1,624 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Tasikmalaya'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 Tasikmalaya; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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