City report · North Sumatra, Indonesia
Tebingtinggi Air quality today
Air quality in Tebingtinggi currently reads AQI 52 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 52
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 11.3
- tree cover
- 35.0%
- trees in this area
- 110K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Tebing Tinggi, Tebing Tinggi Kota, Tebing Tinggi City, North Sumatra, Indonesia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Aug 23, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Tebingtinggi · AQI 52 (Moderate)
Tebingtinggi's tree count comes to 109,956 trees across 12.57 km², already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Tebingtinggi today: AQI 52, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 18:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 7 ground-station cities within 250 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 7 station cities within 250 km, e.g. Kecamatan Perbaungan and Kecamatan Beringin
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
11.3
PM10
19.2
NO₂
10.5
O₃
84.0
SO₂
4.7
CO
467.0
- 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 Tebingtinggi's daily AQI at 85 on average, from 71 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 161 on Nov 7.
This is the US EPA AQI. How it differs from Indonesia's ISPU
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Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Tebingtinggi: Healthy tree cover
35.0% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
109,956
Target trees
109,956
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Tebingtinggi lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Tebingtinggi has lost about 10,800 hectares of forest (about 15,000 football pitches): 57% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (over 99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2018: satellite photo from April 2018 of a 5 × 5 km area about 5 km northeast of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 10,800 haabout 15,000 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 57%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 10,800 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is slowing down: about 192 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 620 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2001, when about 1,220 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1,220 ha | under 1 ha | 1,220 ha |
| 2002 | 327 ha | under 1 ha | 327 ha |
| 2003 | 74 ha | under 1 ha | 74 ha |
| 2004 | 478 ha | under 1 ha | 478 ha |
| 2005 | 547 ha | under 1 ha | 547 ha |
| 2006 | 540 ha | 1 ha | 541 ha |
| 2007 | 234 ha | under 1 ha | 234 ha |
| 2008 | 266 ha | under 1 ha | 266 ha |
| 2009 | 277 ha | under 1 ha | 277 ha |
| 2010 | 179 ha | under 1 ha | 179 ha |
| 2011 | 442 ha | under 1 ha | 442 ha |
| 2012 | 287 ha | 1 ha | 288 ha |
| 2013 | 401 ha | under 1 ha | 401 ha |
| 2014 | 629 ha | under 1 ha | 629 ha |
| 2015 | 806 ha | under 1 ha | 806 ha |
| 2016 | 1,110 ha | under 1 ha | 1,110 ha |
| 2017 | 730 ha | 1 ha | 731 ha |
| 2018 | 682 ha | under 1 ha | 682 ha |
| 2019 | 405 ha | under 1 ha | 405 ha |
| 2020 | 168 ha | under 1 ha | 168 ha |
| 2021 | 246 ha | under 1 ha | 246 ha |
| 2022 | 106 ha | under 1 ha | 106 ha |
| 2023 | 237 ha | under 1 ha | 237 ha |
| 2024 | 225 ha | under 1 ha | 225 ha |
| 2025 | 148 ha | under 1 ha | 148 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Tebingtinggi?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good99% · 10,700 ha
Also: towns and roads, 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
- 21,900 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 19,900 ha
- Overall change
- −1,930 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Tebingtinggi shrank from about 21,900 hectares to 19,900 hectares, a net loss of about 1,930 hectares (−8.8%). New forest grew on about 1,620 hectares, but 3,550 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 Tebingtinggi right now?
The latest reading for Tebingtinggi shows an AQI of 52 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 18:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 7 ground-station cities within 250 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 Tebingtinggi today?
At AQI 52 (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 Tebingtinggi been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Tebingtinggi's daily AQI at 85 on average, from 71 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 161 on Nov 7. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
Is Tebingtinggi'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 Tebingtinggi lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Tebingtinggi has lost about 10,800 hectares of forest (about 15,000 football pitches): 57% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (over 99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Forest loss is slowing down: about 192 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 620 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Tebingtinggi shrank from about 21,900 hectares to 19,900 hectares, a net loss of about 1,930 hectares (−8.8%). New forest grew on about 1,620 hectares, but 3,550 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Tebingtinggi?
Tebingtinggi has an estimated 109,956 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 35.0% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Tebingtinggi need?
Tebingtinggi has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Tebingtinggi'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 Tebing Tinggi; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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