TIME.CO, Jakarta – This weekend, Saturday 19th August 2023, when residents are on holiday due to work commitments, there is no guarantee air pollution Jakarta reduce. From the application IQAir, at 07.30am Jakarta is seen to be at the peak of pollution compared to other big countries in the world. Not only that, Jakarta is also the only one in the unhealthy category, with PM 2.5 of 84.7 µg/m3.
These results are also in line with the Breath app. The ranking of the 10 most polluted areas in Indonesia is dominated by Jabodetabek, especially Jakarta. At 06.51 WIB, the polluted area was in Kembangan, West Jakarta with PM 2.5 of 164 µg/m3 and it was the only area in the very unhealthy category.
Other data of Kembangan presented by Nafas are PM1 of 109 µg/m3, PM10 of 172 µg/m3, humidity of 88% and temperature of 24 degrees Celsius. “Don’t open the vents, use the purifier indoors,” advises the app.
PM 2.5 in the other nine polluted places falls into the unhealthy category, namely:
-Tarumajaya, Bekasi – 125 µg/m3
-Cipinang Melayu, East Jakarta – 117 µg/m3
-Cipayung, East Jakarta – 116 µg/m3
– North Riding – 116 µg/m3
-Punggul, Sidoarjo – 111 µg/m3
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– South Kembangan, West Jakarta – 109 µg/m3
-Pegadungan, West Jakarta – 107 µg/m3
-Serpong, South Tangerang – 102 µg/m3
-Cakung, East Jakarta – 99 µg/m3
While the nine polluted world cities after Jakarta are Baghdad (Iraq), Delhi (India), Lahore (Pakistan), Dubai (United Arab Emirates), Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), Hanoi (Vietnam), Wuhan (China), Johannesburg (South Africa) and Bogota (Colombia). All of them are in the unhealthy group for sensitive groups.
PM2.5 are solid air polluting particles measuring less than 2.5 micrometers or 36 times smaller than the diameter of a grain of sand. According to WHO standards, measurements are in µg/m3 units. The safe category is in the range of 0 – 12 µg/m3, moderate (12.1 – 35.4 µg/m3), unhealthy for sensitive groups (35.5 – 55.4 µg/m3), unhealthy (55, 5 – 150.4 µg/m3), very unhealthy (150.5 – 250.4 µg/m3) and toxic (>250.4 µg/m3).
The NASA data comes from low-cost sensors distributed over more than 180 location points and represents an area coverage of 1-2km from the location of the installed sensors. Air quality data received in real time and accessible from the Breath application.
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