This Morning, DKI Jakarta's Air Quality Is In The Unhealthy Category

The Thamrin Area Of Central Jakarta/Illustration Photo: Bitor Ekin Putra

JAKARTA - The air quality index (AQI) in Jakarta today, Sunday, December 10, at 05.00 WIB, the City of Jakarta is at 106 or is categorized as unhealthy for the sensitive group, with a smooth particle number (particulate matter / PM) 2.5.

The air quality monitoring site with the latest time listed Jakarta as the city with the worst 28th ranked air quality in the world, worse than yesterday's air quality rating, Saturday morning, December 9, the fifth worst in the world with AQI at 79 at 06.00 WIB.

The cities with the worst air quality in the world on Sunday were Sarajevo, Bosnia, and Herzegovina with air quality indexes at 244, followed by Dhaka, Banglades at 234, then Lahore, Pakistan at 233 and Kuwait in Karachi, Pakistan at 2014.

A number of areas in Jakarta that are recorded to have air quality with unhealthy categories, Jeruk Purut (152), Cilandak Barat (199), Jimbaran (127), and Kemang (127).

Meanwhile, the Environmental Information and Hygiene System of the DKI Jakarta Provincial Environment Agency stated that the overall air quality in Jakarta is in the moderate category with an index of 83 and air pollution PM 2.5.

This figure has an explanation of the level of air quality that does not affect human or animal health but affects sensitive plants, and aesthetic values.

A number of areas monitored by the HI Roundabout (76), Kelapa Gading (68), Jagakarsa (79), and Kebon Jeruk (75).