Jakarta Often Rains, Air Quality Is Still The 8th Worst In The World Monday Morning

Air quality at the Jakarta National Monument (Monas) (ANTARA)

Although it is often raining, the air quality in Jakarta on Monday 8 July 2024 morning is categorized as unhealthy and occupies the 8th position as the worst air city in the world. Based on data from the IQAir air quality monitoring site at 06.14 WIB, the air quality index (AQI) in Jakarta is at 108 or is included in the unhealthy category with PM2.5 air pollution and a concentration value of 38.5 micrograms per cubic meter. The concentration is equivalent to 7.7 times the annual air quality guide value of the World Health Organization (WHO). PM 2.5 is a small air particle of 2.5 microns (micrometers). An unhealthy category, namely its air quality is unhealthy for groups sensitive because it can harm humans or groups of animals that are sensitive or can cause damage to plants or aesthetic value with a PM2.5 range of more than 100.

The medium category, namely its air quality, has no effect on human or animal health but has an effect on plants that are sensitive and aesthetic value with a PM2.5 range of 51-100. The category is good, namely the level of air quality that does not have an effect on human or animal health and has no effect on plants, buildings or aesthetic value with a PM2.5 range of 0-50. Then, the category is very unhealthy with a PM2.5 range of 200-299 or its air quality can harm health in a number of exposed segments of the population. Lastly, dangerous (300-500) or in general its air quality can seriously harm the health of the population. The worst-order air quality city is the Lahore order (Pakistan) at 178, second-order Kinshasa (Kongo) at 175 and third-order Kuwait at 154.

Rank 4 Santiago (Cile) at 134, fifth in Dubai (United Arab Emirates) at 114 and Jakarta (Indonesia) at eighth at 108.DLH) DKI Jakarta has launched an integrated air quality monitoring platform with monitoring results at 31 points. Air Quality Monitoring Station (SPKU) is spread across the metropolitan city.

From the SPKU, the data obtained is then displayed through the air quality monitoring platform as a refinement of the existing ones and in accordance with national applicable standards. This page also displays data from 31 SPKUs in Jakarta that integrates data from SPKUs belonging to DLH Jakarta, Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG), World Resources Institute (WRI) Indonesia and Vital Strategic.