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February 5, 2025 | 09:47 pm
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) recorded that air quality in various cities and districts in Indonesia was categorized as Moderate, Unhealthy, Very Unhealthy, to Hazardous during January 2025. The measurement was based on the average monthly value of PM2.5 concentration or dust particles measuring less than 2.5 micrometers.
"BMKG always monitors air quality, one of which is monitoring PM2.5 concentration," reads BMKG information in an Instagram post @infobmkg on Wednesday, February 5, 2025.
So far, PM2.5 has been known as an air pollutant measuring 2.5 µm (micrometers), so it can easily enter the respiratory system. Based on PM2.5 levels, air quality is divided into five categories, namely Good (concentration 0-15.4), Moderate (15.5-55.4), Unhealthy (55.5-150.4), Very Unhealthy (150.5-250.4), and Hazardous (more than 250.4).
Here is BMKG's mapping of areas with air quality categorized as 'Hazardous', 'Very Unhealthy', and 'Unhealthy'.
1. 'Hazardous' Category:
- Jambi City: Minimum (0.4 micrograms per cubic meter), average (22.2 micrograms per cubic meter), maximum (571.5 micrograms per cubic meter).
2. ‘Very Unhealthy’ Category:
- Pesawaran Regency: minimum (1.1 micrograms per cubic meter), average (19.3 micrograms per cubic meter), maximum (240.3 micrograms per cubic meter).
- Deli Serdang Regency: minimum (0.7 micrograms per cubic meter), average (29.1 micrograms per cubic meter), maximum (229.5 micrograms per cubic meter).
3. ‘Moderate’ to ‘Unhealthy’ Category:
- Aceh Besar Regency: Minimum (0.1 micrograms per cubic meter), average (9.6 micrograms per cubic meter), maximum (36 micrograms per cubic meter).
- Batam City: Minimum (5.1 micrograms per cubic meter), average (23.3 micrograms per cubic meter), maximum (78 micrograms per cubic meter).
- Pekanbaru City: minimum (0.5 micrograms per cubic meter), average (19.5 micrograms per cubic meter), maximum (86.2 micrograms per cubic meter).
- Agam Regency: Minimum (0.1 micrograms per cubic meter), average (5.9 micrograms per cubic meter), maximum (24 micrograms per cubic meter).
- Bengkulu City: Minimum (0.1 micrograms per cubic meter), average (14.1 micrograms per cubic meter), maximum (112.2 micrograms per cubic meter).
- Palembang: Minimum (3 micrograms per cubic meter), average (23.6 micrograms per cubic meter), maximum (130.7 micrograms per cubic meter).
- Jakarta: Minimum (1.9 micrograms per cubic meter), average (25.6 micrograms per cubic meter), maximum (117.3 micrograms per cubic meter).
- Semarang: Minimum (1.5 micrograms per cubic meter), average (19.5 micrograms per cubic meter), maximum (57.6 micrograms per cubic meter).
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