Air quality in Cradock today
South Africa · Updated Friday 03:00 (local time) · Model data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service
Good European AQI
Clean air. A great time to be outside.
Pollutants right now
| Pollutant | Value | Level |
|---|---|---|
| PM2.5 | 3 µg/m³ | Good |
| PM10 | 3 µg/m³ | Good |
| NO₂ | 7 µg/m³ | Good |
| O₃ | 37 µg/m³ | Good |
The pollutant that matters most in Cradock right now is O₃.
Forecast: next 24 hours
Over the next 24 hours the air in Cradock is expected to be worst around Fri 13:00 (AQI 45, moderate). The cleanest hour is expected around Fri 07:00.
| Time | AQI | Level | PM2.5 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 04:00 | 14 | Good | 3 |
| Fri 07:00 | 11 | Good | 3 |
| Fri 10:00 | 29 | Fair | 4 |
| Fri 13:00 | 45 | Moderate | 6 |
| Fri 16:00 | 37 | Fair | 6 |
| Fri 19:00 | 27 | Fair | 6 |
| Fri 22:00 | 27 | Fair | 5 |
| Sat 01:00 | 24 | Fair | 5 |
The last 30 days
Over the last 30 days the average daily AQI in Cradock was 28, with 0 day(s) rated poor or worse. The cleanest day was 18 Sept, the most polluted 22 Sept.
Questions and answers
- Is the air in Cradock good today?
- Right now the European Air Quality Index in Cradock is 14, which is good. Clean air. A great time to be outside.
- What pollutes the air in Cradock?
- At the moment O₃ contributes most to the air quality index in Cradock. The index takes the worst of fine particles (PM2.5), coarser particles (PM10), nitrogen dioxide, ozone and sulphur dioxide.
- When will the air in Cradock be cleanest?
- Over the next 24 hours the air in Cradock is expected to be worst around Fri 13:00 (AQI 45, moderate). The cleanest hour is expected around Fri 07:00.
- Where does this data come from?
- Wheezair shows model estimates from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS), served by Open-Meteo: about 11 km resolution in Europe and 40 km elsewhere, updated daily. They are not station measurements, so a busy street can be worse than its city's value.