Air quality in East London today
South Africa · Updated Friday 02:00 (local time) · Model data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service
Fair European AQI
Fine for almost everyone.
Pollutants right now
| Pollutant | Value | Level |
|---|---|---|
| PM2.5 | 8 µg/m³ | Good |
| PM10 | 12 µg/m³ | Good |
| NO₂ | 1 µg/m³ | Good |
| O₃ | 66 µg/m³ | Fair |
The pollutant that matters most in East London right now is O₃.
Forecast: next 24 hours
Over the next 24 hours the air in East London is expected to be worst around Fri 19:00 (AQI 44, moderate). The cleanest hour is expected around Fri 03:00.
| Time | AQI | Level | PM2.5 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 03:00 | 25 | Fair | 8 |
| Fri 06:00 | 25 | Fair | 8 |
| Fri 09:00 | 30 | Fair | 10 |
| Fri 12:00 | 36 | Fair | 13 |
| Fri 15:00 | 40 | Fair | 15 |
| Fri 18:00 | 42 | Moderate | 19 |
| Fri 21:00 | 34 | Fair | 12 |
| Sat 00:00 | 29 | Fair | 10 |
The last 30 days
Over the last 30 days the average daily AQI in East London was 34, with 0 day(s) rated poor or worse. The cleanest day was 31 Aug, the most polluted 20 Sept.
Questions and answers
- Is the air in East London good today?
- Right now the European Air Quality Index in East London is 26, which is fair. Fine for almost everyone.
- What pollutes the air in East London?
- At the moment O₃ contributes most to the air quality index in East London. The index takes the worst of fine particles (PM2.5), coarser particles (PM10), nitrogen dioxide, ozone and sulphur dioxide.
- When will the air in East London be cleanest?
- Over the next 24 hours the air in East London is expected to be worst around Fri 19:00 (AQI 44, moderate). The cleanest hour is expected around Fri 03:00.
- 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.