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Air quality in Emalahleni today

South Africa · Updated Friday 07:00 (local time) · Model data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service

41

Moderate European AQI

Sensitive people may want to take it easier outdoors.

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Pollutants right now

PollutantValueLevel
PM2.516 µg/m³Fair
PM1016 µg/m³Good
NO₂9 µg/m³Good
O₃77 µg/m³Fair

The pollutant that matters most in Emalahleni right now is PM2.5.

Forecast: next 24 hours

Over the next 24 hours the air in Emalahleni is expected to be worst around Fri 11:00 (AQI 65, poor). The cleanest hour is expected around Fri 08:00.

Fri 08:00: AQI 40Fri 09:00: AQI 48Fri 10:00: AQI 58Fri 11:00: AQI 65Fri 12:00: AQI 65Fri 13:00: AQI 61Fri 14:00: AQI 59Fri 15:00: AQI 59Fri 16:00: AQI 61Fri 17:00: AQI 61Fri 18:00: AQI 59Fri 19:00: AQI 58Fri 20:00: AQI 59Fri 21:00: AQI 62Fri 22:00: AQI 62Fri 23:00: AQI 61Sat 00:00: AQI 59Sat 01:00: AQI 57Sat 02:00: AQI 54Sat 03:00: AQI 51Sat 04:00: AQI 50Sat 05:00: AQI 49Sat 06:00: AQI 49Sat 07:00: AQI 47Fri 08:00Fri 20:00Sat 07:00
TimeAQILevelPM2.5
Fri 08:0040Fair11
Fri 11:0065Poor12
Fri 14:0059Moderate14
Fri 17:0061Poor16
Fri 20:0059Moderate48
Fri 23:0061Poor52
Sat 02:0054Moderate40
Sat 05:0049Moderate31

The last 30 days

Over the last 30 days the average daily AQI in Emalahleni was 48, with 2 day(s) rated poor or worse. The cleanest day was 18 Sept, the most polluted 9 Sept.

30 Aug: AQI 4931 Aug: AQI 571 Sept: AQI 522 Sept: AQI 523 Sept: AQI 424 Sept: AQI 465 Sept: AQI 346 Sept: AQI 347 Sept: AQI 348 Sept: AQI 519 Sept: AQI 6310 Sept: AQI 5911 Sept: AQI 5712 Sept: AQI 5713 Sept: AQI 5214 Sept: AQI 4315 Sept: AQI 4216 Sept: AQI 6017 Sept: AQI 5018 Sept: AQI 3119 Sept: AQI 3520 Sept: AQI 4221 Sept: AQI 6222 Sept: AQI 5023 Sept: AQI 5530 Aug11 Sept23 Sept

Questions and answers

Is the air in Emalahleni good today?
Right now the European Air Quality Index in Emalahleni is 41, which is moderate. Sensitive people may want to take it easier outdoors.
What pollutes the air in Emalahleni?
At the moment PM2.5 contributes most to the air quality index in Emalahleni. The index takes the worst of fine particles (PM2.5), coarser particles (PM10), nitrogen dioxide, ozone and sulphur dioxide.
When will the air in Emalahleni be cleanest?
Over the next 24 hours the air in Emalahleni is expected to be worst around Fri 11:00 (AQI 65, poor). The cleanest hour is expected around Fri 08:00.
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.

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