Air quality in Gaborone today
Botswana · Updated Friday 03:00 (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 | 12 µg/m³ | Fair |
| PM10 | 12 µg/m³ | Good |
| NO₂ | 3 µg/m³ | Good |
| O₃ | 69 µg/m³ | Fair |
The pollutant that matters most in Gaborone right now is O₃.
Forecast: next 24 hours
Over the next 24 hours the air in Gaborone is expected to be worst around Fri 16:00 (AQI 66, poor). The cleanest hour is expected around Sat 03:00.
| Time | AQI | Level | PM2.5 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 04:00 | 40 | Fair | 15 |
| Fri 07:00 | 43 | Moderate | 20 |
| Fri 10:00 | 41 | Moderate | 17 |
| Fri 13:00 | 61 | Poor | 17 |
| Fri 16:00 | 66 | Poor | 17 |
| Fri 19:00 | 44 | Moderate | 21 |
| Fri 22:00 | 43 | Moderate | 20 |
| Sat 01:00 | 33 | Fair | 12 |
The last 30 days
Over the last 30 days the average daily AQI in Gaborone was 37, with 0 day(s) rated poor or worse. The cleanest day was 30 Aug, the most polluted 11 Sept.
Questions and answers
- Is the air in Gaborone good today?
- Right now the European Air Quality Index in Gaborone is 34, which is fair. Fine for almost everyone.
- What pollutes the air in Gaborone?
- At the moment O₃ contributes most to the air quality index in Gaborone. The index takes the worst of fine particles (PM2.5), coarser particles (PM10), nitrogen dioxide, ozone and sulphur dioxide.
- When will the air in Gaborone be cleanest?
- Over the next 24 hours the air in Gaborone is expected to be worst around Fri 16:00 (AQI 66, poor). The cleanest hour is expected around Sat 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.