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Air quality in Newcastle today

South Africa · Updated Friday 05:00 (local time) · Model data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service

45

Moderate European AQI

Sensitive people may want to take it easier outdoors.

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Pollutants right now

PollutantValueLevel
PM2.524 µg/m³Moderate
PM1024 µg/m³Fair
NO₂11 µg/m³Good
O₃52 µg/m³Fair

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

Forecast: next 24 hours

Over the next 24 hours the air in Newcastle is expected to be worst around Fri 14:00 (AQI 71, poor). The cleanest hour is expected around Fri 09:00.

Fri 06:00: AQI 47Fri 07:00: AQI 46Fri 08:00: AQI 39Fri 09:00: AQI 33Fri 10:00: AQI 48Fri 11:00: AQI 64Fri 12:00: AQI 68Fri 13:00: AQI 70Fri 14:00: AQI 71Fri 15:00: AQI 71Fri 16:00: AQI 71Fri 17:00: AQI 68Fri 18:00: AQI 62Fri 19:00: AQI 45Fri 20:00: AQI 41Fri 21:00: AQI 42Fri 22:00: AQI 42Fri 23:00: AQI 42Sat 00:00: AQI 42Sat 01:00: AQI 42Sat 02:00: AQI 43Sat 03:00: AQI 44Sat 04:00: AQI 44Sat 05:00: AQI 45Fri 06:00Fri 18:00Sat 05:00
TimeAQILevelPM2.5
Fri 06:0047Moderate27
Fri 09:0033Fair10
Fri 12:0068Poor10
Fri 15:0071Poor11
Fri 18:0062Poor13
Fri 21:0042Moderate19
Sat 00:0042Moderate19
Sat 03:0044Moderate21

The last 30 days

Over the last 30 days the average daily AQI in Newcastle was 43, with 1 day(s) rated poor or worse. The cleanest day was 18 Sept, the most polluted 12 Sept.

30 Aug: AQI 3731 Aug: AQI 371 Sept: AQI 412 Sept: AQI 503 Sept: AQI 414 Sept: AQI 415 Sept: AQI 406 Sept: AQI 427 Sept: AQI 368 Sept: AQI 379 Sept: AQI 5010 Sept: AQI 5611 Sept: AQI 5812 Sept: AQI 6213 Sept: AQI 5514 Sept: AQI 4715 Sept: AQI 3516 Sept: AQI 3917 Sept: AQI 2618 Sept: AQI 2419 Sept: AQI 3320 Sept: AQI 3921 Sept: AQI 5222 Sept: AQI 4423 Sept: AQI 4930 Aug11 Sept23 Sept

Questions and answers

Is the air in Newcastle good today?
Right now the European Air Quality Index in Newcastle is 45, which is moderate. Sensitive people may want to take it easier outdoors.
What pollutes the air in Newcastle?
At the moment PM2.5 contributes most to the air quality index in Newcastle. The index takes the worst of fine particles (PM2.5), coarser particles (PM10), nitrogen dioxide, ozone and sulphur dioxide.
When will the air in Newcastle be cleanest?
Over the next 24 hours the air in Newcastle is expected to be worst around Fri 14:00 (AQI 71, poor). The cleanest hour is expected around Fri 09:00.
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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