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Air quality in Pretoria today

South Africa · Updated Friday 06:00 (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
NO₂12 µg/m³Good
O₃67 µg/m³Fair

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

Forecast: next 24 hours

Over the next 24 hours the air in Pretoria is expected to be worst around Fri 16:00 (AQI 84, very poor). The cleanest hour is expected around Sat 02:00.

Fri 07:00: AQI 47Fri 08:00: AQI 43Fri 09:00: AQI 49Fri 10:00: AQI 61Fri 11:00: AQI 67Fri 12:00: AQI 72Fri 13:00: AQI 76Fri 14:00: AQI 79Fri 15:00: AQI 82Fri 16:00: AQI 84Fri 17:00: AQI 80Fri 18:00: AQI 72Fri 19:00: AQI 61Fri 20:00: AQI 46Fri 21:00: AQI 44Fri 22:00: AQI 42Fri 23:00: AQI 41Sat 00:00: AQI 36Sat 01:00: AQI 31Sat 02:00: AQI 29Sat 03:00: AQI 29Sat 04:00: AQI 29Sat 05:00: AQI 29Sat 06:00: AQI 30Fri 07:00Fri 19:00Sat 06:00
TimeAQILevelPM2.5
Fri 07:0047Moderate27
Fri 10:0061Poor16
Fri 13:0076Poor19
Fri 16:0084Very poor23
Fri 19:0061Poor28
Fri 22:0042Moderate19
Sat 01:0031Fair11
Sat 04:0029Fair9

The last 30 days

Over the last 30 days the average daily AQI in Pretoria was 46, with 2 day(s) rated poor or worse. The cleanest day was 7 Sept, the most polluted 11 Sept.

30 Aug: AQI 4631 Aug: AQI 441 Sept: AQI 502 Sept: AQI 453 Sept: AQI 444 Sept: AQI 485 Sept: AQI 376 Sept: AQI 397 Sept: AQI 318 Sept: AQI 319 Sept: AQI 3610 Sept: AQI 6311 Sept: AQI 9512 Sept: AQI 5713 Sept: AQI 5114 Sept: AQI 4115 Sept: AQI 4116 Sept: AQI 5717 Sept: AQI 5218 Sept: AQI 4119 Sept: AQI 3120 Sept: AQI 3721 Sept: AQI 4222 Sept: AQI 4123 Sept: AQI 4830 Aug11 Sept23 Sept

Questions and answers

Is the air in Pretoria good today?
Right now the European Air Quality Index in Pretoria is 45, which is moderate. Sensitive people may want to take it easier outdoors.
What pollutes the air in Pretoria?
At the moment PM2.5 contributes most to the air quality index in Pretoria. The index takes the worst of fine particles (PM2.5), coarser particles (PM10), nitrogen dioxide, ozone and sulphur dioxide.
When will the air in Pretoria be cleanest?
Over the next 24 hours the air in Pretoria is expected to be worst around Fri 16:00 (AQI 84, very poor). The cleanest hour is expected around Sat 02:00.
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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