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Air quality in Queenstown today

South Africa · Updated Friday 03:00 (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
PM2.517 µg/m³Fair
PM1017 µg/m³Good
NO₂10 µg/m³Good
O₃42 µg/m³Good

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

Forecast: next 24 hours

Over the next 24 hours the air in Queenstown is expected to be worst around Fri 13:00 (AQI 51, moderate). The cleanest hour is expected around Fri 21:00.

Fri 04:00: AQI 40Fri 05:00: AQI 40Fri 06:00: AQI 38Fri 07:00: AQI 37Fri 08:00: AQI 29Fri 09:00: AQI 24Fri 10:00: AQI 34Fri 11:00: AQI 42Fri 12:00: AQI 49Fri 13:00: AQI 51Fri 14:00: AQI 49Fri 15:00: AQI 42Fri 16:00: AQI 36Fri 17:00: AQI 31Fri 18:00: AQI 28Fri 19:00: AQI 26Fri 20:00: AQI 23Fri 21:00: AQI 22Fri 22:00: AQI 23Fri 23:00: AQI 24Sat 00:00: AQI 24Sat 01:00: AQI 24Sat 02:00: AQI 24Sat 03:00: AQI 24Fri 04:00Fri 16:00Sat 03:00
TimeAQILevelPM2.5
Fri 04:0040Fair16
Fri 07:0037Fair13
Fri 10:0034Fair4
Fri 13:0051Moderate4
Fri 16:0036Fair5
Fri 19:0026Fair6
Fri 22:0023Fair6
Sat 01:0024Fair7

The last 30 days

Over the last 30 days the average daily AQI in Queenstown was 30, with 0 day(s) rated poor or worse. The cleanest day was 18 Sept, the most polluted 21 Sept.

30 Aug: AQI 2531 Aug: AQI 241 Sept: AQI 322 Sept: AQI 353 Sept: AQI 344 Sept: AQI 205 Sept: AQI 216 Sept: AQI 217 Sept: AQI 278 Sept: AQI 389 Sept: AQI 3710 Sept: AQI 3311 Sept: AQI 3312 Sept: AQI 3713 Sept: AQI 3214 Sept: AQI 3615 Sept: AQI 2816 Sept: AQI 2117 Sept: AQI 1918 Sept: AQI 1719 Sept: AQI 2320 Sept: AQI 3921 Sept: AQI 4122 Sept: AQI 3623 Sept: AQI 3430 Aug11 Sept23 Sept

Questions and answers

Is the air in Queenstown good today?
Right now the European Air Quality Index in Queenstown is 41, which is moderate. Sensitive people may want to take it easier outdoors.
What pollutes the air in Queenstown?
At the moment PM2.5 contributes most to the air quality index in Queenstown. The index takes the worst of fine particles (PM2.5), coarser particles (PM10), nitrogen dioxide, ozone and sulphur dioxide.
When will the air in Queenstown be cleanest?
Over the next 24 hours the air in Queenstown is expected to be worst around Fri 13:00 (AQI 51, moderate). The cleanest hour is expected around Fri 21:00.
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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