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Air quality in Richards Bay today

South Africa · Updated Friday 03:00 (local time) · Model data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service

42

Moderate European AQI

Sensitive people may want to take it easier outdoors.

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Pollutants right now

PollutantValueLevel
PM2.519 µg/m³Fair
PM1022 µg/m³Fair
NO₂4 µg/m³Good
O₃63 µg/m³Fair

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

Forecast: next 24 hours

Over the next 24 hours the air in Richards Bay is expected to be worst around Fri 06:00 (AQI 43, moderate). The cleanest hour is expected around Sat 01:00.

Fri 04:00: AQI 42Fri 05:00: AQI 42Fri 06:00: AQI 43Fri 07:00: AQI 43Fri 08:00: AQI 42Fri 09:00: AQI 42Fri 10:00: AQI 41Fri 11:00: AQI 41Fri 12:00: AQI 40Fri 13:00: AQI 37Fri 14:00: AQI 34Fri 15:00: AQI 31Fri 16:00: AQI 27Fri 17:00: AQI 25Fri 18:00: AQI 22Fri 19:00: AQI 22Fri 20:00: AQI 21Fri 21:00: AQI 21Fri 22:00: AQI 21Fri 23:00: AQI 20Sat 00:00: AQI 20Sat 01:00: AQI 18Sat 02:00: AQI 18Sat 03:00: AQI 18Fri 04:00Fri 16:00Sat 03:00
TimeAQILevelPM2.5
Fri 04:0042Moderate19
Fri 07:0043Moderate20
Fri 10:0041Moderate17
Fri 13:0037Fair13
Fri 16:0027Fair8
Fri 19:0022Fair6
Fri 22:0021Fair6
Sat 01:0018Good5

The last 30 days

Over the last 30 days the average daily AQI in Richards Bay was 35, with 0 day(s) rated poor or worse. The cleanest day was 18 Sept, the most polluted 5 Sept.

30 Aug: AQI 3931 Aug: AQI 421 Sept: AQI 382 Sept: AQI 433 Sept: AQI 394 Sept: AQI 365 Sept: AQI 496 Sept: AQI 467 Sept: AQI 408 Sept: AQI 359 Sept: AQI 2910 Sept: AQI 2611 Sept: AQI 3412 Sept: AQI 3813 Sept: AQI 2614 Sept: AQI 2715 Sept: AQI 3316 Sept: AQI 4317 Sept: AQI 2518 Sept: AQI 2319 Sept: AQI 2520 Sept: AQI 2521 Sept: AQI 4322 Sept: AQI 3323 Sept: AQI 3330 Aug11 Sept23 Sept

Questions and answers

Is the air in Richards Bay good today?
Right now the European Air Quality Index in Richards Bay is 42, which is moderate. Sensitive people may want to take it easier outdoors.
What pollutes the air in Richards Bay?
At the moment PM2.5 contributes most to the air quality index in Richards Bay. The index takes the worst of fine particles (PM2.5), coarser particles (PM10), nitrogen dioxide, ozone and sulphur dioxide.
When will the air in Richards Bay be cleanest?
Over the next 24 hours the air in Richards Bay is expected to be worst around Fri 06:00 (AQI 43, moderate). The cleanest hour is expected around Sat 01:00.
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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