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Air quality index (AQI⁺) and PM2.5 air pollution in Cape Town • 111.3K Followers • 15:00, Oct 22 Local time

US AQI⁺

Good

Main pollutant:

PM2.5

5.2 µg/m³

17°

11 km/h

70 %

Hourly forecast

Cape Town air quality index (AQI⁺) forecast

Now

17°

km/h

70%

16:00

17°

km/h

70%

17:00

17°

km/h

70%

18:00

17°

km/h

72%

19:00

16°

km/h

75%

20:00

16°

km/h

76%

21:00

16°

km/h

74%

22:00

16°

km/h

73%

23:00

15°

km/h

75%

Fri

00:00

15°

km/h

75%

01:00

15°

km/h

76%

02:00

15°

km/h

77%

03:00

14°

km/h

78%

04:00

14°

km/h

78%

05:00

14°

km/h

78%

06:00

14°

km/h

77%

07:00

15°

km/h

75%

08:00

16°

km/h

70%

09:00

17°

km/h

66%

10:00

18°

km/h

63%

11:00

18°

km/h

57%

12:00

19°

km/h

55%

13:00

19°

km/h

54%

14:00

19°

km/h

58%

15:00

19°

km/h

61%

16:00

19°

km/h

63%

17:00

19°

km/h

63%

18:00

18°

km/h

63%

19:00

18°

km/h

65%

20:00

18°

km/h

66%

21:00

18°

km/h

66%

22:00

17°

km/h

66%

23:00

17°

km/h

66%

Sat

00:00

17°

km/h

67%

01:00

17°

km/h

70%

02:00

17°

km/h

73%

03:00

17°

km/h

75%

04:00

16°

km/h

77%

05:00

16°

km/h

79%

06:00

16°

km/h

82%

07:00

17°

km/h

82%

08:00

18°

km/h

81%

09:00

18°

km/h

80%

10:00

19°

km/h

77%

11:00

20°

km/h

73%

12:00

21°

km/h

70%

13:00

21°

km/h

68%

14:00

22°

km/h

65%

15:00

22°

km/h

63%

16:00

21°

km/h

63%

17:00

20°

km/h

61%

18:00

19°

km/h

61%

19:00

18°

km/h

66%

20:00

18°

km/h

70%

21:00

17°

km/h

71%

22:00

17°

km/h

72%

23:00

17°

km/h

73%

Sun

00:00

17°

km/h

74%

01:00

16°

km/h

77%

02:00

16°

km/h

80%

03:00

16°

km/h

80%

04:00

16°

km/h

79%

05:00

16°

km/h

80%

06:00

16°

km/h

80%

07:00

16°

km/h

79%

08:00

18°

km/h

68%

09:00

19°

km/h

60%

10:00

19°

km/h

55%

11:00

20°

km/h

54%

12:00

20°

km/h

52%

13:00

20°

km/h

52%

14:00

20°

km/h

53%

Daily forecast

Cape Town air quality index (AQI⁺) forecast

Today

17°

15°

km/h

76%

Fri

19°

14°

km/h

64%

Sat

22°

16°

km/h

71%

Air pollutants

What is the current air quality in Cape Town?

PM2.5 concentration currently meets the WHO annual PM2.5 guideline.

Real-time Cape Town air pollution map

Health recommendations

Enjoy outdoor activities

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Health recommendations

Enjoy outdoor activities

Open your windows to bring clean, fresh air indoors

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Real-time Cape Town air pollution map

Most polluted locations near Cape Town

Worldwide AQI⁺ ranking

Station ranking

Real-time AQI⁺ station ranking for stations in Cape Town

#	Stations	AQI⁺ US
1	Maitland	57
2	Foreshore	28
3	Cape Point	26

City ranking

Real-time South Africa AQI⁺ city ranking

#	Cities	AQI⁺ US
1	Midstream, Gauteng	94
2	eSikhaleni, KwaZulu-Natal	64
3	Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal	64
4	Polokwane, Limpopo	47
5	Embalenhle, Mpumalanga	42
6	Thabazimbi, Limpopo	37
7	Kraaifontein, Western Cape	29
8	Cape Town, Western Cape	28
9	Sunset Beach, Western Cape	28
10	Gqeberha, Eastern Cape	27

History

Historic air quality graph for Cape Town

28 AQI⁺ US

Good

15:00–16:00 Oct 22 Local time

AQI⁺ US

History

Historic air quality graph for Cape Town

28 AQI⁺ US

Good

15:00–16:00 Oct 22 Local time

AQI⁺ US

Most polluted locations near Cape Town

Worldwide AQI⁺ ranking

Station ranking

Real-time AQI⁺ station ranking for stations in Cape Town

#	Stations	AQI⁺ US
1	Maitland	57
2	Foreshore	28
3	Cape Point	26

City ranking

Real-time South Africa AQI⁺ city ranking

#	Cities	AQI⁺ US
1	Midstream, Gauteng	94
2	eSikhaleni, KwaZulu-Natal	64
3	Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal	64
4	Polokwane, Limpopo	47
5	Embalenhle, Mpumalanga	42
6	Thabazimbi, Limpopo	37
7	Kraaifontein, Western Cape	29
8	Cape Town, Western Cape	28
9	Sunset Beach, Western Cape	28
10	Gqeberha, Eastern Cape	27