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Air quality index (AQI⁺) and PM2.5 air pollution in Cape Town • 109.6K Followers • 02:00, Aug 17 Local time

US AQI⁺

Good

Main pollutant:

O₃

42.1 µg/m³

14°

10 km/h

83 %

Hourly forecast

Cape Town air quality index (AQI⁺) forecast

Now

14°

km/h

83%

04:00

14°

km/h

83%

05:00

13°

km/h

84%

06:00

13°

km/h

84%

07:00

14°

km/h

85%

08:00

14°

km/h

84%

09:00

14°

km/h

83%

10:00

15°

km/h

83%

11:00

15°

km/h

84%

12:00

16°

km/h

88%

13:00

16°

km/h

90%

14:00

15°

km/h

91%

15:00

15°

km/h

92%

16:00

15°

km/h

91%

17:00

15°

km/h

92%

18:00

15°

km/h

95%

19:00

15°

km/h

96%

20:00

15°

km/h

92%

21:00

15°

km/h

88%

22:00

15°

km/h

88%

23:00

15°

km/h

89%

Tue

00:00

14°

km/h

90%

01:00

14°

km/h

90%

02:00

14°

km/h

91%

03:00

14°

km/h

91%

04:00

14°

km/h

91%

05:00

14°

km/h

90%

06:00

13°

km/h

88%

07:00

13°

km/h

88%

08:00

13°

km/h

87%

09:00

14°

km/h

85%

10:00

15°

km/h

78%

11:00

16°

km/h

71%

12:00

16°

km/h

67%

13:00

17°

km/h

63%

14:00

17°

km/h

61%

15:00

17°

km/h

60%

16:00

16°

km/h

60%

17:00

16°

km/h

64%

18:00

15°

km/h

71%

19:00

14°

km/h

77%

20:00

14°

km/h

80%

21:00

14°

km/h

81%

22:00

14°

km/h

83%

23:00

13°

km/h

85%

Wed

00:00

13°

km/h

87%

01:00

13°

km/h

88%

02:00

13°

km/h

89%

03:00

13°

km/h

89%

04:00

13°

km/h

90%

05:00

13°

km/h

90%

06:00

12°

km/h

90%

07:00

12°

km/h

90%

08:00

13°

km/h

89%

09:00

13°

km/h

85%

10:00

14°

km/h

82%

11:00

15°

km/h

75%

12:00

16°

km/h

70%

13:00

17°

km/h

66%

14:00

17°

km/h

63%

15:00

17°

km/h

62%

16:00

16°

km/h

63%

17:00

16°

km/h

64%

18:00

15°

km/h

68%

19:00

14°

km/h

71%

20:00

14°

km/h

75%

21:00

14°

km/h

77%

22:00

14°

km/h

78%

23:00

14°

km/h

79%

Thu

00:00

13°

km/h

81%

01:00

13°

km/h

82%

02:00

13°

km/h

83%

Daily forecast

Cape Town air quality index (AQI⁺) forecast

Today

16°

13°

km/h

89%

Tue

17°

13°

km/h

74%

Wed

17°

12°

km/h

75%

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	Cape Point	23
2	Maitland	11

City ranking

Real-time South Africa AQI⁺ city ranking

#	Cities	AQI⁺ US
1	Vanderbijlpark, Gauteng	187
2	Centurion, Gauteng	171
3	Midstream, Gauteng	127
4	Embalenhle, Mpumalanga	99
5	Pretoria, Gauteng	96
6	Johannesburg, Gauteng	82
7	Thabazimbi, Limpopo	72
8	Saldanha, Western Cape	62
9	eSikhaleni, KwaZulu-Natal	60
10	Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal	60

History

Historic air quality graph for Cape Town

20 AQI⁺ US

Good

02:00–03:00 Aug 17 Local time

AQI⁺ US

History

Historic air quality graph for Cape Town

20 AQI⁺ US

Good

02:00–03:00 Aug 17 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	Cape Point	23
2	Maitland	11

City ranking

Real-time South Africa AQI⁺ city ranking

#	Cities	AQI⁺ US
1	Vanderbijlpark, Gauteng	187
2	Centurion, Gauteng	171
3	Midstream, Gauteng	127
4	Embalenhle, Mpumalanga	99
5	Pretoria, Gauteng	96
6	Johannesburg, Gauteng	82
7	Thabazimbi, Limpopo	72
8	Saldanha, Western Cape	62
9	eSikhaleni, KwaZulu-Natal	60
10	Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal	60