Air Pollution in KwaZulu-Natal: Real-time Air Quality Index and smog alert.

The latest data Last 7 days Quality of life
Current data from stations: CBD
Locations: eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality » Amajuba District Municipality » uMgungundlovu District Municipality » uThungulu District Municipality »
Pollution and air quality forecast for KwaZulu-Natal. Today is Friday, April 19, 2024. The following air pollution values have been recorded for KwaZulu-Natal:
  1. carbon monoxide (CO) - 0 (Good)
  2. particulate matter (PM2.5) dust - 6 (Good)
  3. particulate matter (PM10) suspended dust - 15 (Good)
  4. nitrogen dioxide (NO2) - 0 (Good)
Real-time Air Quality Index (AQI) for KwaZulu-Natal, Wednesday, January 17, 2024: 1.

air quality index: 0
AQI 1 Good

What is the air quality in KwaZulu-Natal today? Is the air polluted in KwaZulu-Natal?. Is there smog?

Today (Wednesday, January 17, 2024) air quality is good. The air quality has no effect on health. Everyone can continue their outdoor activities normally in KwaZulu-Natal.


How high is the CO level? (carbon monoxide (CO))
0 (Good)

What is the current level of PM2.5 in KwaZulu-Natal? (particulate matter (PM2.5) dust)
Today's PM2.5 level is: 6 (Good) For comparison, the highest level of PM2.5 in KwaZulu-Natal in the last 7 days was: 10 (Tuesday, January 16, 2024) and the lowest: 3 (Thursday, January 11, 2024).

What is the level of PM10 today in KwaZulu-Natal? (particulate matter (PM10) suspended dust)
The current level of particulate matter PM10 in KwaZulu-Natal is: 15 (Good) The highest PM10 values usually occur in month: 40 (September 2018). The lowest value of particulate matter PM10 pollution in KwaZulu-Natal is usually recorded in: December (18).

How high is the level of NO2? (nitrogen dioxide (NO2))
0 (Good)



Current data Wednesday, January 17, 2024, 9:00 AM

CO 0 (Good)

PM2,5 6 (Good)

PM10 15 (Good)

NO2 0 (Good)

Data on air pollution from recent days in KwaZulu-Natal

index 2024-01-10 2024-01-11 2024-01-12 2024-01-13 2024-01-14 2024-01-15 2024-01-16 2024-01-17
pm25 7
Good		 3
Good		 6
Good		 4
Good		 8
Good		 7
Good		 10
Good		 4
Good
pm10 10
Good		 9
Good		 12
Good		 11
Good		 14
Good		 20
Moderate		 18
Good		 8
Good
no2 0
Good		 0
Good		 0
Good		 0
Good		 0
Good		 0
Good		 0
Good		 0
Good
co 0
Good		 0
Good		 0
Good		 0
Good		 0
Good		 0
Good		 0
Good		 0
Good
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Air pollution in KwaZulu-Natal from April 2019 to March 2019

index 2019-03 2019-02 2019-01 2018-12 2018-11 2018-10 2018-09 2018-08 2018-07 2018-06 2018-05 2018-04 2018-03 2018-02 2018-01 2017-12 2017-11 2017-10 2017-09 2017-08 2019-04
so2:ppm 0.02 (Good) 0 (Good) 0 (Good) 0 (Good) 0.01 (Good) 0.01 (Good) 0.01 (Good) 0 (Good) 0 (Good) 0 (Good) 0 (Good) 0 (Good) 0 (Good) 0 (Good) 0.01 (Good) 0 (Good) 0 (Good) 0 (Good) 0 (Good) 0 (Good) - (Good)
pm10 23 (Moderate) 25 (Moderate) 24 (Moderate) 18 (Good) 26 (Moderate) 29 (Moderate) 40 (Moderate) 36 (Moderate) 28 (Moderate) 34 (Moderate) 26 (Moderate) 25 (Moderate) 23 (Moderate) 19 (Good) 23 (Moderate) 23 (Moderate) 26 (Moderate) 26 (Moderate) 34 (Moderate) 33 (Moderate) 25 (Moderate)
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Quality of life in KwaZulu-Natal

Green and Parks in the City

KwaZulu-Natal 33%

Lesotho: 64% Namibia: 52% Botswana: 30% Zimbabwe: 41%

particulate matter PM2.5

KwaZulu-Natal 14 (Moderate)

Pleasure of spending time in the city

KwaZulu-Natal 40%

Lesotho: 54% Namibia: 72% Botswana: 67% Zimbabwe: 37%

particulate matter PM10

KwaZulu-Natal 26 (Moderate)

Air Pollution

KwaZulu-Natal 67%

Lesotho: 46% Namibia: 32% Botswana: 36% Zimbabwe: 60%

Garbage Disposal

KwaZulu-Natal 29%

Lesotho: 18% Namibia: 65% Botswana: 55% Zimbabwe: 23%

Availability and quality of drinking water

KwaZulu-Natal 58%

Lesotho: 64% Namibia: 66% Botswana: 60% Zimbabwe: 28%

Cleanliness and tidiness

KwaZulu-Natal 28%

Lesotho: 46% Namibia: 65% Botswana: 51% Zimbabwe: 24%

Noise and Light pollution

KwaZulu-Natal 63%

Lesotho: 57% Namibia: 46% Botswana: 26% Zimbabwe: 62%

Water Pollution

KwaZulu-Natal 76%

Lesotho: 67% Namibia: 45% Botswana: 39% Zimbabwe: 85%
Source: Numbeo


CBD

Wednesday, January 17, 2024, 9:00 AM

CO 0.15 (Good)

carbon monoxide (CO)

PM2,5 6.2 (Good)

particulate matter (PM2.5) dust

PM10 15 (Good)

particulate matter (PM10) suspended dust

NO2 0.02 (Good)

nitrogen dioxide (NO2)

CBD

index 2024-01-17 2024-01-16 2024-01-15 2024-01-14 2024-01-13 2024-01-12 2024-01-11 2024-01-10
pm25 3.7 9.8 6.7 7.9 3.9 6 2.7 7.3
pm10 7.7 18 20 14 11 12 8.9 10
no2 0.01 0.02 0.01 0 0 0.02 0.01 0.01
co 0.18 0.25 0.22 0.26 0.26 0.3 0.33 -0.05

Arboretum

index 2019-03 2019-02 2019-01 2018-12 2018-11 2018-10 2018-09 2018-08 2018-07 2018-06 2018-05 2018-04 2018-03 2018-02 2018-01 2017-12 2017-11 2017-10 2017-09 2017-08
so2:ppm 0.02 0.01 0 0 0.01 0.01 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.02 0 0 0 0 0

Brackenham

index 2019-04 2019-03 2019-02 2019-01 2018-12 2018-11 2018-10 2018-09 2018-08 2018-07 2018-06 2018-05 2018-04 2018-03 2018-02 2018-01 2017-12 2017-11 2017-10 2017-09 2017-08
so2:ppm - 0.02 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
pm10 28 25 28 27 17 31 37 49 45 33 37 31 29 27 21 26 26 28 30 38 38

CBD

index 2019-04 2019-03 2019-02 2019-01 2018-12 2018-11 2018-10 2018-09 2018-08 2018-07 2018-06 2018-05 2018-04 2018-03 2018-02 2018-01 2017-12 2017-11 2017-10 2017-09 2017-08
pm10 22 21 21 20 19 22 21 31 28 24 30 22 21 19 18 20 21 23 23 29 28
so2:ppm - 0 0 0.01 0.01 0 0.01 0.01 0.01 0 0.01 0.01 0 0.01 0.01 0 0 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01

* Pollution data source: https://openaq.org (Richards Bay) The data is licensed under CC-By 4.0