Air quality in South Africa

Air quality index (AQI) and PM2.5 air pollution in South Africa

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LIVE AQI CITY RANKING

Real-time South Africa
Most polluted city ranking

#cityUS AQI
1 Vereeniging, Gauteng

156

2 Pretoria, Gauteng

110

3 eMbalenhle, Mpumalanga

100

4 Midstream, Gauteng

70

5 Middelburg, Mpumalanga

62

6 KwaMbonambi, KwaZulu-Natal

60

7 Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape

43

(local time)

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LIVE AQI CITY RANKING

Real-time South Africa
Cleanest city ranking

#cityUS AQI
1 Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape

43

2 KwaMbonambi, KwaZulu-Natal

60

3 Middelburg, Mpumalanga

62

4 Midstream, Gauteng

70

5 eMbalenhle, Mpumalanga

100

6 Pretoria, Gauteng

110

7 Vereeniging, Gauteng

156

(local time)

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