Newcastle vs Vereeniging: PM2.5 compared

Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal and Vereeniging were both measured on only one day over the last year, too few to compare them (it takes 30).

Right now

Newcastle#160on the 24-hour board of 2,582, at 72 US AQI (20.5 µg/m³)

Vereeniging#80on the 24-hour board of 2,582, at 84 US AQI (26.7 µg/m³)

Side by side with Standerton (the nearest), Gujranwala (the world's worst on 30 days).

Side by side with Vanderbijlpark (the nearest), Tzaneen (South Africa's 2nd worst on 30 days), Gujranwala (the world's worst on 30 days).

The same rules as every SmogRank figure: reference monitors first, and a day counts with 18 measured hours. How we measure.

Updated 2026-10-12 22:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors, as the US AQI PM2.5 sub-index.