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Most polluted cities in South Africa, May 2024
2 cities in South Africa ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 31 days. Worst: Shakaskraal at 28.6 µg/m³, #30 of 2,082 cities in the world. Cleanest: Richards Bay at 21.6. A city needs measurements on 70% of the days to be ranked.
- 1Shakaskraallow-cost sensorsKwaZulu-Natal 28.6
- 2Richards BayKwaZulu-Natal 21.6
The European Environment Agency's air quality index bands for PM2.5 (2024 revision); it has bands, not numbers, so values stay in µg/m³. Show values as: µg/m³ · US AQI · India AQI · China AQI · European AQI · UK DAQI · Canada AQHI+. About the scales
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