SmogRank / World / South Africa / December 2024

Most polluted cities in South Africa, December 2024

2 cities in South Africa ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 31 days. Worst: Richards Bay at 8.7 µg/m³, #862 of 2,078 cities in the world. Cleanest: Shakaskraal at 7.4. A city needs measurements on 70% of the days to be ranked.

  1. 1Richards BayKwaZulu-Natal
    8.7
  2. 2Shakaskraallow-cost sensorsKwaZulu-Natal
    7.4
Good0–5
Fair6–15
Moderate16–50
Poor51–90
Very poor91–140
Extremely poor141+

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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SmogRank, most polluted cities in South Africa, PM2.5, December 2024, smogrank.com/za/history/2024-12 (accessed 2 Oct 2026).

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