SmogRank / South Africa / Mpumalanga / Kamaqhekeza

Kamaqhekeza, month by month

Kamaqhekeza has a measured daily mean on 28 days since 14 August 2026.

Every month since 2026

2026too few days for a mean (a year needs 200)28 days measured
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAug14 daysSep6 daysOct8 days
Each square is a month's mean PM2.5 in US AQI from Kamaqhekeza's measured days, with its place on that month's world ranking under it. A month has a mean once 70% of its days are measured, the rule the monthly rankings use; under that, the square gives the days measured. Each square opens that month's ranking with Kamaqhekeza marked; each year, the year's.
Good0–50
Moderate51–100
Sensitive groups101–150
Unhealthy151–200
Very unhealthy201–300
Hazardous301+

The US EPA's Air Quality Index for PM2.5 (2024 breakpoints). Show values as: µg/m³ · US AQI · India AQI · China AQI · European AQI · UK DAQI · Canada AQHI+. About the scales

Months without a mean, and why

3 months
MonthWhy
Oct 20268 of 12 days measured; a month needs 9. The others: 3 with no readings from the monitor, 1 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours).
Sep 20266 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 6 with no readings from the monitor, 12 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours), 5 with readings left out by our checks, 1 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Aug 202614 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 4 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.

A day counts once 18 hours of it are measured; a month needs 70% of its days.

Kamaqhekeza's worst days

DayUS AQI
22 Sept 2026 199124.0 µg/m³
22 Aug 2026 12946.8 µg/m³
1 Sept 2026 12444.7 µg/m³
2 Sept 2026 12344.3 µg/m³
21 Aug 2026 12043.3 µg/m³
31 Aug 2026 10938.8 µg/m³
10 Oct 2026 10537.3 µg/m³
19 Aug 2026 9633.0 µg/m³
17 Aug 2026 9432.3 µg/m³
11 Oct 2026 9432.1 µg/m³

Daily means, the highest since 14 Aug 2026; the WHO's daily guideline is 15 µg/m³. Each date opens that day's world ranking, and each episode the bad-air spell it was part of.

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SmogRank, PM2.5 monthly and daily means, Kamaqhekeza, South Africa, 14 Aug 2026 – 12 Oct 2026. Monitor data from SAAQIS (South Africa's Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment) via OpenAQ; sources listed at smogrank.com/sources. smogrank.com/za/kamaqhekeza/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).

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Kamaqhekeza now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.

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. Some low-cost readings: Sensor.Community, ODbL (data and licence). Some readings: Uzhydromet (Uzbekistan's Hydrometeorological Service); Department of Environment, Nepal; Vietnam's government monitors; Aurassure; Umhverfisstofnun (Environment Agency of Iceland); RMCAB (Secretaría Distrital de Ambiente, Bogotá); Love My Air (City and County of Denver), no reuse terms published (why we use them).