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Most unhealthy days in Gauteng, South Africa, January 2023

2 cities in Gauteng, South Africa ranked by their share of unhealthy days over the 31 days. The most unhealthy days: Vereeniging, South Africa, 0 of 23 measured days. A city needs measurements on 70% of the days to be ranked.

OpenAQ's archive, where our readings come from, has almost none for 7 of these 31 days. Cities in the United States and Europe have them from the EPA's and the European Environment Agency's own records of the same monitors; elsewhere a city's average is over its other days. Why.

Ranked by unhealthy days: the share of each city's measured days with a daily mean over 35.4 µg/m³ (US AQI 101+), Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups or worse on the US EPA's scale. Ties go to the higher average.

  1. 1Vereeniging
    0 of 23
  2. 2Thembisa
    0 of 22
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

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SmogRank, most polluted cities in Gauteng, South Africa, by unhealthy days, PM2.5, January 2023, smogrank.com/za/region/gauteng/history/2023-01?by=days (accessed 7 Oct 2026).

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