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Most polluted cities in Mpumalanga, South Africa, September 2026

7 cities in Mpumalanga, South Africa ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 30 days. Worst: Leslie at 37.8 µg/m³, #70 of 2,949 cities in the world. Cleanest: Middelburg at 13.0. A city needs measurements on 70% of the days to be ranked.

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.

← Leslie 52% 50%0
Every city in Mpumalanga, South Africa ranked for September 2026, one column each, ranked by unhealthy days: height is the share of its measured days that were unhealthy, colour its average. Point at it to read a city; tap to open it.
  1. 1Leslie
    52%
  2. 2Secunda
    27%
  3. 3eMbalenhle
    20%
  4. 4Emalahleni
    8%
  5. 5Kriel
    5%
  6. 6Balfour
    0%
  7. 7Middelburg
    0%
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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