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Most polluted cities in North West, South Africa, January 2024

2 cities in North West, South Africa ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 31 days. Worst: Brits at 19.2 µg/m³, #301 of 2,341 cities in the world. Cleanest: Klerksdorp at 5.8. A city needs measurements on 70% of the days to be ranked.

  1. 1Brits
    70
  2. 2Klerksdorp
    32
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 North West, South Africa, PM2.5, January 2024, smogrank.com/za/region/north-west/history/2024-01 (accessed 7 Oct 2026).

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