SmogRank / South Africa / KwaZulu-Natal / Shakaskraal
Shakaskraal, month by month
Shakaskraal has a measured daily mean on 1,044 days since 3 August 2023. Its worst month was July 2024, at 95 US AQI (32.7 µg/m³), 55th of 2,566 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was March 2026, at 36 US AQI (6.4 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 64 US AQI (15.9 µg/m³), against 65 US AQI (16.7 µg/m³) in 2024.
Every month since 2023
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
6 months
| Month | Why |
|---|---|
| Feb 2025 | 17 of 28 days measured; a month needs 20. The others: 11 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jan 2025 | 8 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 23 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Apr 2024 | 19 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 11 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Mar 2024 | 18 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 13 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Feb 2024 | 8 of 29 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 1 missing from OpenAQ's archive, 20 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jan 2024 | 18 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 13 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.
Shakaskraal's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | 9532.7 µg/m³ | 55thof 2,566 |
| July 2025 | 8929.6 µg/m³ | 91stof 2,889 |
| July 2026 | 8829.0 µg/m³ | 160thof 2,784 |
| August 2025 | 8828.9 µg/m³ | 92ndof 2,901 |
| May 2024 | 8728.6 µg/m³ | 74thof 2,684 |
| June 2024 | 8426.9 µg/m³ | 50thof 2,563 |
Monthly means over the days measured; finished months only. World rank: its place on that month's world ranking of every city with enough days. Each month opens that ranking.
Shakaskraal's worst days
| Day | US AQI |
|---|---|
| 8 Jul 2026 | 16879.8 µg/m³ |
| 11 Jul 2024 | 16372.4 µg/m³ |
| 29 Aug 2025 | 16270.6 µg/m³ |
| 17 Jul 2025 | 15662.7 µg/m³ |
| 13 Jul 2024 | 15561.5 µg/m³ |
| 7 Jul 2026 | 15561.5 µg/m³ |
| 11 Jul 2025 | 15561.3 µg/m³ |
| 3 Jul 2025 | 15459.9 µg/m³ |
| 30 May 2024 | 15459.5 µg/m³ |
| 10 Jul 2025 | 15358.8 µg/m³ |
Daily means, the highest since 3 Aug 2023; 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.
Use this history
SmogRank, PM2.5 monthly and daily means, Shakaskraal, South Africa, 3 Aug 2023 – 12 Oct 2026. Monitor data from AirGradient via OpenAQ; sources listed at smogrank.com/sources. smogrank.com/za/shakaskraal/history (accessed 13 Oct 2026).
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Shakaskraal now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-13 01:07 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).