SmogRank / Zimbabwe / Matabeleland South Province

Air quality in Beitbridge

Matabeleland South Province, Zimbabwe. PM2.5 from 3 low-cost sensors, updated hourly.

4.6 µg/m³
Good

Latest hour (00:00 UTC), 0.3× the WHO 24-hour guideline.

Rank

24 h
–
not enough data
7 days
#87
of 2,330 · 29.0 µg/m³
30 days
#90
of 2,327 · 28.6 µg/m³
Year
#152
of 2,160 · 27.8 µg/m³

Why it ranks here

Likely fire smoke. On Sep 28, when Beitbridge averaged 31.8 µg/m³ (its typical day: 20.0), NASA satellites detected 180 fires within 300 km. Smoke from those fires is a likely contributor; we don't check which way the wind blew, and mapped smoke can be high above the ground.

Seasonal. Over the past year its worst months were June, July, averaging up to 51.2 µg/m³ against 11.1 in its cleanest month. Seasonal peaks usually come from heating, crop burning, fire or dust seasons.

Based on Beitbridge's own measurements, with fire detections from NASA FIRMS and smoke maps from NOAA HMS; causes are the usual kinds for a pattern like this, not a confirmed source.

Last 4 days, hour by hour

15302026-09-30 22:00 UTC: 4.9 µg/m³2026-10-01 00:00 UTC: 4.6 µg/m³Sep 28Sep 29Sep 30Oct 1

Times in UTC. Dashed line: WHO 24-hour guideline (15 µg/m³).

Every day for a year

SepNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepMonWedFri2025-09-29: no data2025-09-30: 7.1 µg/m³2025-10-01: 11.8 µg/m³2025-10-02: 35.3 µg/m³2025-10-03: 17.0 µg/m³2025-10-04: 18.3 µg/m³2025-10-05: 21.3 µg/m³2025-10-06: 27.4 µg/m³2025-10-07: 26.2 µg/m³2025-10-08: 22.7 µg/m³2025-10-09: 19.0 µg/m³2025-10-10: 21.1 µg/m³2025-10-11: 31.6 µg/m³2025-10-12: 27.9 µg/m³2025-10-13: 24.7 µg/m³2025-10-14: 28.2 µg/m³2025-10-15: 33.7 µg/m³2025-10-16: no data2025-10-17: 15.7 µg/m³2025-10-18: 21.1 µg/m³2025-10-19: 36.4 µg/m³2025-10-20: 8.8 µg/m³2025-10-21: 9.6 µg/m³2025-10-22: 13.8 µg/m³2025-10-23: 20.4 µg/m³2025-10-24: 22.0 µg/m³2025-10-25: no data2025-10-26: 35.8 µg/m³2025-10-27: no data2025-10-28: 10.2 µg/m³2025-10-29: 17.2 µg/m³2025-10-30: 22.0 µg/m³2025-10-31: 16.8 µg/m³2025-11-01: 21.0 µg/m³2025-11-02: 18.4 µg/m³2025-11-03: 6.7 µg/m³2025-11-04: 18.7 µg/m³2025-11-05: 22.7 µg/m³2025-11-06: 18.3 µg/m³2025-11-07: 13.5 µg/m³2025-11-08: no data2025-11-09: no data2025-11-10: no data2025-11-11: no data2025-11-12: no data2025-11-13: 29.5 µg/m³2025-11-14: 14.9 µg/m³2025-11-15: 20.3 µg/m³2025-11-16: 7.4 µg/m³2025-11-17: 5.9 µg/m³2025-11-18: 9.5 µg/m³2025-11-19: 11.8 µg/m³2025-11-20: 12.2 µg/m³2025-11-21: 19.2 µg/m³2025-11-22: 13.5 µg/m³2025-11-23: 15.8 µg/m³2025-11-24: no data2025-11-25: no data2025-11-26: 12.4 µg/m³2025-11-27: 12.0 µg/m³2025-11-28: 12.3 µg/m³2025-11-29: 9.3 µg/m³2025-11-30: 11.3 µg/m³2025-12-01: 12.6 µg/m³2025-12-02: 18.0 µg/m³2025-12-03: 14.4 µg/m³2025-12-04: 9.3 µg/m³2025-12-05: 11.1 µg/m³2025-12-06: 18.5 µg/m³2025-12-07: 12.3 µg/m³2025-12-08: 14.3 µg/m³2025-12-09: 19.8 µg/m³2025-12-10: no data2025-12-11: no data2025-12-12: 9.3 µg/m³2025-12-13: 12.1 µg/m³2025-12-14: 9.8 µg/m³2025-12-15: 9.7 µg/m³2025-12-16: 16.9 µg/m³2025-12-17: 13.5 µg/m³2025-12-18: 9.3 µg/m³2025-12-19: 7.8 µg/m³2025-12-20: 10.4 µg/m³2025-12-21: 9.1 µg/m³2025-12-22: 10.2 µg/m³2025-12-23: 12.2 µg/m³2025-12-24: 13.6 µg/m³2025-12-25: no data2025-12-26: 10.5 µg/m³2025-12-27: 15.0 µg/m³2025-12-28: 18.6 µg/m³2025-12-29: 15.9 µg/m³2025-12-30: 16.6 µg/m³2025-12-31: 21.0 µg/m³2026-01-01: 23.8 µg/m³2026-01-02: 12.6 µg/m³2026-01-03: 16.2 µg/m³2026-01-04: 8.2 µg/m³2026-01-05: 11.5 µg/m³2026-01-06: 14.6 µg/m³2026-01-07: 20.8 µg/m³2026-01-08: 23.1 µg/m³2026-01-09: 18.0 µg/m³2026-01-10: 6.9 µg/m³2026-01-11: 3.6 µg/m³2026-01-12: 5.1 µg/m³2026-01-13: 9.3 µg/m³2026-01-14: 10.3 µg/m³2026-01-15: 11.0 µg/m³2026-01-16: 9.5 µg/m³2026-01-17: 8.5 µg/m³2026-01-18: 8.2 µg/m³2026-01-19: 7.2 µg/m³2026-01-20: 9.9 µg/m³2026-01-21: 11.0 µg/m³2026-01-22: 15.4 µg/m³2026-01-23: 13.1 µg/m³2026-01-24: 13.7 µg/m³2026-01-25: 13.5 µg/m³2026-01-26: 18.5 µg/m³2026-01-27: 23.5 µg/m³2026-01-28: 21.8 µg/m³2026-01-29: 23.0 µg/m³2026-01-30: 16.9 µg/m³2026-01-31: 21.3 µg/m³2026-02-01: 20.0 µg/m³2026-02-02: 19.1 µg/m³2026-02-03: 21.9 µg/m³2026-02-04: 21.0 µg/m³2026-02-05: 21.6 µg/m³2026-02-06: 16.6 µg/m³2026-02-07: 20.6 µg/m³2026-02-08: 19.6 µg/m³2026-02-09: 24.9 µg/m³2026-02-10: 24.0 µg/m³2026-02-11: 22.1 µg/m³2026-02-12: 23.2 µg/m³2026-02-13: 20.3 µg/m³2026-02-14: 21.5 µg/m³2026-02-15: 22.2 µg/m³2026-02-16: 12.3 µg/m³2026-02-17: 13.5 µg/m³2026-02-18: 23.5 µg/m³2026-02-19: 22.3 µg/m³2026-02-20: 17.6 µg/m³2026-02-21: 19.4 µg/m³2026-02-22: 13.8 µg/m³2026-02-23: 12.3 µg/m³2026-02-24: 16.3 µg/m³2026-02-25: 12.2 µg/m³2026-02-26: 9.6 µg/m³2026-02-27: 18.1 µg/m³2026-02-28: 14.9 µg/m³2026-03-01: 14.3 µg/m³2026-03-02: 7.3 µg/m³2026-03-03: 6.1 µg/m³2026-03-04: 8.7 µg/m³2026-03-05: 10.2 µg/m³2026-03-06: 6.5 µg/m³2026-03-07: 5.9 µg/m³2026-03-08: 5.6 µg/m³2026-03-09: 7.8 µg/m³2026-03-10: 9.7 µg/m³2026-03-11: 8.9 µg/m³2026-03-12: 6.6 µg/m³2026-03-13: 6.9 µg/m³2026-03-14: 8.0 µg/m³2026-03-15: 4.9 µg/m³2026-03-16: no data2026-03-17: 15.1 µg/m³2026-03-18: 10.0 µg/m³2026-03-19: 11.6 µg/m³2026-03-20: 9.1 µg/m³2026-03-21: 5.4 µg/m³2026-03-22: 7.8 µg/m³2026-03-23: 14.9 µg/m³2026-03-24: 13.5 µg/m³2026-03-25: 14.0 µg/m³2026-03-26: 20.0 µg/m³2026-03-27: 23.0 µg/m³2026-03-28: 24.0 µg/m³2026-03-29: 20.7 µg/m³2026-03-30: no data2026-03-31: 14.3 µg/m³2026-04-01: 19.2 µg/m³2026-04-02: 12.7 µg/m³2026-04-03: 8.2 µg/m³2026-04-04: 16.0 µg/m³2026-04-05: 15.4 µg/m³2026-04-06: 19.4 µg/m³2026-04-07: 11.6 µg/m³2026-04-08: 16.2 µg/m³2026-04-09: 15.0 µg/m³2026-04-10: 20.8 µg/m³2026-04-11: 20.7 µg/m³2026-04-12: 26.3 µg/m³2026-04-13: 21.1 µg/m³2026-04-14: 17.4 µg/m³2026-04-15: no data2026-04-16: no data2026-04-17: 20.1 µg/m³2026-04-18: 13.3 µg/m³2026-04-19: 13.1 µg/m³2026-04-20: no data2026-04-21: 16.1 µg/m³2026-04-22: no data2026-04-23: 5.8 µg/m³2026-04-24: 10.5 µg/m³2026-04-25: no data2026-04-26: 18.0 µg/m³2026-04-27: 21.1 µg/m³2026-04-28: no data2026-04-29: 18.5 µg/m³2026-04-30: no data2026-05-01: 19.8 µg/m³2026-05-02: 21.6 µg/m³2026-05-03: no data2026-05-04: no data2026-05-05: 17.5 µg/m³2026-05-06: 15.7 µg/m³2026-05-07: 14.8 µg/m³2026-05-08: 20.5 µg/m³2026-05-09: no data2026-05-10: no data2026-05-11: 29.0 µg/m³2026-05-12: no data2026-05-13: 18.7 µg/m³2026-05-14: 27.3 µg/m³2026-05-15: no data2026-05-16: 29.7 µg/m³2026-05-17: 12.5 µg/m³2026-05-18: 25.0 µg/m³2026-05-19: 26.6 µg/m³2026-05-20: 36.5 µg/m³2026-05-21: 17.8 µg/m³2026-05-22: 18.1 µg/m³2026-05-23: 39.1 µg/m³2026-05-24: 35.5 µg/m³2026-05-25: 39.3 µg/m³2026-05-26: 46.2 µg/m³2026-05-27: 43.9 µg/m³2026-05-28: 53.2 µg/m³2026-05-29: 52.7 µg/m³2026-05-30: 48.3 µg/m³2026-05-31: 31.2 µg/m³2026-06-01: 34.1 µg/m³2026-06-02: 64.8 µg/m³2026-06-03: 79.3 µg/m³2026-06-04: 65.1 µg/m³2026-06-05: 31.6 µg/m³2026-06-06: 52.4 µg/m³2026-06-07: 41.2 µg/m³2026-06-08: 55.1 µg/m³2026-06-09: 44.9 µg/m³2026-06-10: 35.6 µg/m³2026-06-11: 37.4 µg/m³2026-06-12: 46.7 µg/m³2026-06-13: 29.6 µg/m³2026-06-14: 32.1 µg/m³2026-06-15: 36.5 µg/m³2026-06-16: 38.0 µg/m³2026-06-17: 33.8 µg/m³2026-06-18: 33.1 µg/m³2026-06-19: 32.4 µg/m³2026-06-20: 22.3 µg/m³2026-06-21: no data2026-06-22: 40.3 µg/m³2026-06-23: 13.1 µg/m³2026-06-24: 19.6 µg/m³2026-06-25: 37.8 µg/m³2026-06-26: 52.3 µg/m³2026-06-27: 41.6 µg/m³2026-06-28: 49.8 µg/m³2026-06-29: 62.3 µg/m³2026-06-30: 44.8 µg/m³2026-07-01: 34.3 µg/m³2026-07-02: 61.8 µg/m³2026-07-03: 28.1 µg/m³2026-07-04: 47.8 µg/m³2026-07-05: no data2026-07-06: no data2026-07-07: 32.0 µg/m³2026-07-08: 51.5 µg/m³2026-07-09: 65.2 µg/m³2026-07-10: 89.9 µg/m³2026-07-11: 96.0 µg/m³2026-07-12: 64.5 µg/m³2026-07-13: 37.1 µg/m³2026-07-14: 43.3 µg/m³2026-07-15: 70.2 µg/m³2026-07-16: 55.8 µg/m³2026-07-17: 68.7 µg/m³2026-07-18: 58.7 µg/m³2026-07-19: 52.8 µg/m³2026-07-20: 62.7 µg/m³2026-07-21: 74.4 µg/m³2026-07-22: 50.2 µg/m³2026-07-23: 52.9 µg/m³2026-07-24: 55.2 µg/m³2026-07-25: 22.8 µg/m³2026-07-26: 26.5 µg/m³2026-07-27: 44.6 µg/m³2026-07-28: 39.0 µg/m³2026-07-29: 32.4 µg/m³2026-07-30: 36.0 µg/m³2026-07-31: 29.9 µg/m³2026-08-01: 33.0 µg/m³2026-08-02: 63.3 µg/m³2026-08-03: 78.6 µg/m³2026-08-04: 58.3 µg/m³2026-08-05: 53.6 µg/m³2026-08-06: 58.7 µg/m³2026-08-07: 60.1 µg/m³2026-08-08: 29.1 µg/m³2026-08-09: 52.3 µg/m³2026-08-10: 41.3 µg/m³2026-08-11: 10.9 µg/m³2026-08-12: 10.1 µg/m³2026-08-13: 11.0 µg/m³2026-08-14: 19.0 µg/m³2026-08-15: no data2026-08-16: no data2026-08-17: 37.6 µg/m³2026-08-18: no data2026-08-19: 44.5 µg/m³2026-08-20: 28.9 µg/m³2026-08-21: 29.9 µg/m³2026-08-22: 55.7 µg/m³2026-08-23: 44.8 µg/m³2026-08-24: 20.0 µg/m³2026-08-25: 31.5 µg/m³2026-08-26: 47.2 µg/m³2026-08-27: 26.6 µg/m³2026-08-28: no data2026-08-29: 30.0 µg/m³2026-08-30: no data2026-08-31: no data2026-09-01: 37.9 µg/m³2026-09-02: 27.8 µg/m³2026-09-03: 40.8 µg/m³2026-09-04: 75.7 µg/m³2026-09-05: 17.7 µg/m³2026-09-06: 11.4 µg/m³2026-09-07: 7.7 µg/m³2026-09-08: 9.4 µg/m³2026-09-09: 12.3 µg/m³2026-09-10: 27.6 µg/m³2026-09-11: 37.3 µg/m³2026-09-12: 31.5 µg/m³2026-09-13: 23.3 µg/m³2026-09-14: 22.2 µg/m³2026-09-15: 40.6 µg/m³2026-09-16: 54.0 µg/m³2026-09-17: 53.5 µg/m³2026-09-18: 21.9 µg/m³2026-09-19: 14.8 µg/m³2026-09-20: 18.4 µg/m³2026-09-21: 20.5 µg/m³2026-09-22: 26.0 µg/m³2026-09-23: 22.5 µg/m³2026-09-24: 30.6 µg/m³2026-09-25: 27.2 µg/m³2026-09-26: 26.7 µg/m³2026-09-27: 28.5 µg/m³2026-09-28: 31.8 µg/m³2026-09-29: no data2026-09-30: no data
Good 0–9.0Moderate 9.1+Unhealthy for sensitive groups 35.5+Unhealthy 55.5+Very unhealthy 125.5+Hazardous 225.5+No data

218 of 326 measured days were over the WHO 24-hour guideline.

Daily world rank

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Rank on each day's board (1 = most polluted city that day).

2026 against 2025, month by month

15Jan 2026: 13.9 µg/m³JanFeb 2026: 18.7 µg/m³FebMar 2026: 11.1 µg/m³MarApr 2026: 16.4 µg/m³AprMay 2026: 29.6 µg/m³MayJun 2026: 41.6 µg/m³JunJul 2026: 51.2 µg/m³JulAug 2026: 39.0 µg/m³AugSep 2026: 28.6 µg/m³SepOct 2025: 22.0 µg/m³OctNov 2025: 14.6 µg/m³NovDec 2025: 13.3 µg/m³Dec

Faded bars: 2025. A month shows once it has 10 measured days.

Monitors

StationOperatorType
KDT Dulivhadzimu BeitbridgeCC BY 4.0Kgotso Development TrustLow-cost
KDT Mangavha BeitbridgeCC BY 4.0Kgotso Development TrustLow-cost
KDT Dulivhadzimu ClinicCC BY 4.0IQAirLow-cost

No reference monitor here, so the value is the median of low-cost sensors (at least two reporting each hour). Low-cost sensors can read high in humid air. Data via OpenAQ; licences as listed. How we rank. Embed this on your site.

Other cities in Zimbabwe

Harare 39.6

30-day averages, µg/m³. All of Zimbabwe →

Updated 2026-10-01 05:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 in µg/m³ (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors.