Air Pollution in South-africa

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Air Pollution in South-africa

Please note that Air Quality monitoring is now available for South Africa: aqicn.org/map/southafrica/

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The Republic of South Africa, along with the Republic of Senegal is a leading example for Africa, for being the country with the most transparency on its Air Quality. The Air Quality monitoring network coverage is really good, and all the information is available publically and freely from the saaqis.org.za website.

Update June 4th 2015: The Air Quality data service from saaqis.org.za is temporarilly not available. We are now investigating, together with the South African Weather Service team responsible for SAAQIS, a solution for getting the data back online.

Air Quality Forecast

Air quality historical data

Plattekloof
Rustenburg Ward 36
Boitekong
Khayelitsha - WC Province
ES_George
ES_Midstream
Somerset West
Quanta_Irene
Ugu District
Deelkraal
Stapelia Street
Pine Avenue
Welgelegen Boulevard
8th Street
AMSA Vanderbijlpark Works
ES_Irene
Saint Luke Lane
Tsakane
Molteno
Bloubosrand
Glen Anil
Paarl
Mogale City

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Known Countries in the World

Africa

🇧🇼 Botswana 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso 🇨🇫 Central African Republic 🇨🇩 Congo, The Democratic Republic Of 🇪🇬 Egypt 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea 🇪🇹 Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia 🇰🇲 Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros 🇸🇴 Federal Republic of Somalia 🇬🇦 Gabonese Republic 🇬🇭 Ghana
108
🇱🇾 Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 🇲🇷 Islamic Republic of Mauritania 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast 🇰🇪 Kenya
108
🇲🇦 Kingdom of Morocco
14
🇱🇸 Lesotho 🇱🇷 Liberia 🇲🇼 Malawi 🇲🇱 Mali 🇲🇺 Mauritius 🇾🇹 Mayotte
25
🇳🇦 Namibia 🇳🇬 Nigeria
52
🇩🇿 People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria 🇦🇴 Republic of Angola 🇧🇯 Republic of Benin 🇧🇮 Republic of Burundi 🇨🇻 Republic of Cabo Verde
31
🇨🇲 Republic of Cameroon 🇹🇩 Republic of Chad 🇩🇯 Republic of Djibouti 🇬🇳 Republic of Guinea 🇬🇼 Republic of Guinea-Bissau 🇲🇬 Republic of Madagascar 🇲🇿 Republic of Mozambique 🇳🇪 Republic of Niger 🇷🇼 Republic of Rwanda 🇸🇳 Republic of Senegal 🇿🇦 Republic of South Africa
40
🇸🇸 Republic of South Sudan 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo 🇷🇪 Réunion
10
🇸🇭 Saint Helena 🇸🇨 Seychelles
90
🇸🇱 Sierra Leone 🇪🇷 State of Eritrea 🇸🇩 Sudan 🇸🇿 Swaziland 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe 🇹🇿 Tanzania 🇬🇲 The Gambia 🇹🇬 Togolese Republic 🇹🇳 Tunisian Republic 🇺🇬 Uganda 🇪🇭 Western Sahara 🇿🇲 Zambia 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

Antarctica

🇦🇶 Antarctica 🇧🇻 Bouvet Island 🇹🇫 French Southern Territories 🇭🇲 Heard Island and McDonald Islands 🇬🇸 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Asia

🇧🇩 Bangladesh 🇧🇹 Bhutan 🇮🇴 British Indian Ocean Territory 🇧🇳 Brunei Darussalam
11
🇰🇭 Cambodia
43
🇨🇳 China
160
🇨🇽 Christmas Island 🇨🇨 Cocos [Keeling] Islands 🇳🇵 Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
136
🇬🇪 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
78
🇯🇴 Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
37
🇭🇰 Hong Kong
54
🇮🇳 India
168
🇮🇷 Iran
115
🇦🇫 Islamic Republic of Afghanistan 🇵🇰 Islamic Republic of Pakistan
88
🇯🇵 Japan
58
🇧🇭 Kingdom of Bahrain 🇸🇦 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 🇹🇭 Kingdom of Thailand
149
🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan 🇱🇦 Laos
149
🇲🇴 Macao
61
🇲🇾 Malaysia
53
🇲🇳 Mongolia
58
🇲🇲 Myanmar [Burma]
207
🇰🇵 North Korea 🇵🇸 Palestine
98
🇵🇭 Philippines
75
🇦🇲 Republic of Armenia
81
🇦🇿 Republic of Azerbaijan 🇮🇩 Republic of Indonesia
112
🇮🇶 Republic of Iraq 🇰🇿 Republic of Kazakhstan
114
🇰🇷 Republic of Korea
53
🇱🇧 Republic of Lebanon 🇲🇻 Republic of Maldives
65
🇹🇯 Republic of Tajikistan
149
🇺🇿 Republic of Uzbekistan
15
🇸🇬 Singapore
57
🇻🇳 Socialist Republic of Vietnam
78
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
98
🇮🇱 State of Israel
89
🇰🇼 State of Kuwait
86
🇶🇦 State of Qatar 🇴🇲 Sultanate of Oman
27
🇸🇾 Syrian Arab Republic 🇹🇼 Taiwan
100
🇹🇷 Turkey
132
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
128
🇾🇪 Yemen

Europe

🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina
44
🇨🇾 Cyprus
52
🇨🇿 Czech Republic
88
🇫🇴 Faroe Islands 🇫🇮 Finland
26
🇫🇷 France
84
🇩🇪 Germany
106
🇬🇮 Gibraltar
29
🇱🇺 Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
47
🇬🇷 Greece
74
🇬🇬 Guernsey 🇻🇦 Holy See (Vatican City State)
27
🇭🇺 Hungary
61
🇮🇲 Isle of Man 🇮🇹 Italy
79
🇯🇪 Jersey
14
🇧🇪 Kingdom of Belgium
41
🇩🇰 Kingdom of Denmark
16
🇳🇴 Kingdom of Norway
33
🇸🇪 Kingdom of Sweden
43
🇱🇻 Latvia
3
🇲🇰 Macedonia
70
🇲🇹 Malta
77
🇲🇨 Monaco
31
🇲🇪 Montenegro
32
🇳🇱 Netherlands
41
🇵🇱 Poland
107
🇵🇹 Portuguese Republic
27
🇦🇩 Principality of Andorra
18
🇱🇮 Principality of Liechtenstein
15
🇦🇱 Republic of Albania
7
🇦🇹 Republic of Austria
53
🇧🇾 Republic of Belarus
7
🇧🇬 Republic of Bulgaria
44
🇭🇷 Republic of Croatia
20
🇪🇪 Republic of Estonia
32
🇮🇸 Republic of Iceland
28
🇮🇪 Republic of Ireland
54
🇽🇰 Republic of Kosovo
36
🇱🇹 Republic of Lithuania
22
🇲🇩 Republic of Moldova
11
🇸🇮 Republic of Slovenia
25
🇷🇴 Romania
70
🇷🇺 Russia
79
🇸🇲 San Marino
36
🇷🇸 Serbia
75
🇸🇰 Slovak Republic
30
🇪🇸 Spain
61
🇸🇯 Svalbard and Jan Mayen 🇨🇭 Switzerland
68
🇺🇦 Ukraine
53
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
91
🇦🇽 Åland Islands

North America

🇦🇮 Anguilla 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda 🇦🇼 Aruba
7
🇧🇧 Barbados 🇧🇿 Belize 🇧🇲 Bermuda 🇧🇶 Bonaire, Saint Eustatius, and Saba
6
🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands 🇨🇦 Canada
78
🇰🇾 Cayman Islands 🇨🇼 Curaçao 🇩🇲 Dominica 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
39
🇬🇱 Greenland 🇬🇩 Grenada 🇬🇵 Guadeloupe
258
🇯🇲 Jamaica 🇲🇶 Martinique
27
🇲🇽 Mexico
111
🇲🇸 Montserrat 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico 🇨🇷 Republic of Costa Rica
49
🇨🇺 Republic of Cuba 🇸🇻 Republic of El Salvador 🇬🇹 Republic of Guatemala
97
🇭🇹 Republic of Haiti 🇭🇳 Republic of Honduras 🇳🇮 Republic of Nicaragua 🇵🇦 Republic of Panama 🇧🇱 Saint Barthélemy 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia 🇲🇫 Saint Martin
15
🇵🇲 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 🇸🇽 Sint Maarten 🇧🇸 The Bahamas 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
21
🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands 🇻🇮 U.S. Virgin Islands 🇺🇸 United States
199

Oceania

🇦🇸 American Samoa 🇦🇺 Australia
70
🇨🇰 Cook Islands 🇹🇱 East Timor 🇫🇯 Fiji 🇵🇫 French Polynesia 🇬🇺 Guam 🇼🇸 Independent State of Samoa 🇰🇮 Kiribati 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 🇫🇲 Micronesia 🇳🇨 New Caledonia
9
🇳🇿 New Zealand
15
🇳🇺 Niue 🇳🇫 Norfolk Island 🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands 🇵🇼 Palau 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea 🇵🇳 Pitcairn Islands 🇳🇷 Republic of Nauru 🇻🇺 Republic of Vanuatu 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands 🇹🇰 Tokelau 🇹🇴 Tonga 🇹🇻 Tuvalu 🇺🇲 U.S. Minor Outlying Islands 🇼🇫 Wallis and Futuna

South America

🇦🇷 Argentine Republic
26
🇧🇴 Bolivia, Plurinational State Of 🇧🇷 Brazil
51
🇫🇰 Colony of the Falkland Islands 🇬🇫 French Guiana
39
🇬🇾 Guyana 🇺🇾 Oriental Republic of Uruguay 🇨🇱 Republic of Chile
67
🇨🇴 Republic of Colombia
69
🇪🇨 Republic of Ecuador
49
🇵🇾 Republic of Paraguay
9
🇵🇪 Republic of Peru
59
🇸🇷 Republic of Suriname 🇻🇪 Venezuela
3

About the Air Quality and Pollution Measurement:

About the Air Quality Levels

AQI Air Pollution Level Health Implications Cautionary Statement (for PM2.5)
0 - 50 Good Air quality is considered satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk None
51 -100 Moderate Air quality is acceptable; however, for some pollutants there may be a moderate health concern for a very small number of people who are unusually sensitive to air pollution. Active children and adults, and people with respiratory disease, such as asthma, should limit prolonged outdoor exertion.
101-150 Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups Members of sensitive groups may experience health effects. The general public is not likely to be affected. Active children and adults, and people with respiratory disease, such as asthma, should limit prolonged outdoor exertion.
151-200 Unhealthy Everyone may begin to experience health effects; members of sensitive groups may experience more serious health effects Active children and adults, and people with respiratory disease, such as asthma, should avoid prolonged outdoor exertion; everyone else, especially children, should limit prolonged outdoor exertion
201-300 Very Unhealthy Health warnings of emergency conditions. The entire population is more likely to be affected. Active children and adults, and people with respiratory disease, such as asthma, should avoid all outdoor exertion; everyone else, especially children, should limit outdoor exertion.
300+ Hazardous Health alert: everyone may experience more serious health effects Everyone should avoid all outdoor exertion

To know more about Air Quality and Pollution, check the wikipedia Air Quality topic or the airnow guide to Air Quality and Your Health.

For very useful health advices of Beijing Doctor Richard Saint Cyr MD, check www.myhealthbeijing.com blog.


Usage Notice: All the Air Quality data are unvalidated at the time of publication, and due to quality assurance these data may be amended, without notice, at any time. The World Air Quality Index project has exercised all reasonable skill and care in compiling the contents of this information and under no circumstances will the World Air Quality Index project team or its agents be liable in contract, tort or otherwise for any loss, injury or damage arising directly or indirectly from the supply of this data.



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