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

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

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Known Countries in the World

Africa

🇧🇼 Botswana 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso
153
🇨🇫 Central African Republic 🇨🇩 Congo, The Democratic Republic Of 🇪🇬 Egypt
57
🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea 🇪🇹 Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
74
🇰🇲 Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros 🇸🇴 Federal Republic of Somalia 🇬🇦 Gabonese Republic 🇬🇭 Ghana
79
🇱🇾 Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 🇲🇷 Islamic Republic of Mauritania 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast
90
🇰🇪 Kenya
41
🇲🇦 Kingdom of Morocco
10
🇱🇸 Lesotho 🇱🇷 Liberia 🇲🇼 Malawi 🇲🇱 Mali 🇲🇺 Mauritius 🇾🇹 Mayotte
20
🇳🇦 Namibia 🇳🇬 Nigeria
123
🇩🇿 People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria
102
🇦🇴 Republic of Angola 🇧🇯 Republic of Benin 🇧🇮 Republic of Burundi 🇨🇻 Republic of Cabo Verde
26
🇨🇲 Republic of Cameroon 🇹🇩 Republic of Chad
144
🇩🇯 Republic of Djibouti 🇬🇳 Republic of Guinea 🇬🇼 Republic of Guinea-Bissau 🇲🇬 Republic of Madagascar
34
🇲🇿 Republic of Mozambique 🇳🇪 Republic of Niger 🇷🇼 Republic of Rwanda 🇸🇳 Republic of Senegal 🇿🇦 Republic of South Africa
29
🇸🇸 Republic of South Sudan 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo 🇷🇪 Réunion
10
🇸🇭 Saint Helena 🇸🇨 Seychelles
42
🇸🇱 Sierra Leone 🇪🇷 State of Eritrea 🇸🇩 Sudan 🇸🇿 Swaziland 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe 🇹🇿 Tanzania 🇬🇲 The Gambia 🇹🇬 Togolese Republic
80
🇹🇳 Tunisian Republic 🇺🇬 Uganda
177
🇪🇭 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
152
🇧🇹 Bhutan 🇮🇴 British Indian Ocean Territory 🇧🇳 Brunei Darussalam
16
🇰🇭 Cambodia
165
🇨🇳 China
518
🇨🇽 Christmas Island 🇨🇨 Cocos [Keeling] Islands 🇳🇵 Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
301
🇬🇪 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
75
🇯🇴 Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
30
🇭🇰 Hong Kong
62
🇮🇳 India
384
🇮🇷 Iran
117
🇦🇫 Islamic Republic of Afghanistan 🇵🇰 Islamic Republic of Pakistan
86
🇯🇵 Japan
68
🇧🇭 Kingdom of Bahrain
70
🇸🇦 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 🇹🇭 Kingdom of Thailand
128
🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan
80
🇱🇦 Laos
89
🇲🇴 Macao
65
🇲🇾 Malaysia
57
🇲🇳 Mongolia
47
🇲🇲 Myanmar [Burma]
126
🇰🇵 North Korea 🇵🇸 Palestine
88
🇵🇭 Philippines
41
🇦🇲 Republic of Armenia
66
🇦🇿 Republic of Azerbaijan
61
🇮🇩 Republic of Indonesia
108
🇮🇶 Republic of Iraq 🇰🇿 Republic of Kazakhstan
66
🇰🇷 Republic of Korea
123
🇱🇧 Republic of Lebanon 🇲🇻 Republic of Maldives
52
🇹🇯 Republic of Tajikistan
131
🇺🇿 Republic of Uzbekistan
19
🇸🇬 Singapore
15
🇻🇳 Socialist Republic of Vietnam
94
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
46
🇮🇱 State of Israel
70
🇰🇼 State of Kuwait
106
🇶🇦 State of Qatar 🇴🇲 Sultanate of Oman
50
🇸🇾 Syrian Arab Republic 🇹🇼 Taiwan
91
🇹🇷 Turkey
130
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan
57
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
74
🇾🇪 Yemen

Europe

🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina
39
🇨🇾 Cyprus
61
🇨🇿 Czech Republic
129
🇫🇴 Faroe Islands 🇫🇮 Finland
38
🇫🇷 France
159
🇩🇪 Germany
165
🇬🇮 Gibraltar
35
🇱🇺 Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
40
🇬🇷 Greece
69
🇬🇬 Guernsey 🇻🇦 Holy See (Vatican City State)
82
🇭🇺 Hungary
77
🇮🇲 Isle of Man 🇮🇹 Italy
96
🇯🇪 Jersey
70
🇧🇪 Kingdom of Belgium
150
🇩🇰 Kingdom of Denmark
34
🇳🇴 Kingdom of Norway
34
🇸🇪 Kingdom of Sweden
74
🇱🇻 Latvia
20
🇲🇰 Macedonia
94
🇲🇹 Malta
96
🇲🇨 Monaco
14
🇲🇪 Montenegro
43
🇳🇱 Netherlands
103
🇵🇱 Poland
153
🇵🇹 Portuguese Republic
24
🇦🇩 Principality of Andorra
20
🇱🇮 Principality of Liechtenstein
13
🇦🇱 Republic of Albania
22
🇦🇹 Republic of Austria
58
🇧🇾 Republic of Belarus
49
🇧🇬 Republic of Bulgaria
58
🇭🇷 Republic of Croatia
49
🇪🇪 Republic of Estonia
31
🇮🇸 Republic of Iceland
40
🇮🇪 Republic of Ireland
69
🇽🇰 Republic of Kosovo
55
🇱🇹 Republic of Lithuania
27
🇲🇩 Republic of Moldova
27
🇸🇮 Republic of Slovenia
54
🇷🇴 Romania
96
🇷🇺 Russia
80
🇸🇲 San Marino
37
🇷🇸 Serbia
150
🇸🇰 Slovak Republic
63
🇪🇸 Spain
63
🇸🇯 Svalbard and Jan Mayen 🇨🇭 Switzerland
52
🇺🇦 Ukraine
91
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
151
🇦🇽 Åland Islands

North America

🇦🇮 Anguilla 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda 🇦🇼 Aruba
6
🇧🇧 Barbados 🇧🇿 Belize 🇧🇲 Bermuda 🇧🇶 Bonaire, Saint Eustatius, and Saba
7
🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands 🇨🇦 Canada
59
🇰🇾 Cayman Islands 🇨🇼 Curaçao 🇩🇲 Dominica 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
19
🇬🇱 Greenland 🇬🇩 Grenada 🇬🇵 Guadeloupe
17
🇯🇲 Jamaica 🇲🇶 Martinique
22
🇲🇽 Mexico
100
🇲🇸 Montserrat 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico 🇨🇷 Republic of Costa Rica
35
🇨🇺 Republic of Cuba 🇸🇻 Republic of El Salvador 🇬🇹 Republic of Guatemala
61
🇭🇹 Republic of Haiti 🇭🇳 Republic of Honduras 🇳🇮 Republic of Nicaragua 🇵🇦 Republic of Panama 🇧🇱 Saint Barthélemy 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia 🇲🇫 Saint Martin
21
🇵🇲 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 🇸🇽 Sint Maarten 🇧🇸 The Bahamas 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
25
🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands 🇻🇮 U.S. Virgin Islands 🇺🇸 United States
104

Oceania

🇦🇸 American Samoa 🇦🇺 Australia
47
🇨🇰 Cook Islands 🇹🇱 East Timor 🇫🇯 Fiji 🇵🇫 French Polynesia 🇬🇺 Guam 🇼🇸 Independent State of Samoa 🇰🇮 Kiribati 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 🇫🇲 Micronesia 🇳🇨 New Caledonia
17
🇳🇿 New Zealand
18
🇳🇺 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
14
🇧🇴 Bolivia, Plurinational State Of 🇧🇷 Brazil
62
🇫🇰 Colony of the Falkland Islands 🇬🇫 French Guiana
11
🇬🇾 Guyana 🇺🇾 Oriental Republic of Uruguay 🇨🇱 Republic of Chile
59
🇨🇴 Republic of Colombia
79
🇪🇨 Republic of Ecuador
25
🇵🇾 Republic of Paraguay
77
🇵🇪 Republic of Peru
73
🇸🇷 Republic of Suriname 🇻🇪 Venezuela
5

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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