AIR QUALITY • SOUTH AFRICA

Cape Town Air Quality

Current air-quality information for Cape Town, South Africa.

US AQI (model estimate)118Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Data sourceOpen-Meteo / CAMS modelUpdated 2026-09-22T22:00
PM2.5112.7µg/m³
PM10120.6µg/m³
O₃17µg/m³
NO₂86.4µg/m³

What does the AQI mean?

The AQI category shown above follows the US AQI bands for the model-provided AQI value. The displayed pollutants are atmospheric-model estimates from the cited source and should not be interpreted as measurements from a local monitor.

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