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October 22
The air is clean now
KwaDukuza Local Municipality
21°C
Partly cloudy
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KwaDukuza Local Municipality, October 21, 2026: daily mean PM2.5 8 µg/m³ (4 sensors), level “Low” — as in the Atmy Data Hub. Now (20:00 local time): 1.2 µg/m³. Open methodology and data in JSON: Methodology and data sources · JSON
Right now in KwaDukuza Local Municipality, PM2.5 averages 1.2 µg/m³ — “good” on the US EPA scale (approximate, from hourly readings). Mean of 4 sensors on the Atmy network, readings from 19:45–19:47 local time (17:45–17:47 UTC), summary prepared at 20:00 local time. Median: 1.1 µg/m³; range across sensors: 0.0–2.5 µg/m³.
In KwaDukuza Local Municipality the air is good right now (approximate, US EPA scale). From 07:00 to 20:00 local time the city mean PM2.5 fell from 8.3 to 1.2 µg/m³.
The weather data do not point to a clear reason for this level.
Weather now: partly cloudy, 21°C, wind 3 m/s, humidity 73%. Precipitation is expected around 00:00; it may wash particles out.
Written automatically at 20:00 local time (18:00 UTC) from sensor measurements and the weather forecast. Values are approximate; hypotheses are marked.
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Wind, SSE
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Precipitation today
8 µg/m³ Low
Daily mean PM2.5 on October 21, 2026 (00:00–24:00 UTC): 8 µg/m³ from 4 sensors that passed the quality check — the same value as in the Atmy Data Hub.
Monthly means of quality-checked sensors, as in the Data Hub trend; the current month is still incomplete, “-” means no data.
20%An estimate of weather conditions · not a PM2.5 forecast
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58/100Moderate
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Morning
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Evening23°/17°
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41/100Moderate
NightMorningDayEvening27°/16°
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57/100Moderate
NightMorningDayEvening27°/19°
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59/100Moderate
NightMorningDayEvening24°/19°
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48/100Moderate
NightMorningDayEvening20°/17°
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36/100Moderate
NightMorningDayEveningForecast of conditions that trap pollution near the surface
21°
Partly cloudy. Feels like 22°C
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19°C87%11km/hWind from the SSE
25km/hWind gusts
Wind force: 2
Gusts up to 27 km/h are expected.
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Highest current reading: 2.5 µg/m³ (Brettenwood Coastal Estate). Lowest: 0.0 µg/m³ (DOC / CAP CE, KZN, ZA.). The list shows every sensor, highest first.
Source: atmy.ai monitoring network
Sensors in the summary by network: AirGradient — 4 sensors.
Atmy shows the networks’ readings after the Data Hub’s quality check: test devices and sensors that fail it are left out.
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Daily mean PM2.5 of the city sensors, µg/m³
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Daily mean PM2.5 on October 21, 2026 (00:00–24:00 UTC): 8 µg/m³ from 4 sensors that passed the quality check — the same value as in the Atmy Data Hub.
Right now in KwaDukuza Local Municipality, PM2.5 averages 1.2 µg/m³ — “good” on the US EPA scale (approximate, from hourly readings). Mean of 4 sensors on the Atmy network, readings from 19:45–19:47 local time (17:45–17:47 UTC), summary prepared at 20:00 local time. Median: 1.1 µg/m³; range across sensors: 0.0–2.5 µg/m³.
The current level is “good” (US EPA scale, approximate). Air quality is satisfactory; no restrictions are recommended. This is the standard guidance of the scale, not medical advice.
Highest current reading: 2.5 µg/m³ (Brettenwood Coastal Estate). Lowest: 0.0 µg/m³ (DOC / CAP CE, KZN, ZA.). The list shows every sensor, highest first.
From Atmy sensors and connected public networks (citizen, experimental and government monitors), aggregated by Atmy. Values are approximate; see the methodology.
The summary is rebuilt every 15 minutes from the latest reading of each sensor, each no older than one hour.
Over the last 333 days with data, the mean daily PM2.5 in KwaDukuza Local Municipality was 14.4 µg/m³ — 2.9 times the WHO annual guideline (5 µg/m³). Over the last 30 days: 15.4 µg/m³. From Atmy's archive of daily city means.
In Atmy's daily archive, the cleanest month of the last year was December 2025: 7.1 µg/m³ on average.
The most polluted month of the last year was July 2026: 28.8 µg/m³ on average.
From November to March the mean daily PM2.5 was 7.9 µg/m³, from June to August 23.6 µg/m³ (last 365 days).
The daily value is the Data Hub’s: the mean of the city’s sensors that passed the nightly quality check, each with at least 12 valid hours, and only with sensors at four places 500 m apart; days are UTC.
“Now” uses the same sensors and rule: the mean of their latest readings, each at most 60 minutes old, shown only with sensors at four places 500 m apart reporting.
Source: public Atmy monitoring data. Methodology and data sources · Data terms
