uMhlathuze Local Municipality air quality now

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October 22

The air is clean now

uMhlathuze Local Municipality

21°C

Rain

42AQI

1013hPa

Atmospheric
pressure

93%

Humidity

uMhlathuze Local Municipality, October 21, 2026: daily mean PM2.5 10 µg/m³ (6 sensors), level “Low” — as in the Atmy Data Hub. Now (20:00 local time): 7.5 µg/m³. Open methodology and data in JSON: Methodology and data sources · JSON

Right now in uMhlathuze Local Municipality, PM2.5 averages 7.5 µg/m³ — “good” on the US EPA scale (approximate, from hourly readings). Mean of 6 sensors on the Atmy network, readings from 19:47–19:47 local time (17:47–17:47 UTC), summary prepared at 20:00 local time. Median: 3.8 µg/m³; range across sensors: 0.7–29.0 µg/m³.

In uMhlathuze 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 16.0 to 7.5 µg/m³.

Precipitation (0.3 mm) is likely washing particles out of the air.

Weather now: rain, 21°C, wind 4 m/s, humidity 93%. No major change in the wind is expected in the coming hours.

Written automatically at 20:00 local time (18:00 UTC) from sensor measurements and the weather forecast. Values are approximate; hypotheses are marked.

14 km/h

Wind, S

5 mm

Precipitation today

uMhlathuze Local Municipality: air quality for the completed day

Metric: PM2.5, µg/m³ · Color scale: EPA AQI · October 21, 2026 · 00:00–24:00 UTC

10 µg/m³ Low

Daily mean PM2.5 on October 21, 2026 (00:00–24:00 UTC): 10 µg/m³ from 6 sensors that passed the quality check — the same value as in the Atmy Data Hub.

LowModerateElevatedHighVery highExtremely high

uMhlathuze Local Municipality: PM2.5 by month

Metric: PM2.5, µg/m³ · Color scale: EPA AQI

Mean
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
This month
12
10
7
5
7
7
6
10
16
20
26
14
14
13

Monthly means of quality-checked sensors, as in the Data Hub trend; the current month is still incomplete, “-” means no data.

Pollution accumulation index now

14%An estimate of weather conditions · not a PM2.5 forecast

Now1419
20.0004.0011.0019.00

Pollution accumulation forecast

Today — October 22

24°/19°

Index by time of day

51/100Moderate

  1. 51/100Night
  2. 36/100Morning
  3. 7/100Day
  4. 15/100Evening

Friday — October 23

23°/19°

Index by time of day

37/100Moderate

  1. 37/100Night
  2. 31/100Morning
  3. 6/100Day
  4. 26/100Evening

Saturday — October 24

29°/18°

Index by time of day

56/100Moderate

  1. 56/100Night
  2. 41/100Morning
  3. 6/100Day
  4. 19/100Evening

Sunday — October 25

33°/19°

Index by time of day

50/100Moderate

  1. 50/100Night
  2. 35/100Morning
  3. 8/100Day
  4. 19/100Evening

Monday — October 26

25°/21°

Index by time of day

38/100Moderate

  1. 38/100Night
  2. 25/100Morning
  3. 8/100Day
  4. 22/100Evening

Tuesday — October 27

23°/21°

Index by time of day

54/100Moderate

  1. 54/100Night
  2. 27/100Morning
  3. 8/100Day
  4. 20/100Evening

Forecast of conditions that trap pollution near the surface

Weather

21°

Rain. Feels like 23°C

  1. MorningRain23°C74%
  2. DayRain24°C85%
  3. EveningCloudy21°C82%

Wind

14km/hWind from the S

29km/hWind gusts

Wind force: 3

Gusts up to 32 km/h are expected.

10-day weather forecast for uMhlathuze Local Municipality

South Africa

  1. TodayOct 22Rain24°C19°C
  2. FriOct 23Rain23°C19°C
  3. SatOct 24Cloudy29°C18°C
  4. SunOct 25Rain33°C19°C
  5. MonOct 26Rain25°C21°C
  6. TueOct 27Rain23°C21°C
  7. WedOct 28Rain24°C18°C
  8. ThuOct 29Partly cloudy24°C18°C
  9. FriOct 30Cloudy28°C19°C
  10. SatOct 31Cloudy29°C21°C

Where in uMhlathuze Local Municipality is the air worse?

See all sensors

Highest current reading: 29.0 µg/m³ (eSikhaleni, KZN, ZA.). Lowest: 0.7 µg/m³ (Harbour West, KZN, ZA.). The list shows every sensor, highest first.

  1. eSikhaleni, KZN, ZA. →29 µg/m³
  2. Felixton, KZN, ZA. →7 µg/m³
  3. Richardia, KZN, ZA. →5 µg/m³
  4. CBD, KZN, ZA. →3 µg/m³
  5. Brackenham, KZN, ZA. →1 µg/m³
  6. Harbour West, KZN, ZA. →1 µg/m³

Source: atmy.ai monitoring network

Who provides the data

Sensors in the summary by network: AirGradient — 6 sensors.

Atmy shows the networks’ readings after the Data Hub’s quality check: test devices and sensors that fail it are left out.

South Africa: sensors in total

2

  1. HluhluweSouth Africa

    1

  2. PretoriaSouth Africa

    1

Cities with the most sensors

All sensors on the map, by city as the map assigns them; the city’s values count only the sensors that pass the Data Hub’s quality check.

Air quality calendar: uMhlathuze Local Municipality

Daily mean PM2.5 of the city sensors, µg/m³

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Questions

What was the air quality in uMhlathuze Local Municipality over the last completed day?

Daily mean PM2.5 on October 21, 2026 (00:00–24:00 UTC): 10 µg/m³ from 6 sensors that passed the quality check — the same value as in the Atmy Data Hub.

What is the air quality in uMhlathuze Local Municipality right now?

Right now in uMhlathuze Local Municipality, PM2.5 averages 7.5 µg/m³ — “good” on the US EPA scale (approximate, from hourly readings). Mean of 6 sensors on the Atmy network, readings from 19:47–19:47 local time (17:47–17:47 UTC), summary prepared at 20:00 local time. Median: 3.8 µg/m³; range across sensors: 0.7–29.0 µg/m³.

Is it safe to be outdoors in uMhlathuze Local Municipality now?

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.

Where in uMhlathuze Local Municipality is the air worse?

Highest current reading: 29.0 µg/m³ (eSikhaleni, KZN, ZA.). Lowest: 0.7 µg/m³ (Harbour West, KZN, ZA.). The list shows every sensor, highest first.

Where do these data come from?

From Atmy sensors and connected public networks (citizen, experimental and government monitors), aggregated by Atmy. Values are approximate; see the methodology.

How often is this page updated?

The summary is rebuilt every 15 minutes from the latest reading of each sensor, each no older than one hour.

Is the air in uMhlathuze Local Municipality polluted?

Over the last 365 days with data, the mean daily PM2.5 in uMhlathuze Local Municipality was 12.0 µg/m³ — 2.4 times the WHO annual guideline (5 µg/m³). Over the last 30 days: 13.1 µg/m³. From Atmy's archive of daily city means.

When is the air in uMhlathuze Local Municipality cleanest?

In Atmy's daily archive, the cleanest month of the last year was December 2025: 5.3 µg/m³ on average.

When is the air in uMhlathuze Local Municipality most polluted?

The most polluted month of the last year was July 2026: 26.1 µg/m³ on average.

Is the air in uMhlathuze Local Municipality worse in the heating season?

From November to March the mean daily PM2.5 was 6.3 µg/m³, from June to August 20.3 µg/m³ (last 365 days).

Data

Where do these data come from?

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