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Cape Town Modeled Air Quality — CAMS Forecast

South Africa · Africa/Johannesburg

Data state: FRESH; source age at generation: 15.3 hours.

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CAMS modeled concentrations

PollutantConcentrationSurface compatibility
CO149.3 µg/m³DERIVABLE_SURFACE
NO28.2 µg/m³DERIVABLE_SURFACE
O361.0 µg/m³DERIVABLE_SURFACE
PM1017.4 µg/m³DIRECT_SURFACE
PM2.512.4 µg/m³DIRECT_SURFACE
SO26.5 µg/m³DERIVABLE_SURFACE

Model initialization: . Valid: . Retrieved: 2026-10-01T12:53:44.259856+00:00.

Nearest valid 0.4° model grid cell; gases use matching model-level 137 temperature, humidity, lnsp and hybrid coefficients. This global model does not resolve street-level exposure.

CAMS model-based US AQI estimate

87 COMPLETE

Window ending 2026-10-01T15:00:00+00:00; window model run 2026-09-30T12:00:00+00:00. Contributors: co, no2, o3, pm10, pm2_5, so2.

Experimental trailing model estimate using EPA May 2026 breakpoints. Not a station observation, official daily maximum, or NowCast. Partial estimates do not imply six-pollutant completeness.

CAMS modeled PM2.5 forecast (µg/m³)Actual model samples spaced by their valid times. Range 10.7 to 33.9. Forecast, not observations.2026-10-01T16:00:00+00:002026-10-02T15:00:00+00:00
CAMS modeled PM2.5 forecast (µg/m³) · 10.7–33.9; actual sample times, no interpolated hourly values.

Modeled concentration forecast

Forecast table model initialization 2026-10-01T00:00:00+00:00. Actual hourly model samples; no interpolation.

Local timePM2.5 µg/m³PM10 µg/m³O3 µg/m³NO2 µg/m³SO2 µg/m³CO µg/m³
Oct 01 18:00 SAST14.7 19.7 51.8 13.9 9.0 176.6
Oct 01 19:00 SAST17.2 22.4 44.9 17.7 12.4 204.1
Oct 01 20:00 SAST19.1 24.4 42.0 18.2 15.5 226.4
Oct 01 21:00 SAST19.3 24.3 41.3 17.2 16.7 232.6
Oct 01 22:00 SAST18.2 22.8 41.4 15.3 16.3 223.1
Oct 01 23:00 SAST16.1 20.5 42.1 13.2 13.6 195.7
Oct 02 00:00 SAST13.3 17.9 44.0 10.3 9.0 153.4
Oct 02 01:00 SAST11.7 16.5 46.1 7.8 6.6 126.9
Oct 02 02:00 SAST11.2 16.1 47.5 6.4 5.7 115.9
Oct 02 03:00 SAST10.8 15.7 48.5 5.5 5.2 110.8
Oct 02 04:00 SAST10.7 15.4 48.5 5.2 5.2 111.0
Oct 02 05:00 SAST10.9 15.7 47.9 5.3 5.4 113.6
Oct 02 06:00 SAST11.5 16.6 46.9 6.1 6.2 121.3
Oct 02 07:00 SAST13.9 19.0 43.4 9.5 10.0 155.8
Oct 02 08:00 SAST18.4 23.2 36.9 16.8 16.8 229.9
Oct 02 09:00 SAST23.9 28.9 37.9 20.8 22.5 293.3
Oct 02 10:00 SAST28.0 33.6 48.6 20.6 26.8 327.8
Oct 02 11:00 SAST33.5 39.6 66.0 21.5 32.5 379.3
Oct 02 12:00 SAST33.9 41.0 79.8 17.2 27.4 346.4
Oct 02 13:00 SAST32.4 40.3 87.5 14.2 21.3 308.4
Oct 02 14:00 SAST26.8 35.1 80.2 10.8 14.2 235.0
Oct 02 15:00 SAST22.1 30.3 70.7 9.2 10.5 188.9
Oct 02 16:00 SAST19.4 27.7 61.4 9.1 8.3 162.3
Oct 02 17:00 SAST18.3 26.6 53.0 11.1 7.5 154.4

Source and license

Contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information 2026; city extraction and concentration conversion. CC BY 4.0.

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