Name: Pollen forecast for Cape Town (2026-10-16)
Creator: Pollen Count
Published: 2026-10-16T15:27:00Z
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The pollen count in Cape Town today is high, driven mainly by Grass (mixed).

HIGH

8 active species

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4-Day Forecast:

Morning

Grass HIGH

Tree LOW

Weed MED

Afternoon

Grass HIGH

Tree LOW

Weed MED

Evening

Grass MED

Tree LOW

Weed MED

Species	Level	Count
🌾 Grass (mixed)	HIGH	29 grains/m³
🌾 Bermuda Grass	MED	13 grains/m³
🌿 Fat Hen	MED	10 grains/m³
🌾 Cock's-foot	MED	7 grains/m³
🌿 Ribwort Plantain	MED	6 grains/m³
+35 more tracked Perennial Ryegrass Stinging Nettle Common Sorrel Box Elder Alder Pigweed Common Ragweed Western Ragweed Giant Ragweed Sagebrush Mugwort Paper Birch Silver Birch Downy Birch Australian Pine Japanese Cypress Hazel Japanese Cedar Mediterranean Cypress Ash Mountain Cedar White Mulberry Olive Pellitory-of-the-wall Upright Pellitory Parthenium Weed Timothy Grass London Plane Black Poplar Mesquite White Oak Holm Oak English Oak Russian Thistle Field Elm All species in the app: Android iOS
🌾 Grass (mixed)	MED	6 grains/m³
🌿 Fat Hen	LOW	3 grains/m³
🌾 Bermuda Grass	LOW	3 grains/m³
🌿 Ribwort Plantain	LOW	2 grains/m³
🌾 Cock's-foot	LOW	1 grains/m³
+35 more tracked Perennial Ryegrass Stinging Nettle Box Elder Alder Pigweed Common Ragweed Western Ragweed Giant Ragweed Sagebrush Mugwort Paper Birch Silver Birch Downy Birch Australian Pine Japanese Cypress Hazel Japanese Cedar Mediterranean Cypress Ash Mountain Cedar White Mulberry Olive Pellitory-of-the-wall Upright Pellitory Parthenium Weed Timothy Grass London Plane Black Poplar Mesquite White Oak Holm Oak English Oak Common Sorrel Russian Thistle Field Elm All species in the app: Android iOS
🌾 Grass (mixed)	MED	8 grains/m³
🌾 Bermuda Grass	LOW	4 grains/m³
🌿 Fat Hen	LOW	2 grains/m³
🌾 Cock's-foot	LOW	2 grains/m³
🌾 Perennial Ryegrass	LOW	1 grains/m³
+35 more tracked Ribwort Plantain Stinging Nettle Box Elder Alder Pigweed Common Ragweed Western Ragweed Giant Ragweed Sagebrush Mugwort Paper Birch Silver Birch Downy Birch Australian Pine Japanese Cypress Hazel Japanese Cedar Mediterranean Cypress Ash Mountain Cedar White Mulberry Olive Pellitory-of-the-wall Upright Pellitory Parthenium Weed Timothy Grass London Plane Black Poplar Mesquite White Oak Holm Oak English Oak Common Sorrel Russian Thistle Field Elm All species in the app: Android iOS
🌾 Grass (mixed)	MED	10 grains/m³
🌾 Bermuda Grass	MED	5 grains/m³
🌿 Fat Hen	LOW	3 grains/m³
🌾 Cock's-foot	LOW	2 grains/m³
🌿 Ribwort Plantain	LOW	2 grains/m³
+35 more tracked Perennial Ryegrass Common Sorrel Stinging Nettle Box Elder Alder Pigweed Common Ragweed Western Ragweed Giant Ragweed Sagebrush Mugwort Paper Birch Silver Birch Downy Birch Australian Pine Japanese Cypress Hazel Japanese Cedar Mediterranean Cypress Ash Mountain Cedar White Mulberry Olive Pellitory-of-the-wall Upright Pellitory Parthenium Weed Timothy Grass London Plane Black Poplar Mesquite White Oak Holm Oak English Oak Russian Thistle Field Elm All species in the app: Android iOS

Last updated: 15:27 UTC

4-Day Forecast	Tree	Grass	Weed
Fri 16 Oct	LOW	HIGH	MED
Sat 17 Oct	LOW	MED	LOW
Sun 18 Oct	LOW	MED	LOW
Mon 19 Oct	LOW	MED	LOW

Map of Cape Town (-33.9249°, 18.4241°)

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What Pollen Levels Mean

LOW Symptoms are unlikely

MED Moderate risk of symptoms

HIGH Widespread symptoms likely

V.HI Expect significant symptoms

X.HI Extremely high symptom likelihood & severity