Air quality by country
Air quality in Malawi today
Updated
Moderate: average US AQI 69 across 2 cities Worst now: Lilongwe (73); cleanest: Blantyre (65).
Live US AQI, PM2.5 and ozone for cities across Malawi, ranked from most polluted to cleanest.
- Average US AQI
- 69 Moderate
- Most polluted now
- Lilongwe AQI 73
- Cleanest now
- Blantyre AQI 65
- Cities above 100
- 0 unhealthy for sensitive groups or worse
Air quality in Malawi today
Right now the modelled air quality in Malawi averages a US AQI of 69 (Moderate) across the 2 cities we track. By category: 2 Moderate (of 2).
That is 5 points worse than the worldwide average of 64 across 4,024 cities.
Lilongwe has the worst air at 73 with PM2.5 at 15 µg/m³, while Blantyre is cleanest at 65. No tracked city is above 100, the level where sensitive groups are advised to cut back outdoors.
Malawi cities by AQI (most polluted first)
| City | Region | US AQI | Category | PM2.5 µg/m³ | Ozone µg/m³ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lilongwe | Central Region | 73 | Moderate | 14.8 | 103 |
| Blantyre | Southern Region | 65 | Moderate | 15.8 | 95 |
What the US AQI numbers mean
| US AQI | Category | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| 0-50 | Good | Air quality is satisfactory and poses little or no risk; a good time for outdoor activity. |
| 51-100 | Moderate | Acceptable for most people. Unusually sensitive people should consider shortening long or heavy exertion outdoors. |
| 101-150 | Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups | People with heart or lung disease, older adults, children and teens should cut back on prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors. |
| 151-200 | Unhealthy | Everyone should reduce prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors; sensitive groups should avoid it and keep windows closed. |
| 201-300 | Very Unhealthy | Health alert: everyone should avoid prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors, and sensitive groups should stay indoors. |
| 301-500 | Hazardous | Emergency conditions: everyone should avoid all outdoor physical activity and stay indoors with filtered air if possible. The scale tops out at 500; heavier dust or smoke is shown as 500. |
Modelled by CAMS (Copernicus) via Open-Meteo, refreshed twice a day; read hour by hour from the forecast.
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Data: Open-Meteo Air Quality API, Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS).