Air quality by country
Air quality in Mozambique today
Updated
Moderate: average US AQI 56 across 9 cities Worst now: Lichinga (74); cleanest: Tete (46).
Live US AQI, PM2.5 and ozone for cities across Mozambique, ranked from most polluted to cleanest.
- Average US AQI
- 56 Moderate
- Most polluted now
- Lichinga AQI 74
- Cleanest now
- Tete AQI 46
- Cities above 100
- 0 unhealthy for sensitive groups or worse
Air quality in Mozambique today
Right now the modelled air quality in Mozambique averages a US AQI of 56 (Moderate) across the 9 cities we track. By category: 1 Good, 8 Moderate (of 9).
That is 9 points better than the worldwide average of 65 across 3,909 cities.
Lichinga has the worst air at 74 with PM2.5 at 39 µg/m³, while Tete is cleanest at 46. No tracked city is above 100, the level where sensitive groups are advised to cut back outdoors.
Mozambique cities by AQI (most polluted first)
| City | Region | US AQI | Category | PM2.5 µg/m³ | Ozone µg/m³ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lichinga | Niassa Province | 74 | Moderate | 39.1 | 66 |
| Chimoio | Manica | 63 | Moderate | 20.3 | 49 |
| Mozambique | Nampula | 59 | Moderate | 18.5 | 65 |
| Quelimane | Zambezia Province | 56 | Moderate | 13.1 | 53 |
| Beira | Sofala | 55 | Moderate | 11.9 | 60 |
| Maputo | Maputo City | 52 | Moderate | 8.8 | 47 |
| Matola | Maputo Province | 52 | Moderate | 8.8 | 47 |
| Nampula | Nampula | 51 | Moderate | 9 | 52 |
| Tete | Tete | 46 | Good | 18 | 74 |
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).