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Air quality in Lilongwe today

Malawi · Updated Friday 05:00 (local time) · Model data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service

42

Moderate European AQI

Sensitive people may want to take it easier outdoors.

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Pollutants right now

PollutantValueLevel
PM2.519 µg/m³Fair
PM1020 µg/m³Fair
NO₂2 µg/m³Good
O₃70 µg/m³Fair

The pollutant that matters most in Lilongwe right now is PM2.5.

Forecast: next 24 hours

Over the next 24 hours the air in Lilongwe is expected to be worst around Fri 14:00 (AQI 53, moderate). The cleanest hour is expected around Sat 05:00.

Fri 06:00: AQI 43Fri 07:00: AQI 43Fri 08:00: AQI 43Fri 09:00: AQI 43Fri 10:00: AQI 42Fri 11:00: AQI 46Fri 12:00: AQI 50Fri 13:00: AQI 52Fri 14:00: AQI 53Fri 15:00: AQI 52Fri 16:00: AQI 50Fri 17:00: AQI 46Fri 18:00: AQI 41Fri 19:00: AQI 42Fri 20:00: AQI 42Fri 21:00: AQI 43Fri 22:00: AQI 44Fri 23:00: AQI 44Sat 00:00: AQI 43Sat 01:00: AQI 42Sat 02:00: AQI 41Sat 03:00: AQI 38Sat 04:00: AQI 35Sat 05:00: AQI 34Fri 06:00Fri 18:00Sat 05:00
TimeAQILevelPM2.5
Fri 06:0043Moderate20
Fri 09:0043Moderate19
Fri 12:0050Moderate18
Fri 15:0052Moderate17
Fri 18:0041Moderate17
Fri 21:0043Moderate21
Sat 00:0043Moderate21
Sat 03:0038Fair14

The last 30 days

Over the last 30 days the average daily AQI in Lilongwe was 44, with 0 day(s) rated poor or worse. The cleanest day was 9 Sept, the most polluted 7 Sept.

30 Aug: AQI 4431 Aug: AQI 411 Sept: AQI 422 Sept: AQI 453 Sept: AQI 464 Sept: AQI 405 Sept: AQI 476 Sept: AQI 497 Sept: AQI 548 Sept: AQI 399 Sept: AQI 3610 Sept: AQI 3811 Sept: AQI 3912 Sept: AQI 4213 Sept: AQI 4314 Sept: AQI 4515 Sept: AQI 5016 Sept: AQI 5017 Sept: AQI 4518 Sept: AQI 3919 Sept: AQI 4520 Sept: AQI 4821 Sept: AQI 4622 Sept: AQI 4723 Sept: AQI 4730 Aug11 Sept23 Sept

Questions and answers

Is the air in Lilongwe good today?
Right now the European Air Quality Index in Lilongwe is 42, which is moderate. Sensitive people may want to take it easier outdoors.
What pollutes the air in Lilongwe?
At the moment PM2.5 contributes most to the air quality index in Lilongwe. The index takes the worst of fine particles (PM2.5), coarser particles (PM10), nitrogen dioxide, ozone and sulphur dioxide.
When will the air in Lilongwe be cleanest?
Over the next 24 hours the air in Lilongwe is expected to be worst around Fri 14:00 (AQI 53, moderate). The cleanest hour is expected around Sat 05:00.
Where does this data come from?
Wheezair shows model estimates from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS), served by Open-Meteo: about 11 km resolution in Europe and 40 km elsewhere, updated daily. They are not station measurements, so a busy street can be worse than its city's value.

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