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Most polluted cities in Malawi, April 2026

5 cities in Malawi ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 30 days. Worst: Lilongwe at 26.3 µg/m³, #286 of 2,573 cities in the world. Cleanest: Mzuzu at 5.6. A city needs measurements on 70% of the days to be ranked.

← Lilongwe 26.3 µg/m³ 20 µg/m³0
Every city in Malawi ranked for April 2026, one column each, worst on the left and cleanest on the right; height is PM2.5 in µg/m³. Point at it to read a city; tap to open it.
  1. 1Lilongwelow-cost sensorsCentral Region
    26.3
  2. 2Blantyrelow-cost sensorsSouthern Region
    14.6
  3. 3Zombalow-cost sensorsSouthern Region
    11.8
  4. 4Karongalow-cost sensorsNorthern Region
    9.8
  5. 5Mzuzulow-cost sensorsNorthern Region
    5.6
Good0–5
Fair6–15
Moderate16–50
Poor51–90
Very poor91–140
Extremely poor141+

The European Environment Agency's air quality index bands for PM2.5 (2024 revision); it has bands, not numbers, so values stay in µg/m³. Show values as: µg/m³ · US AQI · India AQI · China AQI · European AQI · UK DAQI · Canada AQHI+. About the scales

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