Air quality in Blantyre, Blantyre, Malawi today

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Moderate air today for Blantyre, Blantyre, Malawi

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Categories follow US EPA AQI breakpoints for PM (estimate from latest valid measurements; this project does not compute EPA NowCast/24-hour AQI yet).

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Air quality today

The air quality in Blantyre is rated as Moderate today. The primary pollutant identified is PM2.5 (fine particles), with a measured concentration of approximately 28.33 µg/m³ based on five valid observations.

Data is shown via OpenAQ and reflects the current assessment for this location. This page is informational; for health guidance, use official sources such as EPA AirNow or WHO.

Latest sensor values

PM categories follow US EPA AQI breakpoints, shown here as an estimate derived from the latest valid measurements (this project does not compute EPA NowCast/24-hour AQI yet).

What the data includes

The Blantyre air‑quality feed draws from two monitoring stations and a total of ten recent records. All five measured pollutants – PM1, PM2.5, relative humidity, temperature and UM003 (particle number concentration) – have data that were last updated on 2026-02-10 17:00 UTC, so the information is fresh within the past week.

PM1 values range from a low of 2.62 µg/m³ to a high of 16.85 µg/m³, with a median around 9.73 µg/m³; ten‑percentile and ninety‑percentile points sit at roughly 4.04 µg/m³ and 15.43 µg/m³ respectively, showing most readings cluster in the middle of the range. PM2.5 spans 5.38 µg/m³ to 28.33 µg/m³, median 16.85 µg/m³, with the central ninety percent between about 7.68 µg/m³ and 26.03 µg/m³. Relative humidity is recorded between 51.88 % and 60.13 %, median 56.00 %; temperature varies from 23.03 °C to 27.72 °C, median 25.37 °C, with most values falling between roughly 23.50 °C and 27.25 °C. UM003 particle counts range from 436.81 to 1 091.05 particles/cm³, median 763.93, and the inter‑decile spread runs from about 502.24 to 1 025.63 particles/cm³.

Because only two stations contribute data, spatial coverage across Blantyre is limited; conditions can differ in neighborhoods that are not directly represented by these monitors. Nonetheless, each pollutant has a complete set of recent observations, allowing a snapshot of typical concentrations and environmental conditions for the city at the time of measurement.

Learn more about sources and filtering: About the data.

Trusted references: WHO (Air pollution) · US EPA AirNow · European Environment Agency (Air)

Latest sensor values (bars)

PM categories follow US EPA AQI breakpoints, shown here as an estimate derived from the latest valid measurements (this project does not compute EPA NowCast/24-hour AQI yet).

Data notes

The data shown for Blantyre reflects five valid measurements and is marked as Updated within 3 days, with the latest values recorded at 2026‑02‑10T17:00:00+00:00. This snapshot provides a recent view of citywide air quality, but conditions can differ across neighborhoods and change throughout the day, so individual experiences may vary from the reported figures.

OpenAQ station rows