Lusaka air quality now

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Now

No current value: fewer than four sensors at different places are reporting now.

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Lusaka, November 10, 2026: daily mean PM2.5 28 µg/m³ (5 sensors), level “Moderate” — as in the Atmy Data Hub. Open methodology and data in JSON: Methodology and data sources · JSON

There are not enough fresh measurements for Lusaka right now. From 11:00 to 20:00 local time the city mean PM2.5 stayed roughly level: from 30.5 to 30.2 µg/m³.

The weather data do not point to a clear reason for this level.

Weather now: cloudy, 25°C, wind 3 m/s, humidity 36%. No major change in the wind is expected in the coming hours. By 11:00 the temperature will be about 32°C.

Written automatically at 23:13 local time (21:13 UTC) from sensor measurements and the weather forecast. Values are approximate; hypotheses are marked.

3 m/s

Wind, SE

0 mm

Precipitation today

Lusaka: air quality for the completed day

Metric: PM2.5, µg/m³ · Color scale: EPA AQI · November 10, 2026 · 00:00–24:00 UTC = 02:00–02:00 UTC+2

28 µg/m³ Moderate

Daily mean PM2.5 on November 10, 2026 (00:00–24:00 UTC = 02:00–02:00 UTC+2): 28 µg/m³ from 5 sensors that passed the quality check — the same value as in the Atmy Data Hub.

No. 1 of 1 cities in Zambia and No. 195 of 676 worldwide, from the most polluted.

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Pollution accumulation index now

32/100Low · An estimate of weather conditions · not a PM2.5 forecast

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Pollution accumulation forecast

Today — November 12

34°/23°

Index by time of day

44/100Moderate

  1. 44/100Night
  2. 32/100Morning
  3. 6/100Day
  4. 19/100Evening

Friday — November 13

34°/22°

Index by time of day

45/100Moderate

  1. 45/100Night
  2. 34/100Morning
  3. 6/100Day
  4. 17/100Evening

Saturday — November 14

35°/21°

Index by time of day

50/100Moderate

  1. 50/100Night
  2. 40/100Morning
  3. 9/100Day
  4. 23/100Evening

Sunday — November 15

30°/21°

Index by time of day

54/100Moderate

  1. 54/100Night
  2. 41/100Morning
  3. 7/100Day
  4. 22/100Evening

Monday — November 16

30°/21°

Index by time of day

51/100Moderate

  1. 51/100Night
  2. 38/100Morning
  3. 5/100Day
  4. 17/100Evening

Tuesday — November 17

31°/21°

Index by time of day

42/100Moderate

  1. 42/100Night
  2. 31/100Morning
  3. 5/100Day
  4. 18/100Evening

Forecast of conditions that trap pollution near the surface

Weather

25°

Cloudy. Feels like 23°C

  1. MorningPartly cloudy29°C23%
  2. DayClear33°C17%
  3. EveningPartly cloudy27°C24%

Wind

3m/sWind from the SE

6m/sWind gusts

Wind force: 2

Gusts up to 6 m/s are expected.

10-day weather forecast for Lusaka

Zambia

  1. TodayNov 12Cloudy34°C23°C
  2. FriNov 13Cloudy34°C22°C
  3. SatNov 14Rain35°C21°C
  4. SunNov 15Rain30°C21°C
  5. MonNov 16Rain30°C21°C
  6. TueNov 17Cloudy31°C21°C
  7. WedNov 18Rain27°C19°C
  8. ThuNov 19Rain28°C19°C
  9. FriNov 20Thunderstorm28°C20°C

Zambia: sensors in total

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Cities with the most sensors

All sensors on the map, by city as the map assigns them; the city’s values count only the sensors that pass the Data Hub’s quality check.

Air quality calendar: Lusaka

Daily mean PM2.5 of the city sensors, µg/m³

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Questions

What was the air quality in Lusaka over the last completed day?

Daily mean PM2.5 on November 10, 2026 (00:00–24:00 UTC = 02:00–02:00 UTC+2): 28 µg/m³ from 5 sensors that passed the quality check — the same value as in the Atmy Data Hub. No. 1 of 1 cities in Zambia and No. 195 of 676 worldwide, from the most polluted.

What is the air quality in Lusaka right now?

Fresh data for Lusaka are insufficient (last update: 15:45 local time, 13:45 UTC). Open the map for the latest readings of individual sensors.

Where do these data come from?

From Atmy sensors and connected public networks (citizen, experimental and government monitors), aggregated by Atmy. Values are approximate; see the methodology.

How often is this page updated?

The summary is rebuilt every 15 minutes from the latest reading of each sensor, each no older than one hour.

Data

Where do these data come from?

The daily value is the Data Hub’s: the mean of the city’s sensors that passed the nightly quality check, each with at least 12 valid hours, and only with sensors at four places 500 m apart; days are UTC.

“Now” uses the same sensors and rule: the mean of their latest readings, each at most 60 minutes old, shown only with sensors at four places 500 m apart reporting.

Source: public Atmy monitoring data. Methodology and data sources · Data terms