Lilongwe, Malawi Pollen Count
Lilongwe, Malawi · Last updated Friday, November 6, 2026
This page shows the most recent reading available for Lilongwe — from Friday, November 6, 2026 (1 day ago) — not today's reading.
Pollen Overview
Today's overall pollen level and the dominant type (trees, weeds, grass, or mold).
Total Pollen Index
The combined pollen level across all types (0–100).
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Grass Index
How active grass pollen is today (0–100).
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Pollen Types
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5-Day Lilongwe Overall Pollen Forecast
Bars are colored by severity (Low/Moderate/High).
Pollen count Lilongwe residents check each morning
The Lilongwe pollen count today is 31 (Low). No single plant stands out in today’s readings; the Grass category is the one the index is led by. The full split is tree pollen 19, grass pollen 34, weed pollen 25. The sections below break that headline number down by plant, by day and by what the band means in practice. Pollen Atlas updated this count on Friday, November 6, 2026.
A Low band on the Pollen Atlas index means the Total Pollen Index has stayed in the lower part of the 0–100 scale. Readings in this band are built from low individual category values rather than from one large spike, and the category split above matters more than the headline number: a low total can still contain one category, such as grass pollen, reading noticeably higher than the rest, which is why the split is printed on every Lilongwe page.
Outside its main late-spring and early-summer window, grass pollen usually appears as a small background value rather than the driver of the total. A low grass reading alongside a higher weed or mold value is a typical off-peak pattern. Grass should be read from its own value on this page, not assumed from the calendar: the index reports today’s modelled value, and the modelled value outranks any general seasonal expectation.
To see whether today’s pollen level holds, check the 5-day Lilongwe pollen forecast below — it is currently holding, with Friday the highest day in the window.
This is the pollen count Lilongwe residents check each morning, built from the day’s tree, grass, weed and mold readings.
What is the Lilongwe pollen count today?
The Lilongwe pollen count today is 31 out of 100 (Low) on the Pollen Atlas Total Pollen Index, driven mainly by Grass.
Short answer for anyone searching pollen count today Lilongwe: this page is updated every morning with the day’s modelled reading.
Lilongwe allergies today
Lilongwe allergies today are set by the same reading as the pollen count above: the Total Pollen Index is 31 (Low), driven mainly by Grass. When people ask about Lilongwe allergies, this is the number that answers them — one daily index built from today’s tree, grass, weed and mold readings for Lilongwe.
Allergies in Lilongwe follow the Malawi calendar set out below — the chapters, the plants behind them, and the 5-day forecast on this page show whether today is typical for the season or an exception to it. If you are checking allergies today in Lilongwe before heading outdoors, the split at the top of this page is the part to read: it shows which pollen is doing the work today, not just how high the total sits.
Read the five-day table on this page as the Lilongwe allergy forecast: today reads 31 (Low), and the day-by-day outlook shows whether Lilongwe allergies are set to ease or build across the week — the days to plan outdoor time around are the ones where the index steps down, not just today.
In practice, the allergy count Lilongwe today records is this same combined reading — tree, grass, weed and mold in one index.
The Lilongwe allergy count today is 31 (Low) — the same Total Pollen Index as the pollen count above, in one combined reading.
Pollen count today Lilongwe: the 5-day forecast
| Day | Total Pollen Index | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Friday, November 6 | 31 | Low |
| Saturday, November 7 | 31 | Low |
| Sunday, November 8 | 31 | Low |
| Monday, November 9 | 31 | Low |
| Tuesday, November 10 | 31 | Low |
Pollen Atlas forecasts Lilongwe’s pollen count to peak on Friday at 31 (Low) over the next 5 days.
Pollen by type in Lilongwe
What is driving Lilongwe’s pollen today
The shape of today’s 31 (Low) is set by grass pollen at 34 (Low on its own scale) — about 44% of the four category readings added together, 9 points clear of the next category, weed pollen at 25. Grass-led totals tend to hold a level for days at a time rather than spike and clear, because grasses pollinate over an extended period. Grass pollen leading in November is a modelled reading, reported as modelled — no regional calendar is asserted for Malawi, and the modelled value outranks any general seasonal expectation.
Plant-level detail is not in today’s feed for Lilongwe, so the drivers have to be read from the category split above — it shows how much of today’s total each category is actually carrying, and plant detail returns here automatically on any day the feed includes it.
Across the five-day window the Total Pollen Index runs from 31 to 31, never changing band. Today’s 31 sits level with the window’s average of 31 — a steady window, in which one day reads much like the next.
Plants affecting Lilongwe now
Detailed plant-by-plant readings for Lilongwe were not returned in today\u2019s source data, so this section summarises the pollen types the index above is built from instead of listing individual plants.
Tree pollen is one of the categories with a non-zero reading today, at 19 (Low).
Grass pollen is one of the categories with a non-zero reading today, at 34 (Low).
Weed pollen is one of the categories with a non-zero reading today, at 25 (Low).
In the Global pattern, the plants that shape this city’s year vary with its local climate and vegetation, and no single regional calendar is published for this area — named here as regional context only, not as today\u2019s measurements.
Plant detail returns here automatically on any day the source data includes it.
Every pollen type, with photos and seasons: the pollen directory.
Lilongwe pollen through the year
The Lilongwe pollen year runs in chapters, set by the Global pattern and the Malawi calendar. Trees come first: tree pollen seasons vary with local climate and vegetation, so this page reports the measured readings first and treats any calendar as background only. Grasses take the middle of the year: grass pollen seasons vary with local climate and vegetation, and the measured value outranks any general seasonal expectation. Weeds close it out: weed pollen seasons vary with local climate and vegetation, and no regional calendar is asserted for this area.
No Malawi allergy season guide is published yet, so this page does not single out signature pollens for Lilongwe — the calendar above is the Global regional pattern, and the plant detail on this page names what today’s feed actually records.
November in Lilongwe is reported from its modelled readings, not from a regional calendar — no regional calendar is asserted for Malawi, so the calendar alone explains little today, and the modelled split above carries the story. No Malawi allergy season guide is published yet — this calendar follows the Global regional pattern. See Lilongwe pollen count rankings and Lilongwe on the pollen heatmap.
How to read this index
Pollen Atlas reports the Lilongwe pollen count on a Total Pollen Index from 0 to 100, built from separate tree, grass and weed readings. The total is a summary, not an average of the three: a single strong category can lift it, and three quiet categories can hold it down whatever the month. Index values are a modelled pollen risk index computed by Pollen Atlas from open weather, vegetation and phenology data, calibrated against CDC/NAB season data, with plant detail by the Google Pollen API. The index is a modelled 0–100 scale, not a measured count, and figures update through the day, so a morning and an evening visit to this page can legitimately show different numbers.
Lilongwe in today’s national picture
At 31 (Low), Lilongwe ranks joint 12607th of the 90896 cities Pollen Atlas tracks today — in the middle of the national table. The highest reading in the country today is Beja, Portugal at 52, and the lowest is Los Ángeles de San Rafael, Spain at 5. The whole table spans 47 points today — a wide-open day, when the top and bottom of the table are effectively in different seasons.
Around Lilongwe: Chipata, Zambia (128 km away) reads 30 (Low); Lichinga, Mozambique (173 km away) reads 37 (Low); Blantyre, Malawi (241 km away) reads 30 (Low). Lilongwe reads 1 point higher than its nearest tracked neighbour today. Across Malawi’s 3 tracked cities, today runs from 30 in Mzuzu to 31 in Lilongwe.
Pollen totals are population numbers; symptoms are personal. The same reading can leave one Lilongwe resident untouched and floor another, depending on which pollens they are sensitised to. If this pattern finds you every season, allergists in Lilongwe, Malawi can test whether tree, grass, weed or mold is the category that matters for you — the four readings at the top of this page are the starting point for that conversation.
Lilongwe in its local area
Lilongwe is in Lilongwe District, Central Region, Malawi. Its population is 1,115,815 (GeoNames).
Across Malawi’s 3 tracked cities, Lilongwe ranks 1st today.
Like every Pollen Atlas city page, the Lilongwe, Malawi pollen count is refreshed each morning.
Nearby cities
- Blantyre pollen count (241 km away)
- Mzuzu pollen count (279 km away)
- Chipata pollen count (128 km away)
- Lichinga pollen count (173 km away)
- Tete pollen count (244 km away)
- Songea pollen count (417 km away)
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Pollen indexes: a modelled pollen risk index computed by Pollen Atlas from open weather, vegetation and phenology data, calibrated against CDC/NAB season data. Plant detail: Google Pollen API. Index values are modelled, not measured counts. Sources: CDC/NAB; USA-NPN; GBIF (CC BY); ESA WorldCover (CC BY 4.0).