womiin

Lilongwe

(Malawi)

GHSL urban centre

Data completeness: Medium

womiin Score · to live

39

Position 165 of 171 · 90% interval 165–167 · tie group 44

The order with the next city is not resolved.

Within the city (P10–P90) · dashed: median of the capitals (65)

29 – 53

Per resident 39 · by area 39

womiin Score · to visit

18

Position 170 of 171 · 90% interval 169–171 · tie group 30

The order with the next city is not resolved.

Within the city (P10–P90) · dashed: median of the capitals (46)

11 – 28

Per resident 18 · by area 19

The two shapes

To live

Education42

Transport32

Health36

Services30

Environment83

Food & drink20

Culture42

Safety22

To visit

Culture & attractions14

Food9

Mobility6

Convenience13

Nature & beach45

Entertainment8

Safety42

Family28

Among the capitals

6546

→ to live · ↑ to visit · lines: medians

Lilongwemedian of the capitals, dimension by dimension (not the shape of any city)

To live

Education
42
Transport
32
Health
36
Services
30
Environment
83
Food & drink
20
Culture
42
Safety
22

The vertical mark is the median of the capitals in each dimension.

To visit

Culture & attractions
14
Food
9
Mobility
6
Convenience
13
Nature & beach
45
Entertainment
8
Safety
42
Family
28

The vertical mark is the median of the capitals in each dimension.

About the data

How complete OpenStreetMap is in this city (buildings, contributors, opening hours, essentials per resident). Lower completeness means wider uncertainty; the city stays in the ranking.

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How to cite

womiin (2026). womiin City Index, edition 2026 — Lilongwe. womiin.com/city-index/2026/lilongwe. CC BY 4.0.

Data, licences and sources

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Contains information from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), which is made available here under the Open Database License (ODbL): https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright

Zone files (one per city): ODbL 1.0, with their own checksums.

The licensing framework of this data is under legal review (ACAG/WashU SatPM2.5 V6.GL.03, Global Solar Atlas 2.0, WRI Aqueduct Floods, OpenStreetMap, OurAirports).

The womiin City Index is informational. It is not advice.

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The 14 sources of this edition

  • ACAG/WashU SatPM2.5 V6.GL.03 — annual PM2.5, 0.1°, 2024 · V6.GL.03, 2024CC BY 4.0 · legal review pending
  • CAMS global reanalysis EAC4 (cams-global-reanalysis-eac4), 2024, 3-hourly · EAC4, 2024CC BY 4.0
  • CAMS European air quality reanalysis (interim), ensemble, 2024, hourly, 0.1° · interim ensemble reanalysis, 2024CC BY 4.0
  • Global Solar Atlas 2.0 — GHI (World Bank, Solargis) · Global Solar Atlas 2.0CC BY 4.0 · legal review pending
  • WRI Aqueduct Floods — riverine (WATCH 1980, RP25) and coastal (historical, RP25)CC BY 4.0 · legal review pending
  • ERA5-Land hourly (C3S), 2015–2024 · reanalysis-era5-land, reference period 2015-01-01 to 2024-12-31CC BY 4.0
  • ERA5 single levels — FDIR, 0.25° (C3S) · reanalysis-era5-single-levels, total_sky_direct_solar_radiation_at_surface, 2015-01 to 2024-12CC BY 4.0
  • M-Lab NDT (ndt7_union), 2025-Q4 · ndt7_union, 2025-Q4CC0 1.0
  • OpenStreetMap (private Overpass mirror; water polygons; base versions recorded in the manifest as osm_base_version_*) · planet date per edition (manifest osm_base_version_*)ODbL 1.0 · legal review pending
  • GHSL Urban Centre Database R2024A (GHS-UCDB) · R2024A V1-2CC BY 4.0
  • GHS-POP and GHS-BUILT-S E2025 R2023A, 3 arc-seconds · E2025 R2023A, 3 arc-secondsCC BY 4.0
  • Natural Earth (10m lakes; 10m populated places; 50m land / admin-0 where the climate grid and the F1 list use them) · 10m lakes 5.0.0; 10m populated places 5.1.2Public domain
  • Wikidata (UN members; airport patronage P3872)CC0 1.0
  • OurAirports (airports.csv)Public domain · legal review pending

Attributions

  • PM2.5 outside Europe: Atmospheric Composition Analysis Group, Washington University in St. Louis (SatPM2.5 V6.GL.03).
  • Contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information 2024 (CAMS global reanalysis EAC4). Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.
  • Contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information 2024 (CAMS European air quality reanalyses). Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.
  • © 2021 The World Bank, source: Global Solar Atlas 2.0, Solargis
  • Flood hazard: World Resources Institute, Aqueduct Floods.
  • Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information [2015–2024]. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.
  • Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.
  • The M-Lab NDT Data Set, 2025-10-01–2025-12-31. https://measurementlab.net/tests/ndt
  • Contains information from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), which is made available here under the Open Database License (ODbL).
  • © European Union, 1995–2025. Source: European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Global Human Settlement Layer (GHS-UCDB R2024A).
  • © European Union, 1995–2025. Source: European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Global Human Settlement Layer (GHS-POP R2023A, GHS-BUILT-S R2023A).