Agartala vs Surat
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Agartala and Surat.
Live AQI from Open-Meteo CAMS (~45 km global model, updated hourly). Multi-year history from CPCB station data via aqinow.co pipeline (2016–2024, station-level daily records).
AQI Comparison
CPCB Multi-Year History (2016–2024)
Summary
Overview
In 2024, Agartala averaged an AQI of 140 while Surat averaged 83 — a 57-point (69%) gap, with Agartala the more polluted and Surat the cleaner of the two. On 301 days when both cities reported, Surat was cleaner on 189 of them; the average daily gap was 96 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Agartala peaks in January, while Surat peaks in November. Agartala logged 0% Severe days and 52.900000000000006% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Surat was 0% Severe and 55.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Agartala 87 days, Surat 55 days.
Year-over-year progress
Agartala has improved by 13 AQI points (8.5%) from 2020 to 2024; Surat has improved by 139 AQI points (62.6%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Agartala reached AQI 364 at Kunjaban Agartala (SPCB) on 2022-12-16; Surat hit AQI 384 at Science Center (SMC) on 2023-08-19.
Station-level disparity
Agartala spans 2 CPCB stations with a 10-point spread (min 109, max 119); Surat spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 123, max 123).