Agra vs Aurangabad
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Agra and Aurangabad.
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, Agra averaged an AQI of 79 while Aurangabad averaged 99 — a 20-point (25%) gap, with Aurangabad the more polluted and Agra the cleaner of the two. On 2085 days when both cities reported, Aurangabad was cleaner on 1440 of them; the average daily gap was 85 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in January on average. Agra logged 3.3% Severe days and 34.9% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Aurangabad was 0.1% Severe and 58.3% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Agra 46 days, Aurangabad 46 days.
Year-over-year progress
Agra has improved by 134 AQI points (62.9%) from 2016 to 2024; Aurangabad has improved by 41 AQI points (29.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Agra reached AQI 500 at Sanjay Palace (UPPCB) on 2017-06-03; Aurangabad hit AQI 436 at More Chowk Waluj (MPCB) on 2024-09-16.
Station-level disparity
Agra spans 6 CPCB stations with a 83-point spread (min 79, max 162); Aurangabad spans 4 stations with a 87-point spread (min 91, max 178).