Agra vs Chandigarh
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Agra and Chandigarh.
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 Chandigarh averaged 153 — a 74-point (94%) gap, with Chandigarh the more polluted and Agra the cleaner of the two. On 1530 days when both cities reported, Chandigarh was cleaner on 830 of them; the average daily gap was 72 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; Chandigarh was 0.3% Severe and 39.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Agra 46 days, Chandigarh 92 days.
Year-over-year progress
Agra has improved by 134 AQI points (62.9%) from 2016 to 2024; Chandigarh has worsened by 27 AQI points (21.4%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Agra reached AQI 500 at Sanjay Palace (UPPCB) on 2017-06-03; Chandigarh hit AQI 452 at Sector-53 (CPCC) on 2022-11-09.
Station-level disparity
Agra spans 6 CPCB stations with a 83-point spread (min 79, max 162); Chandigarh spans 3 stations with a 43-point spread (min 107, max 150).