Agra vs Ghaziabad
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Agra and Ghaziabad.
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 Ghaziabad averaged 177 — a 98-point (124%) gap, with Ghaziabad the more polluted and Agra the cleaner of the two. On 2269 days when both cities reported, Agra was cleaner on 2090 of them; the average daily gap was 93 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Agra peaks in January, while Ghaziabad peaks in November. Agra logged 3.3% Severe days and 34.9% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Ghaziabad was 12.2% Severe and 13.700000000000001% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Agra 46 days, Ghaziabad 19 days.
Year-over-year progress
Agra has improved by 134 AQI points (62.9%) from 2016 to 2024; Ghaziabad has improved by 115 AQI points (39.4%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Agra reached AQI 500 at Sanjay Palace (UPPCB) on 2017-06-03; Ghaziabad hit AQI 500 at Vasundhara (UPPCB) on 2017-12-21.
Station-level disparity
Agra spans 6 CPCB stations with a 83-point spread (min 79, max 162); Ghaziabad spans 4 stations with a 30-point spread (min 198, max 228).