Ahmedabad vs Moradabad
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Ahmedabad and Moradabad.
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, Ahmedabad averaged an AQI of 117 while Moradabad averaged 99 — a 18-point (18%) gap, with Ahmedabad the more polluted and Moradabad the cleaner of the two. On 1810 days when both cities reported, Ahmedabad was cleaner on 1037 of them; the average daily gap was 76 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Ahmedabad logged 0.1% Severe days and 23.7% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Moradabad was 2.8% Severe and 25% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Ahmedabad 25 days, Moradabad 55 days.
Year-over-year progress
Ahmedabad has worsened by 52 AQI points (80%) from 2016 to 2024; Moradabad has improved by 223 AQI points (69.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Ahmedabad reached AQI 430 at Raikhad (IITM) on 2023-03-17; Moradabad hit AQI 489 at Lajpat Nagar (UPPCB) on 2020-11-05.
Station-level disparity
Ahmedabad spans 9 CPCB stations with a 44-point spread (min 95, max 139); Moradabad spans 7 stations with a 114-point spread (min 96, max 210).