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Ajmer vs Arrah

Side-by-side air quality comparison between Ajmer and Arrah.

Cleaner right now: Ajmer (186-pt gap)Historical head-to-head: Ajmer cleaner 212/304 daysYoY 20172022: Ajmer -16.4% · Arrah -58.7%

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

🏆 Cleaner

Ajmer

Rajasthan, India

Good

PM2.5: 19.5 µg/m³

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VS

Arrah

Bihar, India

Poor

PM2.5: 99.0 µg/m³

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Pollutant-level comparison (PM2.5, PM10, O3, NO2, SO2, CO)
PollutantAjmerArrah
PM2.5(µg/m³)19.5099.00
PM10(µg/m³)44.80115.50
NO₂(µg/m³)3.6053.70
SO₂(µg/m³)4.1013.70
O₃(µg/m³)60.0010.00
CO(µg/m³)152.00944.00

CPCB Multi-Year History (2016–2024)

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Summary

Overview

In 2022, Ajmer averaged an AQI of 112 while Arrah averaged 123 — a 11-point (10%) gap, with Arrah the more polluted and Ajmer the cleaner of the two. On 304 days when both cities reported, Ajmer was cleaner on 212 of them; the average daily gap was 80 AQI points.

Seasonality & days

Ajmer peaks in November, while Arrah peaks in January. Ajmer logged 0% Severe days and 54.300000000000004% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Arrah was 0.2% Severe and 32.3% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Ajmer 94 days, Arrah 11 days.

Year-over-year progress

Ajmer has improved by 22 AQI points (16.4%) from 2017 to 2022; Arrah has improved by 175 AQI points (58.7%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Ajmer reached AQI 357 at Civil Lines (RSPCB) on 2021-03-31; Arrah hit AQI 420 at New DM Office (BSPCB) on 2021-12-21.

Station-level disparity

Ajmer spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 102, max 102); Arrah spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 162, max 162).

Verdict

🏆 Ajmer has better air quality with an AQI of 45 compared to Arrah's 231. That's a significant difference of 186 points.

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