Alwar vs Dhanbad
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Alwar and Dhanbad.
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, Alwar averaged an AQI of 88 while Dhanbad averaged 161 — a 73-point (83%) gap, with Dhanbad the more polluted and Alwar the cleaner of the two. On 226 days when both cities reported, Alwar was cleaner on 210 of them; the average daily gap was 82 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Alwar logged 0% Severe days and 70.2% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Dhanbad was 0.4% Severe and 3.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Alwar 97 days, Dhanbad 2 days.
Year-over-year progress
The worst recorded day for Alwar reached AQI 356 at Moti Doongri (RSPCB) on 2017-11-11; Dhanbad hit AQI 436 at Kalakusuma (DMC) on 2024-04-28.
Station-level disparity
Alwar spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 95, max 95); Dhanbad spans 2 stations with a 12-point spread (min 156, max 168).