Alwar vs Meerut
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Alwar and Meerut.
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 Meerut averaged 144 — a 56-point (64%) gap, with Meerut the more polluted and Alwar the cleaner of the two. On 1541 days when both cities reported, Alwar was cleaner on 1366 of them; the average daily gap was 116 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; Meerut was 2% Severe and 22.299999999999997% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Alwar 97 days, Meerut 25 days.
Year-over-year progress
Alwar has improved by 125 AQI points (58.7%) from 2017 to 2024; Meerut has improved by 116 AQI points (44.6%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Alwar reached AQI 356 at Moti Doongri (RSPCB) on 2017-11-11; Meerut hit AQI 490 at Pallavpuram Phase 2 (UPPCB) on 2020-11-05.
Station-level disparity
Alwar spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 95, max 95); Meerut spans 3 stations with a 13-point spread (min 172, max 185).