Alwar vs Prayagraj
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Alwar and Prayagraj.
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 Prayagraj averaged 80 — a 8-point (10%) gap, with Alwar the more polluted and Prayagraj the cleaner of the two. On 928 days when both cities reported, Alwar was cleaner on 647 of them; the average daily gap was 42 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; Prayagraj was 0.2% Severe and 48% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Alwar 97 days, Prayagraj 69 days.
Year-over-year progress
Alwar has improved by 125 AQI points (58.7%) from 2017 to 2024; Prayagraj has improved by 42 AQI points (34.4%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Alwar reached AQI 356 at Moti Doongri (RSPCB) on 2017-11-11; Prayagraj hit AQI 416 at Nagar Nigam (UPPCB) on 2021-11-08.
Station-level disparity
Alwar spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 95, max 95); Prayagraj spans 3 stations with a 9-point spread (min 96, max 105).