Alwar vs Surat
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Alwar and Surat.
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 Surat averaged 83 — a 5-point (6%) gap, with Alwar the more polluted and Surat the cleaner of the two. On 604 days when both cities reported, Alwar was cleaner on 349 of them; the average daily gap was 61 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; Surat was 0% Severe and 55.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Alwar 97 days, Surat 55 days.
Year-over-year progress
Alwar has improved by 125 AQI points (58.7%) from 2017 to 2024; Surat has improved by 139 AQI points (62.6%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Alwar reached AQI 356 at Moti Doongri (RSPCB) on 2017-11-11; Surat hit AQI 384 at Science Center (SMC) on 2023-08-19.
Station-level disparity
Alwar spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 95, max 95); Surat spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 123, max 123).