Ambala vs Malegaon
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Ambala and Malegaon.
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, Ambala averaged an AQI of 94 while Malegaon averaged 114 — a 20-point (21%) gap, with Malegaon the more polluted and Ambala the cleaner of the two. On 474 days when both cities reported, Ambala was cleaner on 261 of them; the average daily gap was 40 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Ambala logged 0.2% Severe days and 46.5% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Malegaon was 0% Severe and 48% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Ambala 44 days, Malegaon 51 days.
Year-over-year progress
Ambala has improved by 52 AQI points (35.6%) from 2019 to 2024; Malegaon has worsened by 16 AQI points (16.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Ambala reached AQI 452 at Patti Mehar (HSPCB) on 2020-11-04; Malegaon hit AQI 298 at Mahesh Nagar (MPCB) on 2024-07-07.
Station-level disparity
Ambala spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 126, max 126); Malegaon spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 109, max 109).