Ambala vs Meerut
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Ambala 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, Ambala averaged an AQI of 94 while Meerut averaged 144 — a 50-point (53%) gap, with Meerut the more polluted and Ambala the cleaner of the two. On 1446 days when both cities reported, Ambala was cleaner on 1246 of them; the average daily gap was 78 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; Meerut was 2% Severe and 22.299999999999997% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Ambala 44 days, Meerut 25 days.
Year-over-year progress
Ambala has improved by 52 AQI points (35.6%) from 2019 to 2024; Meerut has improved by 116 AQI points (44.6%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Ambala reached AQI 452 at Patti Mehar (HSPCB) on 2020-11-04; Meerut hit AQI 490 at Pallavpuram Phase 2 (UPPCB) on 2020-11-05.
Station-level disparity
Ambala spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 126, max 126); Meerut spans 3 stations with a 13-point spread (min 172, max 185).