Ambala vs Moradabad
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Ambala and Moradabad.
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 Moradabad averaged 99 — a 5-point (5%) gap, with Moradabad the more polluted and Ambala the cleaner of the two. On 1370 days when both cities reported, Ambala was cleaner on 1001 of them; the average daily gap was 59 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; Moradabad was 2.8% Severe and 25% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Ambala 44 days, Moradabad 55 days.
Year-over-year progress
Ambala has improved by 52 AQI points (35.6%) from 2019 to 2024; Moradabad has improved by 223 AQI points (69.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Ambala reached AQI 452 at Patti Mehar (HSPCB) on 2020-11-04; Moradabad hit AQI 489 at Lajpat Nagar (UPPCB) on 2020-11-05.
Station-level disparity
Ambala spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 126, max 126); Moradabad spans 7 stations with a 114-point spread (min 96, max 210).