Ariyalur vs Ghaziabad
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Ariyalur and Ghaziabad.
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, Ariyalur averaged an AQI of 46 while Ghaziabad averaged 177 — a 131-point (285%) gap, with Ghaziabad the more polluted and Ariyalur the cleaner of the two. On 314 days when both cities reported, Ariyalur was cleaner on 310 of them; the average daily gap was 166 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Ariyalur peaks in March, while Ghaziabad peaks in November. Ariyalur logged 0% Severe days and 93.8% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Ghaziabad was 12.2% Severe and 13.700000000000001% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Ariyalur 57 days, Ghaziabad 19 days.
Year-over-year progress
Ariyalur has improved by 35 AQI points (43.2%) from 2022 to 2024; Ghaziabad has improved by 115 AQI points (39.4%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Ariyalur reached AQI 221 at Keelapalur (TNPCB) on 2024-04-07; Ghaziabad hit AQI 500 at Vasundhara (UPPCB) on 2017-12-21.
Station-level disparity
Ariyalur spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 51, max 51); Ghaziabad spans 4 stations with a 30-point spread (min 198, max 228).