Aurangabad vs Dehradun
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Aurangabad and Dehradun.
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, Aurangabad averaged an AQI of 99 while Dehradun averaged 106 — a 7-point (7%) gap, with Dehradun the more polluted and Aurangabad the cleaner of the two. On 496 days when both cities reported, Dehradun was cleaner on 354 of them; the average daily gap was 56 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in January on average. Aurangabad logged 0.1% Severe days and 58.3% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Dehradun was 0% Severe and 62.8% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Aurangabad 46 days, Dehradun 41 days.
Year-over-year progress
Aurangabad has improved by 41 AQI points (29.3%) from 2016 to 2024; Dehradun has worsened by 19 AQI points (21.8%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Aurangabad reached AQI 436 at More Chowk Waluj (MPCB) on 2024-09-16; Dehradun hit AQI 327 at Doon University (UKPCB) on 2024-01-19.
Station-level disparity
Aurangabad spans 4 CPCB stations with a 87-point spread (min 91, max 178); Dehradun spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 98, max 98).