Aurangabad vs Guwahati
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Aurangabad and Guwahati.
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 Guwahati averaged 123 — a 24-point (24%) gap, with Guwahati the more polluted and Aurangabad the cleaner of the two. On 1476 days when both cities reported, Aurangabad was cleaner on 776 of them; the average daily gap was 70 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; Guwahati was 0.1% Severe and 44.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Aurangabad 46 days, Guwahati 105 days.
Year-over-year progress
Aurangabad has improved by 41 AQI points (29.3%) from 2016 to 2024; Guwahati has worsened by 14 AQI points (12.8%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Aurangabad reached AQI 436 at More Chowk Waluj (MPCB) on 2024-09-16; Guwahati hit AQI 420 at Railway Colony (PCBA) on 2023-01-15.
Station-level disparity
Aurangabad spans 4 CPCB stations with a 87-point spread (min 91, max 178); Guwahati spans 4 stations with a 26-point spread (min 118, max 144).