Aurangabad vs Mumbai
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Aurangabad and Mumbai.
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 Mumbai averaged 93 — a 6-point (6%) gap, with Aurangabad the more polluted and Mumbai the cleaner of the two. On 2022 days when both cities reported, Aurangabad was cleaner on 1556 of them; the average daily gap was 70 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Aurangabad peaks in January, while Mumbai peaks in December. Aurangabad logged 0.1% Severe days and 58.3% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Mumbai was 0.5% Severe and 34% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Aurangabad 46 days, Mumbai 58 days.
Year-over-year progress
Aurangabad has improved by 41 AQI points (29.3%) from 2016 to 2024; Mumbai has improved by 4 AQI points (4.1%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Aurangabad reached AQI 436 at More Chowk Waluj (MPCB) on 2024-09-16; Mumbai hit AQI 500 at Vile Parle West (MPCB) on 2022-08-15.
Station-level disparity
Aurangabad spans 4 CPCB stations with a 87-point spread (min 91, max 178); Mumbai spans 29 stations with a 74-point spread (min 77, max 151).