Aurangabad vs Patna
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Aurangabad and Patna.
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 Patna averaged 172 — a 73-point (74%) gap, with Patna the more polluted and Aurangabad the cleaner of the two. On 1999 days when both cities reported, Aurangabad was cleaner on 1837 of them; the average daily gap was 122 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Aurangabad peaks in January, while Patna peaks in December. Aurangabad logged 0.1% Severe days and 58.3% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Patna was 7.5% Severe and 19.400000000000002% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Aurangabad 46 days, Patna 30 days.
Year-over-year progress
Aurangabad has improved by 41 AQI points (29.3%) from 2016 to 2024; Patna has improved by 40 AQI points (18.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Aurangabad reached AQI 436 at More Chowk Waluj (MPCB) on 2024-09-16; Patna hit AQI 491 at IGSC Planetarium Complex (BSPCB) on 2016-01-01.
Station-level disparity
Aurangabad spans 4 CPCB stations with a 87-point spread (min 91, max 178); Patna spans 6 stations with a 39-point spread (min 154, max 193).