Aurangabad vs Solapur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Aurangabad and Solapur.
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 Solapur averaged 96 — a 3-point (3%) gap, with Aurangabad the more polluted and Solapur the cleaner of the two. On 1473 days when both cities reported, Aurangabad was cleaner on 753 of them; the average daily gap was 37 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Aurangabad peaks in January, while Solapur peaks in March. Aurangabad logged 0.1% Severe days and 58.3% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Solapur was 0% Severe and 52.7% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Aurangabad 46 days, Solapur 61 days.
Year-over-year progress
Aurangabad has improved by 41 AQI points (29.3%) from 2016 to 2024; Solapur has improved by 45 AQI points (31.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Aurangabad reached AQI 436 at More Chowk Waluj (MPCB) on 2024-09-16; Solapur hit AQI 266 at Solapur (MPCB) on 2018-03-03.
Station-level disparity
Aurangabad spans 4 CPCB stations with a 87-point spread (min 91, max 178); Solapur spans 3 stations with a 10-point spread (min 88, max 98).