Bāghpat vs Chennai
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bāghpat and Chennai.
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, Bāghpat averaged an AQI of 141 while Chennai averaged 68 — a 73-point (107%) gap, with Bāghpat the more polluted and Chennai the cleaner of the two. On 1668 days when both cities reported, Chennai was cleaner on 1216 of them; the average daily gap was 105 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Bāghpat peaks in November, while Chennai peaks in December. Bāghpat logged 3.3% Severe days and 26.200000000000003% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Chennai was 0% Severe and 57.5% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bāghpat 46 days, Chennai 53 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bāghpat has improved by 99 AQI points (41.2%) from 2018 to 2024; Chennai has improved by 25 AQI points (26.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bāghpat reached AQI 500 at New Collectorate (UPPCB) on 2018-07-28; Chennai hit AQI 391 at Kodungaiyur (TNPCB) on 2021-05-14.
Station-level disparity
Bāghpat spans 2 CPCB stations with a 66-point spread (min 148, max 214); Chennai spans 9 stations with a 27-point spread (min 63, max 90).