Balasore vs Ghaziabad
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Balasore and Ghaziabad.
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, Balasore averaged an AQI of 131 while Ghaziabad averaged 177 — a 46-point (35%) gap, with Ghaziabad the more polluted and Balasore the cleaner of the two. On 356 days when both cities reported, Balasore was cleaner on 263 of them; the average daily gap was 94 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Balasore peaks in January, while Ghaziabad peaks in November. Balasore logged 0.2% Severe days and 42.9% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Ghaziabad was 12.2% Severe and 13.700000000000001% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Balasore 29 days, Ghaziabad 19 days.
Year-over-year progress
Balasore has improved by 58 AQI points (30.7%) from 2023 to 2024; Ghaziabad has improved by 115 AQI points (39.4%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Balasore reached AQI 406 at Kalidaspur (OSPCB) on 2024-01-16; Ghaziabad hit AQI 500 at Vasundhara (UPPCB) on 2017-12-21.
Station-level disparity
Balasore spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 141, max 141); Ghaziabad spans 4 stations with a 30-point spread (min 198, max 228).