Balasore vs Ulhasnagar
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Balasore and Ulhasnagar.
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 Ulhasnagar averaged 117 — a 14-point (12%) gap, with Balasore the more polluted and Ulhasnagar the cleaner of the two. On 408 days when both cities reported, Ulhasnagar was cleaner on 237 of them; the average daily gap was 50 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in January on average. Balasore logged 0.2% Severe days and 42.9% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Ulhasnagar was 0% Severe and 46.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Balasore 29 days, Ulhasnagar 74 days.
Year-over-year progress
Balasore has improved by 58 AQI points (30.7%) from 2023 to 2024; Ulhasnagar has improved by 10 AQI points (7.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Balasore reached AQI 406 at Kalidaspur (OSPCB) on 2024-01-16; Ulhasnagar hit AQI 319 at Sidhi Vinayak Nagar (MPCB) on 2023-11-13.
Station-level disparity
Balasore spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 141, max 141); Ulhasnagar spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 120, max 120).