Bathinda vs Meerut
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bathinda and Meerut.
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, Bathinda averaged an AQI of 102 while Meerut averaged 144 — a 42-point (41%) gap, with Meerut the more polluted and Bathinda the cleaner of the two. On 1344 days when both cities reported, Bathinda was cleaner on 1167 of them; the average daily gap was 102 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Bathinda logged 0.1% Severe days and 53.9% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Meerut was 2% Severe and 22.299999999999997% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bathinda 54 days, Meerut 25 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bathinda has improved by 3 AQI points (2.9%) from 2018 to 2024; Meerut has improved by 116 AQI points (44.6%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bathinda reached AQI 405 at Hardev Nagar (PPCB) on 2018-06-16; Meerut hit AQI 490 at Pallavpuram Phase 2 (UPPCB) on 2020-11-05.
Station-level disparity
Bathinda spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 108, max 108); Meerut spans 3 stations with a 13-point spread (min 172, max 185).