Bathinda vs Surat
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bathinda and Surat.
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 Surat averaged 83 — a 19-point (23%) gap, with Bathinda the more polluted and Surat the cleaner of the two. On 541 days when both cities reported, Surat was cleaner on 299 of them; the average daily gap was 65 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; Surat was 0% Severe and 55.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bathinda 54 days, Surat 55 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bathinda has improved by 3 AQI points (2.9%) from 2018 to 2024; Surat has improved by 139 AQI points (62.6%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bathinda reached AQI 405 at Hardev Nagar (PPCB) on 2018-06-16; Surat hit AQI 384 at Science Center (SMC) on 2023-08-19.
Station-level disparity
Bathinda spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 108, max 108); Surat spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 123, max 123).