Bhiwandi vs Ghaziabad
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bhiwandi 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, Bhiwandi averaged an AQI of 108 while Ghaziabad averaged 177 — a 69-point (64%) gap, with Ghaziabad the more polluted and Bhiwandi the cleaner of the two. On 333 days when both cities reported, Bhiwandi was cleaner on 301 of them; the average daily gap was 104 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Bhiwandi logged 0% Severe days and 52.9% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Ghaziabad was 12.2% Severe and 13.700000000000001% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bhiwandi 52 days, Ghaziabad 19 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bhiwandi has worsened by 6 AQI points (5.9%) from 2023 to 2024; Ghaziabad has improved by 115 AQI points (39.4%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bhiwandi reached AQI 270 at Gokul Nagar (MPCB) on 2024-05-14; Ghaziabad hit AQI 500 at Vasundhara (UPPCB) on 2017-12-21.
Station-level disparity
Bhiwandi spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 106, max 106); Ghaziabad spans 4 stations with a 30-point spread (min 198, max 228).