Bhiwandi vs Jalandhar
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bhiwandi and Jalandhar.
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 Jalandhar averaged 106 — a 2-point (2%) gap, with Bhiwandi the more polluted and Jalandhar the cleaner of the two. On 470 days when both cities reported, Bhiwandi was cleaner on 250 of them; the average daily gap was 37 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; Jalandhar was 0% Severe and 49.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bhiwandi 52 days, Jalandhar 73 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bhiwandi has worsened by 6 AQI points (5.9%) from 2023 to 2024; Jalandhar has worsened by 5 AQI points (5%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bhiwandi reached AQI 270 at Gokul Nagar (MPCB) on 2024-05-14; Jalandhar hit AQI 377 at Civil Line (PPCB) on 2019-10-28.
Station-level disparity
Bhiwandi spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 106, max 106); Jalandhar spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 111, max 111).