Chandigarh vs Sawāi Mādhopur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Chandigarh and Sawāi Mādhopur.
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, Chandigarh averaged an AQI of 153 while Sawāi Mādhopur averaged 119 — a 34-point (29%) gap, with Chandigarh the more polluted and Sawāi Mādhopur the cleaner of the two. On 599 days when both cities reported, Sawāi Mādhopur was cleaner on 472 of them; the average daily gap was 61 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Chandigarh peaks in January, while Sawāi Mādhopur peaks in November. Chandigarh logged 0.3% Severe days and 39.9% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Sawāi Mādhopur was 0% Severe and 44.900000000000006% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Chandigarh 92 days, Sawāi Mādhopur 21 days.
Year-over-year progress
Chandigarh has worsened by 27 AQI points (21.4%) from 2019 to 2024; Sawāi Mādhopur has worsened by 7 AQI points (6.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Chandigarh reached AQI 452 at Sector-53 (CPCC) on 2022-11-09; Sawāi Mādhopur hit AQI 328 at Sahu Nagar Sawai (RSPCB) on 2024-06-07.
Station-level disparity
Chandigarh spans 3 CPCB stations with a 43-point spread (min 107, max 150); Sawāi Mādhopur spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 116, max 116).