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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

Chandigarh

Chandigarh UT, India

Satisfactory

PM2.5: 46.3 µg/m³

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Sawāi Mādhopur

Rajasthan, India

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CPCB Multi-Year History (2016–2024)

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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).

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