Chandrapur vs Salem
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Chandrapur and Salem.
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 2022, Chandrapur averaged an AQI of 123 while Salem averaged 68 — a 55-point (81%) gap, with Chandrapur the more polluted and Salem the cleaner of the two. On 23 days when both cities reported, Salem was cleaner on 18 of them; the average daily gap was 71 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Chandrapur peaks in March, while Salem peaks in April. Chandrapur logged 0.3% Severe days and 58.800000000000004% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Salem was 0% Severe and 87.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Chandrapur 37 days, Salem 17 days.
Year-over-year progress
Chandrapur has improved by 1 AQI points (0.8%) from 2017 to 2022; Salem has improved by 5 AQI points (6.8%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Chandrapur reached AQI 500 at MIDC Khutala (MPCB) on 2017-11-14; Salem hit AQI 214 at Sona College of Technology (TNPCB) on 2024-01-15.
Station-level disparity
Chandrapur spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 100, max 100); Salem spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 73, max 73).