Chapra vs Ghaziabad
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Chapra 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, Chapra averaged an AQI of 149 while Ghaziabad averaged 177 — a 28-point (19%) gap, with Ghaziabad the more polluted and Chapra the cleaner of the two. On 642 days when both cities reported, Chapra was cleaner on 438 of them; the average daily gap was 87 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Chapra peaks in January, while Ghaziabad peaks in November. Chapra logged 2.4% Severe days and 26.8% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Ghaziabad was 12.2% Severe and 13.700000000000001% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Chapra 14 days, Ghaziabad 19 days.
Year-over-year progress
Chapra has improved by 181 AQI points (54.8%) from 2021 to 2024; Ghaziabad has improved by 115 AQI points (39.4%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Chapra reached AQI 452 at Darshan Nagar (BSPCB) on 2022-12-20; Ghaziabad hit AQI 500 at Vasundhara (UPPCB) on 2017-12-21.
Station-level disparity
Chapra spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 195, max 195); Ghaziabad spans 4 stations with a 30-point spread (min 198, max 228).