Chittoor vs Ghaziabad
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Chittoor 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, Chittoor averaged an AQI of 76 while Ghaziabad averaged 177 — a 101-point (133%) gap, with Ghaziabad the more polluted and Chittoor the cleaner of the two. On 281 days when both cities reported, Chittoor was cleaner on 263 of them; the average daily gap was 154 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Chittoor peaks in October, while Ghaziabad peaks in November. Chittoor logged 0% Severe days and 84.9% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Ghaziabad was 12.2% Severe and 13.700000000000001% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Chittoor 37 days, Ghaziabad 19 days.
Year-over-year progress
Chittoor has worsened by 5 AQI points (7%) from 2022 to 2024; Ghaziabad has improved by 115 AQI points (39.4%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Chittoor reached AQI 348 at Gangineni Cheruvu (APPCB) on 2023-11-13; Ghaziabad hit AQI 500 at Vasundhara (UPPCB) on 2017-12-21.
Station-level disparity
Chittoor spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 72, max 72); Ghaziabad spans 4 stations with a 30-point spread (min 198, max 228).