Cuttack vs Ghaziabad
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Cuttack 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, Cuttack averaged an AQI of 112 while Ghaziabad averaged 177 — a 65-point (58%) gap, with Ghaziabad the more polluted and Cuttack the cleaner of the two. On 352 days when both cities reported, Cuttack was cleaner on 306 of them; the average daily gap was 110 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Cuttack peaks in January, while Ghaziabad peaks in November. Cuttack logged 0% Severe days and 52.5% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Ghaziabad was 12.2% Severe and 13.700000000000001% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Cuttack 29 days, Ghaziabad 19 days.
Year-over-year progress
Cuttack has improved by 89 AQI points (44.3%) from 2023 to 2024; Ghaziabad has improved by 115 AQI points (39.4%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Cuttack reached AQI 355 at CDA Area (OSPCB) on 2023-11-13; Ghaziabad hit AQI 500 at Vasundhara (UPPCB) on 2017-12-21.
Station-level disparity
Cuttack spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 125, max 125); Ghaziabad spans 4 stations with a 30-point spread (min 198, max 228).