Dehradun vs Palwal
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Dehradun and Palwal.
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, Dehradun averaged an AQI of 106 while Palwal averaged 95 — a 11-point (12%) gap, with Dehradun the more polluted and Palwal the cleaner of the two. On 723 days when both cities reported, Dehradun was cleaner on 364 of them; the average daily gap was 42 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Dehradun peaks in January, while Palwal peaks in November. Dehradun logged 0% Severe days and 62.8% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Palwal was 0.2% Severe and 47.800000000000004% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Dehradun 41 days, Palwal 37 days.
Year-over-year progress
Dehradun has worsened by 19 AQI points (21.8%) from 2022 to 2024; Palwal has improved by 91 AQI points (48.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Dehradun reached AQI 327 at Doon University (UKPCB) on 2024-01-19; Palwal hit AQI 465 at Shyam Nagar (HSPCB) on 2019-11-14.
Station-level disparity
Dehradun spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 98, max 98); Palwal spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 120, max 120).