Dehradun vs Sikar
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Dehradun and Sikar.
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 Sikar averaged 139 — a 33-point (31%) gap, with Sikar the more polluted and Dehradun the cleaner of the two. On 588 days when both cities reported, Dehradun was cleaner on 465 of them; the average daily gap was 53 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in January on average. Dehradun logged 0% Severe days and 62.8% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Sikar was 0.2% Severe and 34% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Dehradun 41 days, Sikar 32 days.
Year-over-year progress
Dehradun has worsened by 19 AQI points (21.8%) from 2022 to 2024; Sikar has worsened by 4 AQI points (3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Dehradun reached AQI 327 at Doon University (UKPCB) on 2024-01-19; Sikar hit AQI 452 at Radhakishan Pura (RSPCB) on 2023-11-16.
Station-level disparity
Dehradun spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 98, max 98); Sikar spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 137, max 137).