Delhi vs Palwal
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Delhi 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, Delhi averaged an AQI of 210 while Palwal averaged 95 — a 115-point (121%) gap, with Delhi the more polluted and Palwal the cleaner of the two. On 1947 days when both cities reported, Palwal was cleaner on 1933 of them; the average daily gap was 176 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Delhi logged 18.7% Severe days and 1.7% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Palwal was 0.2% Severe and 47.800000000000004% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Delhi 3 days, Palwal 37 days.
Year-over-year progress
Delhi has improved by 42 AQI points (16.7%) from 2016 to 2024; Palwal has improved by 91 AQI points (48.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Delhi reached AQI 500 at Ashok Vihar (DPCC) on 2024-11-18; Palwal hit AQI 465 at Shyam Nagar (HSPCB) on 2019-11-14.
Station-level disparity
Delhi spans 39 CPCB stations with a 84-point spread (min 178, max 262); Palwal spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 120, max 120).