Dhule vs Malegaon
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Dhule and Malegaon.
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, Dhule averaged an AQI of 103 while Malegaon averaged 114 — a 11-point (11%) gap, with Malegaon the more polluted and Dhule the cleaner of the two. On 500 days when both cities reported, Dhule was cleaner on 277 of them; the average daily gap was 25 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Dhule logged 0% Severe days and 47.8% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Malegaon was 0% Severe and 48% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Dhule 35 days, Malegaon 51 days.
Year-over-year progress
Dhule has improved by 5 AQI points (4.6%) from 2023 to 2024; Malegaon has worsened by 16 AQI points (16.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Dhule reached AQI 276 at Deopur (MPCB) on 2023-11-07; Malegaon hit AQI 298 at Mahesh Nagar (MPCB) on 2024-07-07.
Station-level disparity
Dhule spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 105, max 105); Malegaon spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 109, max 109).