Faridabad vs Gummidipoondi
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Faridabad and Gummidipoondi.
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, Faridabad averaged an AQI of 181 while Gummidipoondi averaged 107 — a 74-point (69%) gap, with Faridabad the more polluted and Gummidipoondi the cleaner of the two. On 1028 days when both cities reported, Gummidipoondi was cleaner on 927 of them; the average daily gap was 139 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Faridabad logged 6.9% Severe days and 15.7% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Gummidipoondi was 0% Severe and 59.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Faridabad 19 days, Gummidipoondi 49 days.
Year-over-year progress
Faridabad has improved by 42 AQI points (18.8%) from 2016 to 2024; Gummidipoondi has worsened by 8 AQI points (8.1%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Faridabad reached AQI 500 at New Industrial Town (HSPCB) on 2024-05-10; Gummidipoondi hit AQI 326 at Anthoni Pillai Nagar (TNPCB) on 2023-12-22.
Station-level disparity
Faridabad spans 4 CPCB stations with a 25-point spread (min 184, max 209); Gummidipoondi spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 99, max 99).