Faridabad vs Ratlam
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Faridabad and Ratlam.
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 Ratlam averaged 113 — a 68-point (60%) gap, with Faridabad the more polluted and Ratlam the cleaner of the two. On 1878 days when both cities reported, Ratlam was cleaner on 1765 of them; the average daily gap was 129 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; Ratlam was 0% Severe and 46.4% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Faridabad 19 days, Ratlam 59 days.
Year-over-year progress
Faridabad has improved by 42 AQI points (18.8%) from 2016 to 2024; Ratlam has improved by 19 AQI points (14.4%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Faridabad reached AQI 500 at New Industrial Town (HSPCB) on 2024-05-10; Ratlam hit AQI 302 at Shasthri Nagar Ratlam (Lab) on 2020-11-11.
Station-level disparity
Faridabad spans 4 CPCB stations with a 25-point spread (min 184, max 209); Ratlam spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 103, max 103).