Faridabad vs Sawāi Mādhopur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Faridabad and Sawāi Mādhopur.
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 Sawāi Mādhopur averaged 119 — a 62-point (52%) gap, with Faridabad the more polluted and Sawāi Mādhopur the cleaner of the two. On 588 days when both cities reported, Sawāi Mādhopur was cleaner on 537 of them; the average daily gap was 113 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; Sawāi Mādhopur was 0% Severe and 44.900000000000006% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Faridabad 19 days, Sawāi Mādhopur 21 days.
Year-over-year progress
Faridabad has improved by 42 AQI points (18.8%) from 2016 to 2024; Sawāi Mādhopur has worsened by 7 AQI points (6.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Faridabad reached AQI 500 at New Industrial Town (HSPCB) on 2024-05-10; Sawāi Mādhopur hit AQI 328 at Sahu Nagar Sawai (RSPCB) on 2024-06-07.
Station-level disparity
Faridabad spans 4 CPCB stations with a 25-point spread (min 184, max 209); Sawāi Mādhopur spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 116, max 116).