Fatehābād vs Ludhiana
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Fatehābād and Ludhiana.
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, Fatehābād averaged an AQI of 116 while Ludhiana averaged 117 — a 1-point (1%) gap, with Ludhiana the more polluted and Fatehābād the cleaner of the two. On 927 days when both cities reported, Ludhiana was cleaner on 685 of them; the average daily gap was 62 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Fatehābād logged 1.5% Severe days and 31.1% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Ludhiana was 0.3% Severe and 53.599999999999994% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Fatehābād 38 days, Ludhiana 53 days.
Year-over-year progress
Fatehābād has improved by 43 AQI points (27%) from 2019 to 2024; Ludhiana has improved by 79 AQI points (40.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Fatehābād reached AQI 493 at Huda Sector (HSPCB) on 2019-11-02; Ludhiana hit AQI 488 at Punjab Agricultural University (PPCB) on 2018-06-14.
Station-level disparity
Fatehābād spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 151, max 151); Ludhiana spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 118, max 118).