Ghaziabad vs Gwalior
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Ghaziabad and Gwalior.
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, Ghaziabad averaged an AQI of 177 while Gwalior averaged 136 — a 41-point (30%) gap, with Ghaziabad the more polluted and Gwalior the cleaner of the two. On 1397 days when both cities reported, Gwalior was cleaner on 1204 of them; the average daily gap was 89 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Ghaziabad logged 12.2% Severe days and 13.700000000000001% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Gwalior was 0.4% Severe and 31.5% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Ghaziabad 19 days, Gwalior 47 days.
Year-over-year progress
Ghaziabad has improved by 115 AQI points (39.4%) from 2017 to 2024; Gwalior has improved by 12 AQI points (8.1%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Ghaziabad reached AQI 500 at Vasundhara (UPPCB) on 2017-12-21; Gwalior hit AQI 450 at City Center (MPPCB) on 2021-11-09.
Station-level disparity
Ghaziabad spans 4 CPCB stations with a 30-point spread (min 198, max 228); Gwalior spans 4 stations with a 53-point spread (min 112, max 165).