Ghaziabad vs Kaithal
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Ghaziabad and Kaithal.
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 Kaithal averaged 126 — a 51-point (40%) gap, with Ghaziabad the more polluted and Kaithal the cleaner of the two. On 1682 days when both cities reported, Kaithal was cleaner on 1623 of them; the average daily gap was 106 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; Kaithal was 0.7% Severe and 41.400000000000006% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Ghaziabad 19 days, Kaithal 39 days.
Year-over-year progress
Ghaziabad has improved by 115 AQI points (39.4%) from 2017 to 2024; Kaithal has improved by 8 AQI points (6%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Ghaziabad reached AQI 500 at Vasundhara (UPPCB) on 2017-12-21; Kaithal hit AQI 467 at Rishi Nagar (HSPCB) on 2019-11-03.
Station-level disparity
Ghaziabad spans 4 CPCB stations with a 30-point spread (min 198, max 228); Kaithal spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 136, max 136).