Ghaziabad vs Kāshīpur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Ghaziabad and Kāshīpur.
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 Kāshīpur averaged 106 — a 71-point (67%) gap, with Ghaziabad the more polluted and Kāshīpur the cleaner of the two. On 344 days when both cities reported, Kāshīpur was cleaner on 337 of them; the average daily gap was 108 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Ghaziabad peaks in November, while Kāshīpur peaks in January. Ghaziabad logged 12.2% Severe days and 13.700000000000001% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Kāshīpur was 0% Severe and 58.5% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Ghaziabad 19 days, Kāshīpur 47 days.
Year-over-year progress
Ghaziabad has improved by 115 AQI points (39.4%) from 2017 to 2024; Kāshīpur has worsened by 14 AQI points (15.2%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Ghaziabad reached AQI 500 at Vasundhara (UPPCB) on 2017-12-21; Kāshīpur hit AQI 327 at Govt Girls Inter College (UKPCB) on 2024-01-19.
Station-level disparity
Ghaziabad spans 4 CPCB stations with a 30-point spread (min 198, max 228); Kāshīpur spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 101, max 101).