Ghaziabad vs Muzaffarnagar
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Ghaziabad and Muzaffarnagar.
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 Muzaffarnagar averaged 179 — a 2-point (1%) gap, with Muzaffarnagar the more polluted and Ghaziabad the cleaner of the two. On 1763 days when both cities reported, Muzaffarnagar was cleaner on 1466 of them; the average daily gap was 61 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Ghaziabad peaks in November, while Muzaffarnagar peaks in December. Ghaziabad logged 12.2% Severe days and 13.700000000000001% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Muzaffarnagar was 1.1% Severe and 24.799999999999997% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Ghaziabad 19 days, Muzaffarnagar 25 days.
Year-over-year progress
Ghaziabad has improved by 115 AQI points (39.4%) from 2017 to 2024; Muzaffarnagar has improved by 40 AQI points (18.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Ghaziabad reached AQI 500 at Vasundhara (UPPCB) on 2017-12-21; Muzaffarnagar hit AQI 446 at New Mandi (UPPCB) on 2019-01-02.
Station-level disparity
Ghaziabad spans 4 CPCB stations with a 30-point spread (min 198, max 228); Muzaffarnagar spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 183, max 183).