Ghaziabad vs Nagpur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Ghaziabad and Nagpur.
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 Nagpur averaged 104 — a 73-point (70%) gap, with Ghaziabad the more polluted and Nagpur the cleaner of the two. On 1835 days when both cities reported, Nagpur was cleaner on 1724 of them; the average daily gap was 145 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; Nagpur was 0% Severe and 60.599999999999994% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Ghaziabad 19 days, Nagpur 68 days.
Year-over-year progress
Ghaziabad has improved by 115 AQI points (39.4%) from 2017 to 2024; Nagpur has improved by 37 AQI points (26.2%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Ghaziabad reached AQI 500 at Vasundhara (UPPCB) on 2017-12-21; Nagpur hit AQI 342 at Opp GPO Civil Lines (MPCB) on 2022-12-03.
Station-level disparity
Ghaziabad spans 4 CPCB stations with a 30-point spread (min 198, max 228); Nagpur spans 4 stations with a 9-point spread (min 98, max 107).