Ghaziabad vs Prayagraj
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Ghaziabad and Prayagraj.
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 Prayagraj averaged 80 — a 97-point (121%) gap, with Ghaziabad the more polluted and Prayagraj the cleaner of the two. On 938 days when both cities reported, Prayagraj was cleaner on 873 of them; the average daily gap was 118 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; Prayagraj was 0.2% Severe and 48% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Ghaziabad 19 days, Prayagraj 69 days.
Year-over-year progress
Ghaziabad has improved by 115 AQI points (39.4%) from 2017 to 2024; Prayagraj has improved by 42 AQI points (34.4%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Ghaziabad reached AQI 500 at Vasundhara (UPPCB) on 2017-12-21; Prayagraj hit AQI 416 at Nagar Nigam (UPPCB) on 2021-11-08.
Station-level disparity
Ghaziabad spans 4 CPCB stations with a 30-point spread (min 198, max 228); Prayagraj spans 3 stations with a 9-point spread (min 96, max 105).