Ghaziabad vs Pune
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Ghaziabad and Pune.
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 Pune averaged 97 — a 80-point (82%) gap, with Ghaziabad the more polluted and Pune the cleaner of the two. On 1989 days when both cities reported, Pune was cleaner on 1765 of them; the average daily gap was 134 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; Pune was 0.1% Severe and 44.8% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Ghaziabad 19 days, Pune 92 days.
Year-over-year progress
Ghaziabad has improved by 115 AQI points (39.4%) from 2017 to 2024; Pune has improved by 7 AQI points (6.7%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Ghaziabad reached AQI 500 at Vasundhara (UPPCB) on 2017-12-21; Pune hit AQI 435 at Alandi (IITM) on 2024-01-29.
Station-level disparity
Ghaziabad spans 4 CPCB stations with a 30-point spread (min 198, max 228); Pune spans 12 stations with a 54-point spread (min 68, max 122).