Ghaziabad vs Rourkela
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Ghaziabad and Rourkela.
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 Rourkela averaged 115 — a 62-point (54%) gap, with Ghaziabad the more polluted and Rourkela the cleaner of the two. On 395 days when both cities reported, Rourkela was cleaner on 322 of them; the average daily gap was 92 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; Rourkela was 0% Severe and 32.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Ghaziabad 19 days, Rourkela 60 days.
Year-over-year progress
Ghaziabad has improved by 115 AQI points (39.4%) from 2017 to 2024; Rourkela has improved by 112 AQI points (49.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Ghaziabad reached AQI 500 at Vasundhara (UPPCB) on 2017-12-21; Rourkela hit AQI 344 at Raghunathpali (OSPCB) on 2024-01-01.
Station-level disparity
Ghaziabad spans 4 CPCB stations with a 30-point spread (min 198, max 228); Rourkela spans 3 stations with a 29-point spread (min 106, max 135).