Ghaziabad vs Sawāi Mādhopur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Ghaziabad and Sawāi Mādhopur.
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 Sawāi Mādhopur averaged 119 — a 58-point (49%) gap, with Ghaziabad the more polluted and Sawāi Mādhopur the cleaner of the two. On 333 days when both cities reported, Sawāi Mādhopur was cleaner on 302 of them; the average daily gap was 102 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; Sawāi Mādhopur was 0% Severe and 44.900000000000006% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Ghaziabad 19 days, Sawāi Mādhopur 21 days.
Year-over-year progress
Ghaziabad has improved by 115 AQI points (39.4%) from 2017 to 2024; Sawāi Mādhopur has worsened by 7 AQI points (6.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Ghaziabad reached AQI 500 at Vasundhara (UPPCB) on 2017-12-21; Sawāi Mādhopur hit AQI 328 at Sahu Nagar Sawai (RSPCB) on 2024-06-07.
Station-level disparity
Ghaziabad spans 4 CPCB stations with a 30-point spread (min 198, max 228); Sawāi Mādhopur spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 116, max 116).