Ghaziabad vs Sirsa
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Ghaziabad and Sirsa.
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 Sirsa averaged 115 — a 62-point (54%) gap, with Ghaziabad the more polluted and Sirsa the cleaner of the two. On 1670 days when both cities reported, Sirsa was cleaner on 1487 of them; the average daily gap was 115 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; Sirsa was 0.5% Severe and 41.300000000000004% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Ghaziabad 19 days, Sirsa 40 days.
Year-over-year progress
Ghaziabad has improved by 115 AQI points (39.4%) from 2017 to 2024; Sirsa has improved by 48 AQI points (29.4%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Ghaziabad reached AQI 500 at Vasundhara (UPPCB) on 2017-12-21; Sirsa hit AQI 462 at F-Block (HSPCB) on 2019-11-01.
Station-level disparity
Ghaziabad spans 4 CPCB stations with a 30-point spread (min 198, max 228); Sirsa spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 132, max 132).