Ghaziabad vs Tālcher
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Ghaziabad and Tālcher.
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 Tālcher averaged 127 — a 50-point (39%) gap, with Ghaziabad the more polluted and Tālcher the cleaner of the two. On 1357 days when both cities reported, Tālcher was cleaner on 1178 of them; the average daily gap was 138 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Ghaziabad peaks in November, while Tālcher peaks in December. Ghaziabad logged 12.2% Severe days and 13.700000000000001% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Tālcher was 0.2% Severe and 43.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Ghaziabad 19 days, Tālcher 44 days.
Year-over-year progress
Ghaziabad has improved by 115 AQI points (39.4%) from 2017 to 2024; Tālcher has improved by 63 AQI points (33.2%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Ghaziabad reached AQI 500 at Vasundhara (UPPCB) on 2017-12-21; Tālcher hit AQI 414 at Talcher (OSPCB) on 2018-11-27.
Station-level disparity
Ghaziabad spans 4 CPCB stations with a 30-point spread (min 198, max 228); Tālcher spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 132, max 132).