Ghaziabad vs Tirupati
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Ghaziabad and Tirupati.
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 Tirupati averaged 75 — a 102-point (136%) gap, with Ghaziabad the more polluted and Tirupati the cleaner of the two. On 261 days when both cities reported, Tirupati was cleaner on 241 of them; the average daily gap was 154 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Ghaziabad peaks in November, while Tirupati peaks in April. Ghaziabad logged 12.2% Severe days and 13.700000000000001% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Tirupati was 0% Severe and 84% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Ghaziabad 19 days, Tirupati 36 days.
Year-over-year progress
Ghaziabad has improved by 115 AQI points (39.4%) from 2017 to 2024; Tirupati has improved by 20 AQI points (21.1%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Ghaziabad reached AQI 500 at Vasundhara (UPPCB) on 2017-12-21; Tirupati hit AQI 263 at Vaikuntapuram (APPCB) on 2022-11-16.
Station-level disparity
Ghaziabad spans 4 CPCB stations with a 30-point spread (min 198, max 228); Tirupati spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 75, max 75).