Ghaziabad vs Ulhasnagar
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Ghaziabad and Ulhasnagar.
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 Ulhasnagar averaged 117 — a 60-point (51%) gap, with Ghaziabad the more polluted and Ulhasnagar the cleaner of the two. On 353 days when both cities reported, Ulhasnagar was cleaner on 304 of them; the average daily gap was 100 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Ghaziabad peaks in November, while Ulhasnagar peaks in January. Ghaziabad logged 12.2% Severe days and 13.700000000000001% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Ulhasnagar was 0% Severe and 46.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Ghaziabad 19 days, Ulhasnagar 74 days.
Year-over-year progress
Ghaziabad has improved by 115 AQI points (39.4%) from 2017 to 2024; Ulhasnagar has improved by 10 AQI points (7.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Ghaziabad reached AQI 500 at Vasundhara (UPPCB) on 2017-12-21; Ulhasnagar hit AQI 319 at Sidhi Vinayak Nagar (MPCB) on 2023-11-13.
Station-level disparity
Ghaziabad spans 4 CPCB stations with a 30-point spread (min 198, max 228); Ulhasnagar spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 120, max 120).