Gummidipoondi vs Meerut
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Gummidipoondi and Meerut.
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, Gummidipoondi averaged an AQI of 107 while Meerut averaged 144 — a 37-point (35%) gap, with Meerut the more polluted and Gummidipoondi the cleaner of the two. On 743 days when both cities reported, Gummidipoondi was cleaner on 603 of them; the average daily gap was 109 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Gummidipoondi logged 0% Severe days and 59.1% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Meerut was 2% Severe and 22.299999999999997% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Gummidipoondi 49 days, Meerut 25 days.
Year-over-year progress
Gummidipoondi has worsened by 8 AQI points (8.1%) from 2021 to 2024; Meerut has improved by 116 AQI points (44.6%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Gummidipoondi reached AQI 326 at Anthoni Pillai Nagar (TNPCB) on 2023-12-22; Meerut hit AQI 490 at Pallavpuram Phase 2 (UPPCB) on 2020-11-05.
Station-level disparity
Gummidipoondi spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 99, max 99); Meerut spans 3 stations with a 13-point spread (min 172, max 185).