Gwalior vs Tālcher
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Gwalior 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, Gwalior averaged an AQI of 136 while Tālcher averaged 127 — a 9-point (7%) gap, with Gwalior the more polluted and Tālcher the cleaner of the two. On 884 days when both cities reported, Tālcher was cleaner on 619 of them; the average daily gap was 71 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Gwalior peaks in November, while Tālcher peaks in December. Gwalior logged 0.4% Severe days and 31.5% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Tālcher was 0.2% Severe and 43.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Gwalior 47 days, Tālcher 44 days.
Year-over-year progress
Gwalior has improved by 12 AQI points (8.1%) from 2020 to 2024; Tālcher has improved by 63 AQI points (33.2%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Gwalior reached AQI 450 at City Center (MPPCB) on 2021-11-09; Tālcher hit AQI 414 at Talcher (OSPCB) on 2018-11-27.
Station-level disparity
Gwalior spans 4 CPCB stations with a 53-point spread (min 112, max 165); Tālcher spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 132, max 132).