Hapur vs Meerut
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Hapur 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, Hapur averaged an AQI of 142 while Meerut averaged 144 — a 2-point (1%) gap, with Meerut the more polluted and Hapur the cleaner of the two. On 1462 days when both cities reported, Hapur was cleaner on 1171 of them; the average daily gap was 57 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Hapur logged 1.9% Severe days and 36.2% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Meerut was 2% Severe and 22.299999999999997% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Hapur 55 days, Meerut 25 days.
Year-over-year progress
Hapur has improved by 197 AQI points (58.1%) from 2018 to 2024; Meerut has improved by 116 AQI points (44.6%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Hapur reached AQI 477 at Anand Vihar (UPPCB) on 2019-10-31; Meerut hit AQI 490 at Pallavpuram Phase 2 (UPPCB) on 2020-11-05.
Station-level disparity
Hapur spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 159, max 159); Meerut spans 3 stations with a 13-point spread (min 172, max 185).