Hapur vs Surat
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Hapur and Surat.
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 Surat averaged 83 — a 59-point (71%) gap, with Hapur the more polluted and Surat the cleaner of the two. On 571 days when both cities reported, Surat was cleaner on 320 of them; the average daily gap was 79 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; Surat was 0% Severe and 55.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Hapur 55 days, Surat 55 days.
Year-over-year progress
Hapur has improved by 197 AQI points (58.1%) from 2018 to 2024; Surat has improved by 139 AQI points (62.6%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Hapur reached AQI 477 at Anand Vihar (UPPCB) on 2019-10-31; Surat hit AQI 384 at Science Center (SMC) on 2023-08-19.
Station-level disparity
Hapur spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 159, max 159); Surat spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 123, max 123).