Indore vs Ludhiana
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Indore and Ludhiana.
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, Indore averaged an AQI of 84 while Ludhiana averaged 117 — a 33-point (39%) gap, with Ludhiana the more polluted and Indore the cleaner of the two. On 794 days when both cities reported, Ludhiana was cleaner on 409 of them; the average daily gap was 48 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Indore logged 0% Severe days and 45.099999999999994% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Ludhiana was 0.3% Severe and 53.599999999999994% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Indore 65 days, Ludhiana 53 days.
Year-over-year progress
Indore has improved by 47 AQI points (35.9%) from 2019 to 2024; Ludhiana has improved by 79 AQI points (40.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Indore reached AQI 359 at Maguda Nagar (IMC) on 2024-09-18; Ludhiana hit AQI 488 at Punjab Agricultural University (PPCB) on 2018-06-14.
Station-level disparity
Indore spans 6 CPCB stations with a 69-point spread (min 52, max 121); Ludhiana spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 118, max 118).