Indore vs Mahād
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Indore and Mahād.
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 Mahād averaged 90 — a 6-point (7%) gap, with Mahād the more polluted and Indore the cleaner of the two. On 339 days when both cities reported, Mahād was cleaner on 292 of them; the average daily gap was 45 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; Mahād was 0% Severe and 63.699999999999996% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Indore 65 days, Mahād 49 days.
Year-over-year progress
Indore has improved by 47 AQI points (35.9%) from 2019 to 2024; Mahād has worsened by 6 AQI points (7.1%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Indore reached AQI 359 at Maguda Nagar (IMC) on 2024-09-18; Mahād hit AQI 242 at Kamble Tarf Birwadi (MPCB) on 2023-11-19.
Station-level disparity
Indore spans 6 CPCB stations with a 69-point spread (min 52, max 121); Mahād spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 88, max 88).