Indore vs Mumbai
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Indore and Mumbai.
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 Mumbai averaged 93 — a 9-point (11%) gap, with Mumbai the more polluted and Indore the cleaner of the two. On 1546 days when both cities reported, Indore was cleaner on 1273 of them; the average daily gap was 75 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Indore peaks in November, while Mumbai peaks in December. Indore logged 0% Severe days and 45.099999999999994% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Mumbai was 0.5% Severe and 34% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Indore 65 days, Mumbai 58 days.
Year-over-year progress
Indore has improved by 47 AQI points (35.9%) from 2019 to 2024; Mumbai has improved by 4 AQI points (4.1%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Indore reached AQI 359 at Maguda Nagar (IMC) on 2024-09-18; Mumbai hit AQI 500 at Vile Parle West (MPCB) on 2022-08-15.
Station-level disparity
Indore spans 6 CPCB stations with a 69-point spread (min 52, max 121); Mumbai spans 29 stations with a 74-point spread (min 77, max 151).