Indore vs Nagpur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Indore and Nagpur.
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 Nagpur averaged 104 — a 20-point (24%) gap, with Nagpur the more polluted and Indore the cleaner of the two. On 1209 days when both cities reported, Nagpur was cleaner on 791 of them; the average daily gap was 39 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; Nagpur was 0% Severe and 60.599999999999994% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Indore 65 days, Nagpur 68 days.
Year-over-year progress
Indore has improved by 47 AQI points (35.9%) from 2019 to 2024; Nagpur has improved by 37 AQI points (26.2%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Indore reached AQI 359 at Maguda Nagar (IMC) on 2024-09-18; Nagpur hit AQI 342 at Opp GPO Civil Lines (MPCB) on 2022-12-03.
Station-level disparity
Indore spans 6 CPCB stations with a 69-point spread (min 52, max 121); Nagpur spans 4 stations with a 9-point spread (min 98, max 107).