Indore vs Palwal
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Indore and Palwal.
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 Palwal averaged 95 — a 11-point (13%) gap, with Palwal the more polluted and Indore the cleaner of the two. On 1356 days when both cities reported, Indore was cleaner on 696 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; Palwal was 0.2% Severe and 47.800000000000004% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Indore 65 days, Palwal 37 days.
Year-over-year progress
Indore has improved by 47 AQI points (35.9%) from 2019 to 2024; Palwal has improved by 91 AQI points (48.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Indore reached AQI 359 at Maguda Nagar (IMC) on 2024-09-18; Palwal hit AQI 465 at Shyam Nagar (HSPCB) on 2019-11-14.
Station-level disparity
Indore spans 6 CPCB stations with a 69-point spread (min 52, max 121); Palwal spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 120, max 120).