Indore vs Surat
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Indore and Surat.
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 Surat averaged 83 — a 1-point (1%) gap, with Indore the more polluted and Surat the cleaner of the two. On 333 days when both cities reported, Surat was cleaner on 217 of them; the average daily gap was 70 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; Surat was 0% Severe and 55.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Indore 65 days, Surat 55 days.
Year-over-year progress
Indore has improved by 47 AQI points (35.9%) from 2019 to 2024; Surat has improved by 139 AQI points (62.6%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Indore reached AQI 359 at Maguda Nagar (IMC) on 2024-09-18; Surat hit AQI 384 at Science Center (SMC) on 2023-08-19.
Station-level disparity
Indore spans 6 CPCB stations with a 69-point spread (min 52, max 121); Surat spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 123, max 123).