Indore vs Tonk
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Indore and Tonk.
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 Tonk averaged 142 — a 58-point (69%) gap, with Tonk the more polluted and Indore the cleaner of the two. On 299 days when both cities reported, Indore was cleaner on 167 of them; the average daily gap was 41 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; Tonk was 0% Severe and 28.200000000000003% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Indore 65 days, Tonk 11 days.
Year-over-year progress
Indore has improved by 47 AQI points (35.9%) from 2019 to 2024; Tonk has improved by 14 AQI points (9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Indore reached AQI 359 at Maguda Nagar (IMC) on 2024-09-18; Tonk hit AQI 368 at Shastri Nagar (RSPCB) on 2023-11-17.
Station-level disparity
Indore spans 6 CPCB stations with a 69-point spread (min 52, max 121); Tonk spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 148, max 148).