Jaipur vs Ludhiana
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Jaipur and Ludhiana.
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, Jaipur averaged an AQI of 136 while Ludhiana averaged 117 — a 19-point (16%) gap, with Jaipur the more polluted and Ludhiana the cleaner of the two. On 1476 days when both cities reported, Ludhiana was cleaner on 1055 of them; the average daily gap was 52 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Jaipur logged 0.1% Severe days and 26.799999999999997% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Ludhiana was 0.3% Severe and 53.599999999999994% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Jaipur 57 days, Ludhiana 53 days.
Year-over-year progress
Jaipur has improved by 53 AQI points (28%) from 2017 to 2024; Ludhiana has improved by 79 AQI points (40.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Jaipur reached AQI 452 at Shastri Nagar (RSPCB) on 2018-02-06; Ludhiana hit AQI 488 at Punjab Agricultural University (PPCB) on 2018-06-14.
Station-level disparity
Jaipur spans 6 CPCB stations with a 48-point spread (min 112, max 160); Ludhiana spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 118, max 118).