Jaipur vs Prayagraj
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Jaipur and Prayagraj.
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 Prayagraj averaged 80 — a 56-point (70%) gap, with Jaipur the more polluted and Prayagraj the cleaner of the two. On 938 days when both cities reported, Prayagraj was cleaner on 670 of them; the average daily gap was 62 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; Prayagraj was 0.2% Severe and 48% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Jaipur 57 days, Prayagraj 69 days.
Year-over-year progress
Jaipur has improved by 53 AQI points (28%) from 2017 to 2024; Prayagraj has improved by 42 AQI points (34.4%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Jaipur reached AQI 452 at Shastri Nagar (RSPCB) on 2018-02-06; Prayagraj hit AQI 416 at Nagar Nigam (UPPCB) on 2021-11-08.
Station-level disparity
Jaipur spans 6 CPCB stations with a 48-point spread (min 112, max 160); Prayagraj spans 3 stations with a 9-point spread (min 96, max 105).