Jaipur vs Pune
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Jaipur and Pune.
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 Pune averaged 97 — a 39-point (40%) gap, with Jaipur the more polluted and Pune the cleaner of the two. On 1999 days when both cities reported, Pune was cleaner on 1315 of them; the average daily gap was 57 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; Pune was 0.1% Severe and 44.8% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Jaipur 57 days, Pune 92 days.
Year-over-year progress
Jaipur has improved by 53 AQI points (28%) from 2017 to 2024; Pune has improved by 7 AQI points (6.7%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Jaipur reached AQI 452 at Shastri Nagar (RSPCB) on 2018-02-06; Pune hit AQI 435 at Alandi (IITM) on 2024-01-29.
Station-level disparity
Jaipur spans 6 CPCB stations with a 48-point spread (min 112, max 160); Pune spans 12 stations with a 54-point spread (min 68, max 122).