Jīnd vs Ludhiana
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Jīnd 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, Jīnd averaged an AQI of 126 while Ludhiana averaged 117 — a 9-point (8%) gap, with Jīnd the more polluted and Ludhiana the cleaner of the two. On 984 days when both cities reported, Ludhiana was cleaner on 799 of them; the average daily gap was 72 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Jīnd logged 2.1% Severe days and 36.5% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Ludhiana was 0.3% Severe and 53.599999999999994% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Jīnd 23 days, Ludhiana 53 days.
Year-over-year progress
Jīnd has improved by 39 AQI points (23.6%) from 2019 to 2024; Ludhiana has improved by 79 AQI points (40.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Jīnd reached AQI 491 at Police Lines (HSPCB) on 2019-11-03; Ludhiana hit AQI 488 at Punjab Agricultural University (PPCB) on 2018-06-14.
Station-level disparity
Jīnd spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 158, max 158); Ludhiana spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 118, max 118).