Jīnd vs Meerut
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Jīnd and Meerut.
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 Meerut averaged 144 — a 18-point (14%) gap, with Meerut the more polluted and Jīnd the cleaner of the two. On 1432 days when both cities reported, Jīnd was cleaner on 1056 of them; the average daily gap was 55 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; Meerut was 2% Severe and 22.299999999999997% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Jīnd 23 days, Meerut 25 days.
Year-over-year progress
Jīnd has improved by 39 AQI points (23.6%) from 2019 to 2024; Meerut has improved by 116 AQI points (44.6%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Jīnd reached AQI 491 at Police Lines (HSPCB) on 2019-11-03; Meerut hit AQI 490 at Pallavpuram Phase 2 (UPPCB) on 2020-11-05.
Station-level disparity
Jīnd spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 158, max 158); Meerut spans 3 stations with a 13-point spread (min 172, max 185).