Jodhpur vs Salem
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Jodhpur and Salem.
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, Jodhpur averaged an AQI of 116 while Salem averaged 68 — a 48-point (71%) gap, with Jodhpur the more polluted and Salem the cleaner of the two. On 208 days when both cities reported, Salem was cleaner on 197 of them; the average daily gap was 80 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Jodhpur peaks in November, while Salem peaks in April. Jodhpur logged 0.2% Severe days and 18.099999999999998% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Salem was 0% Severe and 87.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Jodhpur 34 days, Salem 17 days.
Year-over-year progress
Jodhpur has improved by 86 AQI points (42.6%) from 2016 to 2024; Salem has improved by 5 AQI points (6.8%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Jodhpur reached AQI 436 at Collectorate (RSPCB) on 2018-04-21; Salem hit AQI 214 at Sona College of Technology (TNPCB) on 2024-01-15.
Station-level disparity
Jodhpur spans 5 CPCB stations with a 69-point spread (min 100, max 169); Salem spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 73, max 73).