Jodhpur vs Varanasi
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Jodhpur and Varanasi.
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 Varanasi averaged 56 — a 60-point (107%) gap, with Jodhpur the more polluted and Varanasi the cleaner of the two. On 2461 days when both cities reported, Varanasi was cleaner on 1329 of them; the average daily gap was 75 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Jodhpur peaks in November, while Varanasi peaks in January. Jodhpur logged 0.2% Severe days and 18.099999999999998% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Varanasi was 2.8% Severe and 36% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Jodhpur 34 days, Varanasi 87 days.
Year-over-year progress
Jodhpur has improved by 86 AQI points (42.6%) from 2016 to 2024; Varanasi has improved by 169 AQI points (75.1%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Jodhpur reached AQI 436 at Collectorate (RSPCB) on 2018-04-21; Varanasi hit AQI 500 at Ardhali Bazar (UPPCB) on 2017-07-11.
Station-level disparity
Jodhpur spans 5 CPCB stations with a 69-point spread (min 100, max 169); Varanasi spans 4 stations with a 94-point spread (min 71, max 165).