Kaithal vs Ludhiana
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kaithal 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, Kaithal averaged an AQI of 126 while Ludhiana averaged 117 — a 9-point (8%) gap, with Kaithal the more polluted and Ludhiana the cleaner of the two. On 991 days when both cities reported, Ludhiana was cleaner on 704 of them; the average daily gap was 38 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Kaithal logged 0.7% Severe days and 41.400000000000006% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Ludhiana was 0.3% Severe and 53.599999999999994% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kaithal 39 days, Ludhiana 53 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kaithal has improved by 8 AQI points (6%) from 2019 to 2024; Ludhiana has improved by 79 AQI points (40.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kaithal reached AQI 467 at Rishi Nagar (HSPCB) on 2019-11-03; Ludhiana hit AQI 488 at Punjab Agricultural University (PPCB) on 2018-06-14.
Station-level disparity
Kaithal spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 136, max 136); Ludhiana spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 118, max 118).