Kaithal vs Mahād
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kaithal and Mahād.
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 Mahād averaged 90 — a 36-point (40%) gap, with Kaithal the more polluted and Mahād the cleaner of the two. On 469 days when both cities reported, Mahād was cleaner on 355 of them; the average daily gap was 64 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; Mahād was 0% Severe and 63.699999999999996% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kaithal 39 days, Mahād 49 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kaithal has improved by 8 AQI points (6%) from 2019 to 2024; Mahād has worsened by 6 AQI points (7.1%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kaithal reached AQI 467 at Rishi Nagar (HSPCB) on 2019-11-03; Mahād hit AQI 242 at Kamble Tarf Birwadi (MPCB) on 2023-11-19.
Station-level disparity
Kaithal spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 136, max 136); Mahād spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 88, max 88).