Kaithal vs Malegaon
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kaithal and Malegaon.
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 Malegaon averaged 114 — a 12-point (11%) gap, with Kaithal the more polluted and Malegaon the cleaner of the two. On 481 days when both cities reported, Malegaon was cleaner on 291 of them; the average daily gap was 55 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; Malegaon was 0% Severe and 48% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kaithal 39 days, Malegaon 51 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kaithal has improved by 8 AQI points (6%) from 2019 to 2024; Malegaon has worsened by 16 AQI points (16.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kaithal reached AQI 467 at Rishi Nagar (HSPCB) on 2019-11-03; Malegaon hit AQI 298 at Mahesh Nagar (MPCB) on 2024-07-07.
Station-level disparity
Kaithal spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 136, max 136); Malegaon spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 109, max 109).