Katni vs Meerut
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Katni and Meerut.
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, Katni averaged an AQI of 105 while Meerut averaged 144 — a 39-point (37%) gap, with Meerut the more polluted and Katni the cleaner of the two. On 1508 days when both cities reported, Katni was cleaner on 1190 of them; the average daily gap was 73 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Katni logged 0% Severe days and 39.3% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Meerut was 2% Severe and 22.299999999999997% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Katni 62 days, Meerut 25 days.
Year-over-year progress
Katni has improved by 93 AQI points (47%) from 2019 to 2024; Meerut has improved by 116 AQI points (44.6%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Katni reached AQI 350 at Gole Bazar (MPPCB) on 2019-11-01; Meerut hit AQI 490 at Pallavpuram Phase 2 (UPPCB) on 2020-11-05.
Station-level disparity
Katni spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 137, max 137); Meerut spans 3 stations with a 13-point spread (min 172, max 185).