Kishanganj vs Panchkula
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kishanganj and Panchkula.
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, Kishanganj averaged an AQI of 144 while Panchkula averaged 117 — a 27-point (23%) gap, with Kishanganj the more polluted and Panchkula the cleaner of the two. On 342 days when both cities reported, Panchkula was cleaner on 251 of them; the average daily gap was 81 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Kishanganj peaks in January, while Panchkula peaks in December. Kishanganj logged 0.2% Severe days and 37.099999999999994% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Panchkula was 0.1% Severe and 61.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kishanganj 23 days, Panchkula 60 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kishanganj has improved by 136 AQI points (48.6%) from 2021 to 2024; Panchkula has improved by 74 AQI points (38.7%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kishanganj reached AQI 417 at SDM Office Khagra (BSPCB) on 2022-02-01; Panchkula hit AQI 474 at Sector-6 Panchkula () on 2018-06-15.
Station-level disparity
Kishanganj spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 156, max 156); Panchkula spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 102, max 102).