Ludhiana vs Navi Mumbai
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Ludhiana and Navi Mumbai.
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 2021, Ludhiana averaged an AQI of 117 while Navi Mumbai averaged 107 — a 10-point (9%) gap, with Ludhiana the more polluted and Navi Mumbai the cleaner of the two. On 1414 days when both cities reported, Ludhiana was cleaner on 754 of them; the average daily gap was 64 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Ludhiana peaks in November, while Navi Mumbai peaks in January. Ludhiana logged 0.3% Severe days and 53.599999999999994% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Navi Mumbai was 0.2% Severe and 43.6% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Ludhiana 53 days, Navi Mumbai 57 days.
Year-over-year progress
Ludhiana has improved by 79 AQI points (40.3%) from 2017 to 2021; Navi Mumbai has worsened by 29 AQI points (37.2%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Ludhiana reached AQI 488 at Punjab Agricultural University (PPCB) on 2018-06-14; Navi Mumbai hit AQI 477 at Airoli Navi (MPCB) on 2019-04-14.
Station-level disparity
Ludhiana spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 118, max 118); Navi Mumbai spans 8 stations with a 37-point spread (min 93, max 130).