Ludhiana vs Palwal
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Ludhiana and Palwal.
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 Palwal averaged 95 — a 22-point (23%) gap, with Ludhiana the more polluted and Palwal the cleaner of the two. On 919 days when both cities reported, Ludhiana was cleaner on 634 of them; the average daily gap was 60 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Ludhiana logged 0.3% Severe days and 53.599999999999994% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Palwal was 0.2% Severe and 47.800000000000004% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Ludhiana 53 days, Palwal 37 days.
Year-over-year progress
Ludhiana has improved by 79 AQI points (40.3%) from 2017 to 2021; Palwal has improved by 91 AQI points (48.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Ludhiana reached AQI 488 at Punjab Agricultural University (PPCB) on 2018-06-14; Palwal hit AQI 465 at Shyam Nagar (HSPCB) on 2019-11-14.
Station-level disparity
Ludhiana spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 118, max 118); Palwal spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 120, max 120).