Ludhiana vs Sirsa
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Ludhiana and Sirsa.
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 Sirsa averaged 115 — a 2-point (2%) gap, with Ludhiana the more polluted and Sirsa the cleaner of the two. On 989 days when both cities reported, Ludhiana was cleaner on 709 of them; the average daily gap was 46 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; Sirsa was 0.5% Severe and 41.300000000000004% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Ludhiana 53 days, Sirsa 40 days.
Year-over-year progress
Ludhiana has improved by 79 AQI points (40.3%) from 2017 to 2021; Sirsa has improved by 48 AQI points (29.4%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Ludhiana reached AQI 488 at Punjab Agricultural University (PPCB) on 2018-06-14; Sirsa hit AQI 462 at F-Block (HSPCB) on 2019-11-01.
Station-level disparity
Ludhiana spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 118, max 118); Sirsa spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 132, max 132).