Mahād vs Prayagraj
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Mahād and Prayagraj.
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, Mahād averaged an AQI of 90 while Prayagraj averaged 80 — a 10-point (13%) gap, with Mahād the more polluted and Prayagraj the cleaner of the two. On 338 days when both cities reported, Mahād was cleaner on 200 of them; the average daily gap was 34 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Mahād logged 0% Severe days and 63.699999999999996% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Prayagraj was 0.2% Severe and 48% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Mahād 49 days, Prayagraj 69 days.
Year-over-year progress
Mahād has worsened by 6 AQI points (7.1%) from 2023 to 2024; Prayagraj has improved by 42 AQI points (34.4%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Mahād reached AQI 242 at Kamble Tarf Birwadi (MPCB) on 2023-11-19; Prayagraj hit AQI 416 at Nagar Nigam (UPPCB) on 2021-11-08.
Station-level disparity
Mahād spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 88, max 88); Prayagraj spans 3 stations with a 9-point spread (min 96, max 105).