Mahād vs Ratlam
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Mahād and Ratlam.
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 Ratlam averaged 113 — a 23-point (26%) gap, with Ratlam the more polluted and Mahād the cleaner of the two. On 494 days when both cities reported, Mahād was cleaner on 350 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; Ratlam was 0% Severe and 46.4% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Mahād 49 days, Ratlam 59 days.
Year-over-year progress
Mahād has worsened by 6 AQI points (7.1%) from 2023 to 2024; Ratlam has improved by 19 AQI points (14.4%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Mahād reached AQI 242 at Kamble Tarf Birwadi (MPCB) on 2023-11-19; Ratlam hit AQI 302 at Shasthri Nagar Ratlam (Lab) on 2020-11-11.
Station-level disparity
Mahād spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 88, max 88); Ratlam spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 103, max 103).