Malegaon vs Nashik
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Malegaon and Nashik.
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, Malegaon averaged an AQI of 114 while Nashik averaged 85 — a 29-point (34%) gap, with Malegaon the more polluted and Nashik the cleaner of the two. On 355 days when both cities reported, Nashik was cleaner on 225 of them; the average daily gap was 34 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Malegaon logged 0% Severe days and 48% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Nashik was 0% Severe and 65.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Malegaon 51 days, Nashik 53 days.
Year-over-year progress
Malegaon has worsened by 16 AQI points (16.3%) from 2023 to 2024; Nashik has improved by 38 AQI points (30.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Malegaon reached AQI 298 at Mahesh Nagar (MPCB) on 2024-07-07; Nashik hit AQI 319 at Gangapur Road (MPCB) on 2024-11-24.
Station-level disparity
Malegaon spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 109, max 109); Nashik spans 4 stations with a 12-point spread (min 78, max 90).