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Malegaon vs Patiala

Side-by-side air quality comparison between Malegaon and Patiala.

Cleaner right now: Malegaon (306-pt gap)Historical head-to-head: Patiala cleaner 285/521 daysYoY 20232024: Malegaon +16.3% · Patiala +8.4%

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

🏆 Cleaner

Malegaon

Maharashtra, India

Good

PM2.5: 15.6 µg/m³

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Patiala

Punjab, India

Very Poor

PM2.5: 79.4 µg/m³

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Pollutant-level comparison (PM2.5, PM10, O3, NO2, SO2, CO)
PollutantMalegaonPatiala
PM2.5(µg/m³)15.6079.40
PM10(µg/m³)32.90380.90
NO₂(µg/m³)7.7013.60
SO₂(µg/m³)10.4013.50
O₃(µg/m³)38.0090.00
CO(µg/m³)138.00640.00

CPCB Multi-Year History (2016–2024)

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Summary

Overview

In 2024, Malegaon averaged an AQI of 114 while Patiala averaged 103 — a 11-point (11%) gap, with Malegaon the more polluted and Patiala the cleaner of the two. On 521 days when both cities reported, Patiala was cleaner on 285 of them; the average daily gap was 36 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; Patiala was 0.1% Severe and 54.8% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Malegaon 51 days, Patiala 86 days.

Year-over-year progress

Malegaon has worsened by 16 AQI points (16.3%) from 2023 to 2024; Patiala has worsened by 8 AQI points (8.4%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Malegaon reached AQI 298 at Mahesh Nagar (MPCB) on 2024-07-07; Patiala hit AQI 415 at Model Town (PPCB) on 2019-11-03.

Station-level disparity

Malegaon spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 109, max 109); Patiala spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 104, max 104).

Verdict

🏆 Malegaon has better air quality with an AQI of 33 compared to Patiala's 339. That's a significant difference of 306 points.

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