Malegaon vs Purnia
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Malegaon and Purnia.
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 Purnia averaged 133 — a 19-point (17%) gap, with Purnia the more polluted and Malegaon the cleaner of the two. On 400 days when both cities reported, Malegaon was cleaner on 241 of them; the average daily gap was 59 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Malegaon peaks in November, while Purnia peaks in January. Malegaon logged 0% Severe days and 48% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Purnia was 3.7% Severe and 33.699999999999996% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Malegaon 51 days, Purnia 14 days.
Year-over-year progress
Malegaon has worsened by 16 AQI points (16.3%) from 2023 to 2024; Purnia has improved by 163 AQI points (55.1%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Malegaon reached AQI 298 at Mahesh Nagar (MPCB) on 2024-07-07; Purnia hit AQI 460 at Mariam Nagar (BSPCB) on 2022-12-15.
Station-level disparity
Malegaon spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 109, max 109); Purnia spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 176, max 176).