Malegaon vs Ratlam
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Malegaon 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, Malegaon averaged an AQI of 114 while Ratlam averaged 113 — a 1-point (1%) gap, with Malegaon the more polluted and Ratlam the cleaner of the two. On 505 days when both cities reported, Ratlam was cleaner on 262 of them; the average daily gap was 27 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; Ratlam was 0% Severe and 46.4% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Malegaon 51 days, Ratlam 59 days.
Year-over-year progress
Malegaon has worsened by 16 AQI points (16.3%) from 2023 to 2024; Ratlam has improved by 19 AQI points (14.4%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Malegaon reached AQI 298 at Mahesh Nagar (MPCB) on 2024-07-07; Ratlam hit AQI 302 at Shasthri Nagar Ratlam (Lab) on 2020-11-11.
Station-level disparity
Malegaon spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 109, max 109); Ratlam spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 103, max 103).