Malegaon vs Sonipat
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Malegaon and Sonipat.
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 Sonipat averaged 134 — a 20-point (18%) gap, with Sonipat the more polluted and Malegaon the cleaner of the two. On 403 days when both cities reported, Malegaon was cleaner on 256 of them; the average daily gap was 66 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; Sonipat was 0.8% Severe and 26.5% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Malegaon 51 days, Sonipat 21 days.
Year-over-year progress
Malegaon has worsened by 16 AQI points (16.3%) from 2023 to 2024; Sonipat has improved by 220 AQI points (62.1%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Malegaon reached AQI 298 at Mahesh Nagar (MPCB) on 2024-07-07; Sonipat hit AQI 455 at Murthal (HSPCB) on 2023-11-03.
Station-level disparity
Malegaon spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 109, max 109); Sonipat spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 162, max 162).