Malegaon vs Thiruvananthapuram
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Malegaon and Thiruvananthapuram.
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 Thiruvananthapuram averaged 56 — a 58-point (104%) gap, with Malegaon the more polluted and Thiruvananthapuram the cleaner of the two. On 355 days when both cities reported, Thiruvananthapuram was cleaner on 306 of them; the average daily gap was 47 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Malegaon peaks in November, while Thiruvananthapuram peaks in January. Malegaon logged 0% Severe days and 48% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Thiruvananthapuram was 0% Severe and 92% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Malegaon 51 days, Thiruvananthapuram 172 days.
Year-over-year progress
Malegaon has worsened by 16 AQI points (16.3%) from 2023 to 2024; Thiruvananthapuram has improved by 11 AQI points (16.4%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Malegaon reached AQI 298 at Mahesh Nagar (MPCB) on 2024-07-07; Thiruvananthapuram hit AQI 387 at Plammoodu Thiruvananthapuram (PCB) on 2021-08-30.
Station-level disparity
Malegaon spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 109, max 109); Thiruvananthapuram spans 2 stations with a 7-point spread (min 57, max 64).