Malegaon vs Thrissur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Malegaon and Thrissur.
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 Thrissur averaged 57 — a 57-point (100%) gap, with Malegaon the more polluted and Thrissur the cleaner of the two. On 435 days when both cities reported, Thrissur was cleaner on 370 of them; the average daily gap was 55 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Malegaon peaks in November, while Thrissur peaks in February. Malegaon logged 0% Severe days and 48% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Thrissur was 0% Severe and 88.4% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Malegaon 51 days, Thrissur 52 days.
Year-over-year progress
Malegaon has worsened by 16 AQI points (16.3%) from 2023 to 2024; Thrissur has improved by 21 AQI points (26.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Malegaon reached AQI 298 at Mahesh Nagar (MPCB) on 2024-07-07; Thrissur hit AQI 181 at Corporation Ground Thrissur (PCB) on 2023-01-09.
Station-level disparity
Malegaon spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 109, max 109); Thrissur spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 68, max 68).