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Malegaon vs Ulhasnagar

Side-by-side air quality comparison between Malegaon and Ulhasnagar.

Cleaner right now: Malegaon (13-pt gap)Historical head-to-head: Malegaon cleaner 266/486 daysYoY 20232024: Malegaon +16.3% · Ulhasnagar -7.9%

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

🏆 Cleaner

Malegaon

Maharashtra, India

Good

PM2.5: 13.6 µg/m³

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Ulhasnagar

Maharashtra, India

Good

PM2.5: 22.1 µg/m³

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Pollutant-level comparison (PM2.5, PM10, O3, NO2, SO2, CO)
PollutantMalegaonUlhasnagar
PM2.5(µg/m³)13.6022.10
PM10(µg/m³)26.5040.40
NO₂(µg/m³)11.1023.10
SO₂(µg/m³)9.1021.70
O₃(µg/m³)27.0019.00
CO(µg/m³)121.00208.00

CPCB Multi-Year History (2016–2024)

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Summary

Overview

In 2024, Malegaon averaged an AQI of 114 while Ulhasnagar averaged 117 — a 3-point (3%) gap, with Ulhasnagar the more polluted and Malegaon the cleaner of the two. On 486 days when both cities reported, Malegaon was cleaner on 266 of them; the average daily gap was 37 AQI points.

Seasonality & days

Malegaon peaks in November, while Ulhasnagar peaks in January. Malegaon logged 0% Severe days and 48% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Ulhasnagar was 0% Severe and 46.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Malegaon 51 days, Ulhasnagar 74 days.

Year-over-year progress

Malegaon has worsened by 16 AQI points (16.3%) from 2023 to 2024; Ulhasnagar has improved by 10 AQI points (7.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Malegaon reached AQI 298 at Mahesh Nagar (MPCB) on 2024-07-07; Ulhasnagar hit AQI 319 at Sidhi Vinayak Nagar (MPCB) on 2023-11-13.

Station-level disparity

Malegaon spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 109, max 109); Ulhasnagar spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 120, max 120).

Verdict

🏆 Malegaon has better air quality with an AQI of 27 compared to Ulhasnagar's 40.

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