Malegaon vs Vellore
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Malegaon and Vellore.
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 Vellore averaged 61 — a 53-point (87%) gap, with Malegaon the more polluted and Vellore the cleaner of the two. On 206 days when both cities reported, Vellore was cleaner on 184 of them; the average daily gap was 61 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Malegaon peaks in November, while Vellore peaks in December. Malegaon logged 0% Severe days and 48% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Vellore was 0% Severe and 83.5% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Malegaon 51 days, Vellore 23 days.
Year-over-year progress
Malegaon has worsened by 16 AQI points (16.3%) from 2023 to 2024; Vellore has improved by 10 AQI points (14.1%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Malegaon reached AQI 298 at Mahesh Nagar (MPCB) on 2024-07-07; Vellore hit AQI 245 at Vasanthapuram (TNPCB) on 2024-01-14.
Station-level disparity
Malegaon spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 109, max 109); Vellore spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 70, max 70).