Meerut vs Nagpur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Meerut and Nagpur.
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, Meerut averaged an AQI of 144 while Nagpur averaged 104 — a 40-point (38%) gap, with Meerut the more polluted and Nagpur the cleaner of the two. On 1231 days when both cities reported, Nagpur was cleaner on 988 of them; the average daily gap was 105 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Meerut logged 2% Severe days and 22.299999999999997% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Nagpur was 0% Severe and 60.599999999999994% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Meerut 25 days, Nagpur 68 days.
Year-over-year progress
Meerut has improved by 116 AQI points (44.6%) from 2019 to 2024; Nagpur has improved by 37 AQI points (26.2%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Meerut reached AQI 490 at Pallavpuram Phase 2 (UPPCB) on 2020-11-05; Nagpur hit AQI 342 at Opp GPO Civil Lines (MPCB) on 2022-12-03.
Station-level disparity
Meerut spans 3 CPCB stations with a 13-point spread (min 172, max 185); Nagpur spans 4 stations with a 9-point spread (min 98, max 107).