Meerut vs Noida
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Meerut and Noida.
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 Noida averaged 182 — a 38-point (26%) gap, with Noida the more polluted and Meerut the cleaner of the two. On 1567 days when both cities reported, Meerut was cleaner on 1064 of them; the average daily gap was 48 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; Noida was 8.9% Severe and 16.5% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Meerut 25 days, Noida 14 days.
Year-over-year progress
Meerut has improved by 116 AQI points (44.6%) from 2019 to 2024; Noida has improved by 79 AQI points (30.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Meerut reached AQI 490 at Pallavpuram Phase 2 (UPPCB) on 2020-11-05; Noida hit AQI 500 at Sector-1 (UPPCB) on 2019-11-01.
Station-level disparity
Meerut spans 3 CPCB stations with a 13-point spread (min 172, max 185); Noida spans 4 stations with a 15-point spread (min 195, max 210).