Meerut vs Patiala
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Meerut and Patiala.
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 Patiala averaged 103 — a 41-point (40%) gap, with Meerut the more polluted and Patiala the cleaner of the two. On 1545 days when both cities reported, Patiala was cleaner on 1465 of them; the average daily gap was 94 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; Patiala was 0.1% Severe and 54.8% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Meerut 25 days, Patiala 86 days.
Year-over-year progress
Meerut has improved by 116 AQI points (44.6%) from 2019 to 2024; Patiala has worsened by 8 AQI points (8.4%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Meerut reached AQI 490 at Pallavpuram Phase 2 (UPPCB) on 2020-11-05; Patiala hit AQI 415 at Model Town (PPCB) on 2019-11-03.
Station-level disparity
Meerut spans 3 CPCB stations with a 13-point spread (min 172, max 185); Patiala spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 104, max 104).