Meerut vs Pune
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Meerut and Pune.
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 Pune averaged 97 — a 47-point (48%) gap, with Meerut the more polluted and Pune the cleaner of the two. On 1369 days when both cities reported, Pune was cleaner on 1007 of them; the average daily gap was 92 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; Pune was 0.1% Severe and 44.8% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Meerut 25 days, Pune 92 days.
Year-over-year progress
Meerut has improved by 116 AQI points (44.6%) from 2019 to 2024; Pune has improved by 7 AQI points (6.7%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Meerut reached AQI 490 at Pallavpuram Phase 2 (UPPCB) on 2020-11-05; Pune hit AQI 435 at Alandi (IITM) on 2024-01-29.
Station-level disparity
Meerut spans 3 CPCB stations with a 13-point spread (min 172, max 185); Pune spans 12 stations with a 54-point spread (min 68, max 122).