Meerut vs Purnia
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Meerut and Purnia.
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 Purnia averaged 133 — a 11-point (8%) gap, with Meerut the more polluted and Purnia the cleaner of the two. On 602 days when both cities reported, Purnia was cleaner on 373 of them; the average daily gap was 75 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Meerut peaks in November, while Purnia peaks in January. Meerut logged 2% Severe days and 22.299999999999997% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Purnia was 3.7% Severe and 33.699999999999996% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Meerut 25 days, Purnia 14 days.
Year-over-year progress
Meerut has improved by 116 AQI points (44.6%) from 2019 to 2024; Purnia has improved by 163 AQI points (55.1%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Meerut reached AQI 490 at Pallavpuram Phase 2 (UPPCB) on 2020-11-05; Purnia hit AQI 460 at Mariam Nagar (BSPCB) on 2022-12-15.
Station-level disparity
Meerut spans 3 CPCB stations with a 13-point spread (min 172, max 185); Purnia spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 176, max 176).