Meerut vs Rāichūr
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Meerut and Rāichūr.
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 Rāichūr averaged 106 — a 38-point (36%) gap, with Meerut the more polluted and Rāichūr the cleaner of the two. On 783 days when both cities reported, Rāichūr was cleaner on 675 of them; the average daily gap was 118 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Meerut peaks in November, while Rāichūr peaks in February. Meerut logged 2% Severe days and 22.299999999999997% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Rāichūr was 0% Severe and 54.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Meerut 25 days, Rāichūr 23 days.
Year-over-year progress
Meerut has improved by 116 AQI points (44.6%) from 2019 to 2024; Rāichūr has improved by 24 AQI points (18.5%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Meerut reached AQI 490 at Pallavpuram Phase 2 (UPPCB) on 2020-11-05; Rāichūr hit AQI 390 at Haji Colony (KSPCB) on 2022-01-25.
Station-level disparity
Meerut spans 3 CPCB stations with a 13-point spread (min 172, max 185); Rāichūr spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 93, max 93).