Meerut vs Raipur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Meerut and Raipur.
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 Raipur averaged 74 — a 70-point (95%) gap, with Meerut the more polluted and Raipur the cleaner of the two. On 372 days when both cities reported, Raipur was cleaner on 292 of them; the average daily gap was 80 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; Raipur was 0% Severe and 54.3% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Meerut 25 days, Raipur 70 days.
Year-over-year progress
Meerut has improved by 116 AQI points (44.6%) from 2019 to 2024; Raipur has improved by 64 AQI points (46.4%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Meerut reached AQI 490 at Pallavpuram Phase 2 (UPPCB) on 2020-11-05; Raipur hit AQI 226 at AIIMS (CECB) on 2023-12-26.
Station-level disparity
Meerut spans 3 CPCB stations with a 13-point spread (min 172, max 185); Raipur spans 4 stations with a 42-point spread (min 63, max 105).