Meerut vs Rourkela
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Meerut and Rourkela.
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 Rourkela averaged 115 — a 29-point (25%) gap, with Meerut the more polluted and Rourkela the cleaner of the two. On 395 days when both cities reported, Rourkela was cleaner on 245 of them; the average daily gap was 65 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; Rourkela was 0% Severe and 32.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Meerut 25 days, Rourkela 60 days.
Year-over-year progress
Meerut has improved by 116 AQI points (44.6%) from 2019 to 2024; Rourkela has improved by 112 AQI points (49.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Meerut reached AQI 490 at Pallavpuram Phase 2 (UPPCB) on 2020-11-05; Rourkela hit AQI 344 at Raghunathpali (OSPCB) on 2024-01-01.
Station-level disparity
Meerut spans 3 CPCB stations with a 13-point spread (min 172, max 185); Rourkela spans 3 stations with a 29-point spread (min 106, max 135).