Meerut vs Sawāi Mādhopur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Meerut and Sawāi Mādhopur.
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 Sawāi Mādhopur averaged 119 — a 25-point (21%) gap, with Meerut the more polluted and Sawāi Mādhopur the cleaner of the two. On 333 days when both cities reported, Sawāi Mādhopur was cleaner on 269 of them; the average daily gap was 63 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; Sawāi Mādhopur was 0% Severe and 44.900000000000006% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Meerut 25 days, Sawāi Mādhopur 21 days.
Year-over-year progress
Meerut has improved by 116 AQI points (44.6%) from 2019 to 2024; Sawāi Mādhopur has worsened by 7 AQI points (6.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Meerut reached AQI 490 at Pallavpuram Phase 2 (UPPCB) on 2020-11-05; Sawāi Mādhopur hit AQI 328 at Sahu Nagar Sawai (RSPCB) on 2024-06-07.
Station-level disparity
Meerut spans 3 CPCB stations with a 13-point spread (min 172, max 185); Sawāi Mādhopur spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 116, max 116).