Meerut vs Shivamogga
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Meerut and Shivamogga.
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 Shivamogga averaged 55 — a 89-point (162%) gap, with Meerut the more polluted and Shivamogga the cleaner of the two. On 1160 days when both cities reported, Shivamogga was cleaner on 1114 of them; the average daily gap was 149 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Meerut peaks in November, while Shivamogga peaks in February. Meerut logged 2% Severe days and 22.299999999999997% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Shivamogga was 0% Severe and 97.5% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Meerut 25 days, Shivamogga 233 days.
Year-over-year progress
Meerut has improved by 116 AQI points (44.6%) from 2019 to 2024; Shivamogga has improved by 16 AQI points (22.5%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Meerut reached AQI 490 at Pallavpuram Phase 2 (UPPCB) on 2020-11-05; Shivamogga hit AQI 202 at Vinoba Nagara (KSPCB) on 2021-08-04.
Station-level disparity
Meerut spans 3 CPCB stations with a 13-point spread (min 172, max 185); Shivamogga spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 56, max 56).