Meerut vs Siliguri
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Meerut and Siliguri.
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 Siliguri averaged 81 — a 63-point (78%) gap, with Meerut the more polluted and Siliguri the cleaner of the two. On 1375 days when both cities reported, Siliguri was cleaner on 1193 of them; the average daily gap was 109 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Meerut peaks in November, while Siliguri peaks in February. Meerut logged 2% Severe days and 22.299999999999997% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Siliguri was 0.1% Severe and 61.8% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Meerut 25 days, Siliguri 180 days.
Year-over-year progress
Meerut has improved by 116 AQI points (44.6%) from 2019 to 2024; Siliguri has improved by 39 AQI points (32.5%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Meerut reached AQI 490 at Pallavpuram Phase 2 (UPPCB) on 2020-11-05; Siliguri hit AQI 415 at Ward-32 Bapupara (WBPCB) on 2018-02-08.
Station-level disparity
Meerut spans 3 CPCB stations with a 13-point spread (min 172, max 185); Siliguri spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 107, max 107).