Meerut vs Tālcher
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Meerut and Tālcher.
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 Tālcher averaged 127 — a 17-point (13%) gap, with Meerut the more polluted and Tālcher the cleaner of the two. On 1004 days when both cities reported, Tālcher was cleaner on 822 of them; the average daily gap was 117 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Meerut peaks in November, while Tālcher peaks in December. Meerut logged 2% Severe days and 22.299999999999997% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Tālcher was 0.2% Severe and 43.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Meerut 25 days, Tālcher 44 days.
Year-over-year progress
Meerut has improved by 116 AQI points (44.6%) from 2019 to 2024; Tālcher has improved by 63 AQI points (33.2%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Meerut reached AQI 490 at Pallavpuram Phase 2 (UPPCB) on 2020-11-05; Tālcher hit AQI 414 at Talcher (OSPCB) on 2018-11-27.
Station-level disparity
Meerut spans 3 CPCB stations with a 13-point spread (min 172, max 185); Tālcher spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 132, max 132).