Meerut vs Thane
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Meerut and Thane.
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 Thane averaged 95 — a 49-point (52%) gap, with Meerut the more polluted and Thane the cleaner of the two. On 361 days when both cities reported, Thane was cleaner on 287 of them; the average daily gap was 77 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Meerut peaks in November, while Thane peaks in January. Meerut logged 2% Severe days and 22.299999999999997% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Thane was 0% Severe and 53.800000000000004% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Meerut 25 days, Thane 99 days.
Year-over-year progress
The worst recorded day for Meerut reached AQI 490 at Pallavpuram Phase 2 (UPPCB) on 2020-11-05; Thane hit AQI 302 at Kasarvadavali (MPCB) on 2024-03-21.
Station-level disparity
Meerut spans 3 CPCB stations with a 13-point spread (min 172, max 185); Thane spans 2 stations with a 9-point spread (min 90, max 99).