Meerut vs Vellore
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Meerut and Vellore.
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 Vellore averaged 61 — a 83-point (136%) gap, with Meerut the more polluted and Vellore the cleaner of the two. On 234 days when both cities reported, Vellore was cleaner on 223 of them; the average daily gap was 121 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Meerut peaks in November, while Vellore peaks in December. Meerut logged 2% Severe days and 22.299999999999997% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Vellore was 0% Severe and 83.5% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Meerut 25 days, Vellore 23 days.
Year-over-year progress
Meerut has improved by 116 AQI points (44.6%) from 2019 to 2024; Vellore has improved by 10 AQI points (14.1%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Meerut reached AQI 490 at Pallavpuram Phase 2 (UPPCB) on 2020-11-05; Vellore hit AQI 245 at Vasanthapuram (TNPCB) on 2024-01-14.
Station-level disparity
Meerut spans 3 CPCB stations with a 13-point spread (min 172, max 185); Vellore spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 70, max 70).