Moradabad vs Palwal
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Moradabad and Palwal.
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, Moradabad averaged an AQI of 99 while Palwal averaged 95 — a 4-point (4%) gap, with Moradabad the more polluted and Palwal the cleaner of the two. On 1319 days when both cities reported, Palwal was cleaner on 1020 of them; the average daily gap was 65 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Moradabad logged 2.8% Severe days and 25% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Palwal was 0.2% Severe and 47.800000000000004% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Moradabad 55 days, Palwal 37 days.
Year-over-year progress
Moradabad has improved by 223 AQI points (69.3%) from 2017 to 2024; Palwal has improved by 91 AQI points (48.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Moradabad reached AQI 489 at Lajpat Nagar (UPPCB) on 2020-11-05; Palwal hit AQI 465 at Shyam Nagar (HSPCB) on 2019-11-14.
Station-level disparity
Moradabad spans 7 CPCB stations with a 114-point spread (min 96, max 210); Palwal spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 120, max 120).