Moradabad vs Prayagraj
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Moradabad and Prayagraj.
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 Prayagraj averaged 80 — a 19-point (24%) gap, with Moradabad the more polluted and Prayagraj the cleaner of the two. On 910 days when both cities reported, Prayagraj was cleaner on 633 of them; the average daily gap was 50 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; Prayagraj was 0.2% Severe and 48% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Moradabad 55 days, Prayagraj 69 days.
Year-over-year progress
Moradabad has improved by 223 AQI points (69.3%) from 2017 to 2024; Prayagraj has improved by 42 AQI points (34.4%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Moradabad reached AQI 489 at Lajpat Nagar (UPPCB) on 2020-11-05; Prayagraj hit AQI 416 at Nagar Nigam (UPPCB) on 2021-11-08.
Station-level disparity
Moradabad spans 7 CPCB stations with a 114-point spread (min 96, max 210); Prayagraj spans 3 stations with a 9-point spread (min 96, max 105).