Moradabad vs Surat
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Moradabad and Surat.
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 Surat averaged 83 — a 16-point (19%) gap, with Moradabad the more polluted and Surat the cleaner of the two. On 333 days when both cities reported, Surat was cleaner on 209 of them; the average daily gap was 71 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; Surat was 0% Severe and 55.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Moradabad 55 days, Surat 55 days.
Year-over-year progress
Moradabad has improved by 223 AQI points (69.3%) from 2017 to 2024; Surat has improved by 139 AQI points (62.6%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Moradabad reached AQI 489 at Lajpat Nagar (UPPCB) on 2020-11-05; Surat hit AQI 384 at Science Center (SMC) on 2023-08-19.
Station-level disparity
Moradabad spans 7 CPCB stations with a 114-point spread (min 96, max 210); Surat spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 123, max 123).