Mumbai vs Silchar
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Mumbai and Silchar.
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, Mumbai averaged an AQI of 93 while Silchar averaged 52 — a 41-point (79%) gap, with Mumbai the more polluted and Silchar the cleaner of the two. On 352 days when both cities reported, Silchar was cleaner on 346 of them; the average daily gap was 122 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Mumbai peaks in December, while Silchar peaks in February. Mumbai logged 0.5% Severe days and 34% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Silchar was 0% Severe and 100% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Mumbai 58 days, Silchar 87 days.
Year-over-year progress
Mumbai has improved by 4 AQI points (4.1%) from 2016 to 2024; Silchar has worsened by 11 AQI points (26.8%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Mumbai reached AQI 500 at Vile Parle West (MPCB) on 2022-08-15; Silchar hit AQI 89 at Tarapur (PCBA) on 2023-04-29.
Station-level disparity
Mumbai spans 29 CPCB stations with a 74-point spread (min 77, max 151); Silchar spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 47, max 47).