Mumbai vs Tālcher
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Mumbai and Tālcher.
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 Tālcher averaged 127 — a 34-point (37%) gap, with Tālcher the more polluted and Mumbai the cleaner of the two. On 1305 days when both cities reported, Tālcher was cleaner on 848 of them; the average daily gap was 90 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in December on average. Mumbai logged 0.5% Severe days and 34% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Tālcher was 0.2% Severe and 43.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Mumbai 58 days, Tālcher 44 days.
Year-over-year progress
Mumbai has improved by 4 AQI points (4.1%) from 2016 to 2024; Tālcher has improved by 63 AQI points (33.2%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Mumbai reached AQI 500 at Vile Parle West (MPCB) on 2022-08-15; Tālcher hit AQI 414 at Talcher (OSPCB) on 2018-11-27.
Station-level disparity
Mumbai spans 29 CPCB stations with a 74-point spread (min 77, max 151); Tālcher spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 132, max 132).