Mumbai vs Thane
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Mumbai and Thane.
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 Thane averaged 95 — a 2-point (2%) gap, with Thane the more polluted and Mumbai the cleaner of the two. On 361 days when both cities reported, Thane was cleaner on 332 of them; the average daily gap was 72 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Mumbai peaks in December, while Thane peaks in January. Mumbai logged 0.5% Severe days and 34% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Thane was 0% Severe and 53.800000000000004% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Mumbai 58 days, Thane 99 days.
Year-over-year progress
The worst recorded day for Mumbai reached AQI 500 at Vile Parle West (MPCB) on 2022-08-15; Thane hit AQI 302 at Kasarvadavali (MPCB) on 2024-03-21.
Station-level disparity
Mumbai spans 29 CPCB stations with a 74-point spread (min 77, max 151); Thane spans 2 stations with a 9-point spread (min 90, max 99).