Muzaffarnagar vs Panchkula
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Muzaffarnagar and Panchkula.
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, Muzaffarnagar averaged an AQI of 179 while Panchkula averaged 117 — a 62-point (53%) gap, with Muzaffarnagar the more polluted and Panchkula the cleaner of the two. On 1320 days when both cities reported, Panchkula was cleaner on 1224 of them; the average daily gap was 95 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in December on average. Muzaffarnagar logged 1.1% Severe days and 24.799999999999997% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Panchkula was 0.1% Severe and 61.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Muzaffarnagar 25 days, Panchkula 60 days.
Year-over-year progress
Muzaffarnagar has improved by 40 AQI points (18.3%) from 2018 to 2024; Panchkula has improved by 74 AQI points (38.7%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Muzaffarnagar reached AQI 446 at New Mandi (UPPCB) on 2019-01-02; Panchkula hit AQI 474 at Sector-6 Panchkula () on 2018-06-15.
Station-level disparity
Muzaffarnagar spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 183, max 183); Panchkula spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 102, max 102).