Nagpur vs Pune
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Nagpur and Pune.
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, Nagpur averaged an AQI of 104 while Pune averaged 97 — a 7-point (7%) gap, with Nagpur the more polluted and Pune the cleaner of the two. On 1586 days when both cities reported, Nagpur was cleaner on 1032 of them; the average daily gap was 46 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Nagpur logged 0% Severe days and 60.599999999999994% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Pune was 0.1% Severe and 44.8% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Nagpur 68 days, Pune 92 days.
Year-over-year progress
Nagpur has improved by 37 AQI points (26.2%) from 2017 to 2024; Pune has improved by 7 AQI points (6.7%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Nagpur reached AQI 342 at Opp GPO Civil Lines (MPCB) on 2022-12-03; Pune hit AQI 435 at Alandi (IITM) on 2024-01-29.
Station-level disparity
Nagpur spans 4 CPCB stations with a 9-point spread (min 98, max 107); Pune spans 12 stations with a 54-point spread (min 68, max 122).