Nalbāri vs Panchkula
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Nalbāri 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, Nalbāri averaged an AQI of 129 while Panchkula averaged 117 — a 12-point (10%) gap, with Nalbāri the more polluted and Panchkula the cleaner of the two. On 37 days when both cities reported, Panchkula was cleaner on 30 of them; the average daily gap was 55 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Nalbāri peaks in January, while Panchkula peaks in December. Nalbāri logged 0% Severe days and 41% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Panchkula was 0.1% Severe and 61.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Nalbāri 18 days, Panchkula 60 days.
Year-over-year progress
Nalbāri has improved by 72 AQI points (35.8%) from 2022 to 2024; Panchkula has improved by 74 AQI points (38.7%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Nalbāri reached AQI 384 at Bata Chowk (PCBA) on 2024-01-08; Panchkula hit AQI 474 at Sector-6 Panchkula () on 2018-06-15.
Station-level disparity
Nalbāri spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 141, max 141); Panchkula spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 102, max 102).