Nalbāri vs Patiala
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Nalbāri and Patiala.
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 Patiala averaged 103 — a 26-point (25%) gap, with Nalbāri the more polluted and Patiala the cleaner of the two. On 665 days when both cities reported, Patiala was cleaner on 415 of them; the average daily gap was 75 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Nalbāri peaks in January, while Patiala peaks in November. Nalbāri logged 0% Severe days and 41% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Patiala was 0.1% Severe and 54.8% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Nalbāri 18 days, Patiala 86 days.
Year-over-year progress
Nalbāri has improved by 72 AQI points (35.8%) from 2022 to 2024; Patiala has worsened by 8 AQI points (8.4%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Nalbāri reached AQI 384 at Bata Chowk (PCBA) on 2024-01-08; Patiala hit AQI 415 at Model Town (PPCB) on 2019-11-03.
Station-level disparity
Nalbāri spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 141, max 141); Patiala spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 104, max 104).