Nanded vs Sonipat
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Nanded and Sonipat.
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, Nanded averaged an AQI of 102 while Sonipat averaged 134 — a 32-point (31%) gap, with Sonipat the more polluted and Nanded the cleaner of the two. On 358 days when both cities reported, Nanded was cleaner on 284 of them; the average daily gap was 72 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Nanded logged 0% Severe days and 52.2% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Sonipat was 0.8% Severe and 26.5% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Nanded 15 days, Sonipat 21 days.
Year-over-year progress
Nanded has worsened by 9 AQI points (9.7%) from 2023 to 2024; Sonipat has improved by 220 AQI points (62.1%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Nanded reached AQI 282 at Sneh Nagar (MPCB) on 2024-11-11; Sonipat hit AQI 455 at Murthal (HSPCB) on 2023-11-03.
Station-level disparity
Nanded spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 99, max 99); Sonipat spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 162, max 162).