Nashik vs Pimpri-Chinchwad
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Nashik and Pimpri-Chinchwad.
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, Nashik averaged an AQI of 85 while Pimpri-Chinchwad averaged 114 — a 29-point (34%) gap, with Pimpri-Chinchwad the more polluted and Nashik the cleaner of the two. On 366 days when both cities reported, Nashik was cleaner on 227 of them; the average daily gap was 46 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Nashik logged 0% Severe days and 65.9% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Pimpri-Chinchwad was 0% Severe and 42% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Nashik 53 days, Pimpri-Chinchwad 82 days.
Year-over-year progress
The worst recorded day for Nashik reached AQI 319 at Gangapur Road (MPCB) on 2024-11-24; Pimpri-Chinchwad hit AQI 341 at Thergaon Pimpri (MPCB) on 2024-11-23.
Station-level disparity
Nashik spans 4 CPCB stations with a 12-point spread (min 78, max 90); Pimpri-Chinchwad spans 4 stations with a 20-point spread (min 107, max 127).