Nashik vs Prayagraj
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Nashik and Prayagraj.
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 Prayagraj averaged 80 — a 5-point (6%) gap, with Nashik the more polluted and Prayagraj the cleaner of the two. On 808 days when both cities reported, Nashik was cleaner on 549 of them; the average daily gap was 55 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; Prayagraj was 0.2% Severe and 48% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Nashik 53 days, Prayagraj 69 days.
Year-over-year progress
Nashik has improved by 38 AQI points (30.9%) from 2017 to 2024; Prayagraj has improved by 42 AQI points (34.4%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Nashik reached AQI 319 at Gangapur Road (MPCB) on 2024-11-24; Prayagraj hit AQI 416 at Nagar Nigam (UPPCB) on 2021-11-08.
Station-level disparity
Nashik spans 4 CPCB stations with a 12-point spread (min 78, max 90); Prayagraj spans 3 stations with a 9-point spread (min 96, max 105).