Nashik vs Salem
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Nashik and Salem.
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 Salem averaged 68 — a 17-point (25%) gap, with Nashik the more polluted and Salem the cleaner of the two. On 182 days when both cities reported, Salem was cleaner on 147 of them; the average daily gap was 53 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Nashik peaks in November, while Salem peaks in April. Nashik logged 0% Severe days and 65.9% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Salem was 0% Severe and 87.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Nashik 53 days, Salem 17 days.
Year-over-year progress
Nashik has improved by 38 AQI points (30.9%) from 2017 to 2024; Salem has improved by 5 AQI points (6.8%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Nashik reached AQI 319 at Gangapur Road (MPCB) on 2024-11-24; Salem hit AQI 214 at Sona College of Technology (TNPCB) on 2024-01-15.
Station-level disparity
Nashik spans 4 CPCB stations with a 12-point spread (min 78, max 90); Salem spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 73, max 73).