Navi Mumbai vs Varanasi
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Navi Mumbai and Varanasi.
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, Navi Mumbai averaged an AQI of 107 while Varanasi averaged 56 — a 51-point (91%) gap, with Navi Mumbai the more polluted and Varanasi the cleaner of the two. On 2330 days when both cities reported, Navi Mumbai was cleaner on 1357 of them; the average daily gap was 95 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in January on average. Navi Mumbai logged 0.2% Severe days and 43.6% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Varanasi was 2.8% Severe and 36% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Navi Mumbai 57 days, Varanasi 87 days.
Year-over-year progress
Navi Mumbai has worsened by 29 AQI points (37.2%) from 2016 to 2024; Varanasi has improved by 169 AQI points (75.1%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Navi Mumbai reached AQI 477 at Airoli Navi (MPCB) on 2019-04-14; Varanasi hit AQI 500 at Ardhali Bazar (UPPCB) on 2017-07-11.
Station-level disparity
Navi Mumbai spans 8 CPCB stations with a 37-point spread (min 93, max 130); Varanasi spans 4 stations with a 94-point spread (min 71, max 165).