Noida vs Palwal
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Noida and Palwal.
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, Noida averaged an AQI of 182 while Palwal averaged 95 — a 87-point (92%) gap, with Noida the more polluted and Palwal the cleaner of the two. On 1608 days when both cities reported, Palwal was cleaner on 1488 of them; the average daily gap was 99 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Noida logged 8.9% Severe days and 16.5% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Palwal was 0.2% Severe and 47.800000000000004% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Noida 14 days, Palwal 37 days.
Year-over-year progress
Noida has improved by 79 AQI points (30.3%) from 2017 to 2024; Palwal has improved by 91 AQI points (48.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Noida reached AQI 500 at Sector-1 (UPPCB) on 2019-11-01; Palwal hit AQI 465 at Shyam Nagar (HSPCB) on 2019-11-14.
Station-level disparity
Noida spans 4 CPCB stations with a 15-point spread (min 195, max 210); Palwal spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 120, max 120).