Pāli vs Surat
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Pāli and Surat.
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, Pāli averaged an AQI of 134 while Surat averaged 83 — a 51-point (61%) gap, with Pāli the more polluted and Surat the cleaner of the two. On 560 days when both cities reported, Surat was cleaner on 299 of them; the average daily gap was 77 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Pāli peaks in May, while Surat peaks in November. Pāli logged 0% Severe days and 40.099999999999994% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Surat was 0% Severe and 55.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Pāli 38 days, Surat 55 days.
Year-over-year progress
Pāli has improved by 47 AQI points (26%) from 2017 to 2024; Surat has improved by 139 AQI points (62.6%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Pāli reached AQI 453 at Indira Colony Vistar (RSPCB) on 2019-04-16; Surat hit AQI 384 at Science Center (SMC) on 2023-08-19.
Station-level disparity
Pāli spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 123, max 123); Surat spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 123, max 123).