Palwal vs Panchkula
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Palwal and Panchkula.
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, Palwal averaged an AQI of 95 while Panchkula averaged 117 — a 22-point (23%) gap, with Panchkula the more polluted and Palwal the cleaner of the two. On 1219 days when both cities reported, Panchkula was cleaner on 866 of them; the average daily gap was 67 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Palwal peaks in November, while Panchkula peaks in December. Palwal logged 0.2% Severe days and 47.800000000000004% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Panchkula was 0.1% Severe and 61.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Palwal 37 days, Panchkula 60 days.
Year-over-year progress
Palwal has improved by 91 AQI points (48.9%) from 2019 to 2024; Panchkula has improved by 74 AQI points (38.7%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Palwal reached AQI 465 at Shyam Nagar (HSPCB) on 2019-11-14; Panchkula hit AQI 474 at Sector-6 Panchkula () on 2018-06-15.
Station-level disparity
Palwal spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 120, max 120); Panchkula spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 102, max 102).