Palwal vs Sonipat
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Palwal and Sonipat.
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 Sonipat averaged 134 — a 39-point (41%) gap, with Sonipat the more polluted and Palwal the cleaner of the two. On 1569 days when both cities reported, Palwal was cleaner on 1143 of them; the average daily gap was 65 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Palwal logged 0.2% Severe days and 47.800000000000004% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Sonipat was 0.8% Severe and 26.5% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Palwal 37 days, Sonipat 21 days.
Year-over-year progress
Palwal has improved by 91 AQI points (48.9%) from 2019 to 2024; Sonipat has improved by 220 AQI points (62.1%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Palwal reached AQI 465 at Shyam Nagar (HSPCB) on 2019-11-14; Sonipat hit AQI 455 at Murthal (HSPCB) on 2023-11-03.
Station-level disparity
Palwal spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 120, max 120); Sonipat spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 162, max 162).