Palwal vs Surat
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Palwal 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, Palwal averaged an AQI of 95 while Surat averaged 83 — a 12-point (14%) gap, with Palwal the more polluted and Surat the cleaner of the two. On 549 days when both cities reported, Palwal was cleaner on 331 of them; the average daily gap was 69 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; Surat was 0% Severe and 55.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Palwal 37 days, Surat 55 days.
Year-over-year progress
Palwal has improved by 91 AQI points (48.9%) from 2019 to 2024; Surat has improved by 139 AQI points (62.6%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Palwal reached AQI 465 at Shyam Nagar (HSPCB) on 2019-11-14; Surat hit AQI 384 at Science Center (SMC) on 2023-08-19.
Station-level disparity
Palwal spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 120, max 120); Surat spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 123, max 123).