Palwal vs Varanasi
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Palwal and Varanasi.
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 Varanasi averaged 56 — a 39-point (70%) gap, with Palwal the more polluted and Varanasi the cleaner of the two. On 1546 days when both cities reported, Palwal was cleaner on 770 of them; the average daily gap was 54 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Palwal peaks in November, while Varanasi peaks in January. Palwal logged 0.2% Severe days and 47.800000000000004% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Varanasi was 2.8% Severe and 36% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Palwal 37 days, Varanasi 87 days.
Year-over-year progress
Palwal has improved by 91 AQI points (48.9%) from 2019 to 2024; Varanasi has improved by 169 AQI points (75.1%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Palwal reached AQI 465 at Shyam Nagar (HSPCB) on 2019-11-14; Varanasi hit AQI 500 at Ardhali Bazar (UPPCB) on 2017-07-11.
Station-level disparity
Palwal spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 120, max 120); Varanasi spans 4 stations with a 94-point spread (min 71, max 165).