Panchkula vs Patna
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Panchkula and Patna.
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 2022, Panchkula averaged an AQI of 117 while Patna averaged 172 — a 55-point (47%) gap, with Patna the more polluted and Panchkula the cleaner of the two. On 1641 days when both cities reported, Panchkula was cleaner on 1500 of them; the average daily gap was 126 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in December on average. Panchkula logged 0.1% Severe days and 61.9% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Patna was 7.5% Severe and 19.400000000000002% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Panchkula 60 days, Patna 30 days.
Year-over-year progress
Panchkula has improved by 74 AQI points (38.7%) from 2017 to 2022; Patna has improved by 40 AQI points (18.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Panchkula reached AQI 474 at Sector-6 Panchkula () on 2018-06-15; Patna hit AQI 491 at IGSC Planetarium Complex (BSPCB) on 2016-01-01.
Station-level disparity
Panchkula spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 102, max 102); Patna spans 6 stations with a 39-point spread (min 154, max 193).