Panchkula vs Prayagraj
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Panchkula and Prayagraj.
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 Prayagraj averaged 80 — a 37-point (46%) gap, with Panchkula the more polluted and Prayagraj the cleaner of the two. On 541 days when both cities reported, Panchkula was cleaner on 324 of them; the average daily gap was 58 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Panchkula peaks in December, while Prayagraj peaks in November. Panchkula logged 0.1% Severe days and 61.9% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Prayagraj was 0.2% Severe and 48% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Panchkula 60 days, Prayagraj 69 days.
Year-over-year progress
Panchkula has improved by 74 AQI points (38.7%) from 2017 to 2022; Prayagraj has improved by 42 AQI points (34.4%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Panchkula reached AQI 474 at Sector-6 Panchkula () on 2018-06-15; Prayagraj hit AQI 416 at Nagar Nigam (UPPCB) on 2021-11-08.
Station-level disparity
Panchkula spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 102, max 102); Prayagraj spans 3 stations with a 9-point spread (min 96, max 105).