Panchkula vs Salem
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Panchkula and Salem.
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 Salem averaged 68 — a 49-point (72%) gap, with Panchkula the more polluted and Salem the cleaner of the two. On 54 days when both cities reported, Salem was cleaner on 37 of them; the average daily gap was 58 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Panchkula peaks in December, while Salem peaks in April. Panchkula logged 0.1% Severe days and 61.9% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Salem was 0% Severe and 87.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Panchkula 60 days, Salem 17 days.
Year-over-year progress
Panchkula has improved by 74 AQI points (38.7%) from 2017 to 2022; Salem has improved by 5 AQI points (6.8%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Panchkula reached AQI 474 at Sector-6 Panchkula () on 2018-06-15; Salem hit AQI 214 at Sona College of Technology (TNPCB) on 2024-01-15.
Station-level disparity
Panchkula spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 102, max 102); Salem spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 73, max 73).