Panipat vs Prayagraj
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Panipat 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 2024, Panipat averaged an AQI of 121 while Prayagraj averaged 80 — a 41-point (51%) gap, with Panipat the more polluted and Prayagraj the cleaner of the two. On 756 days when both cities reported, Prayagraj was cleaner on 517 of them; the average daily gap was 48 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Panipat logged 1.1% Severe days and 33.1% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Prayagraj was 0.2% Severe and 48% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Panipat 38 days, Prayagraj 69 days.
Year-over-year progress
Panipat has improved by 51 AQI points (29.7%) from 2019 to 2024; Prayagraj has improved by 42 AQI points (34.4%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Panipat reached AQI 475 at Sector-18 (HSPCB) on 2019-10-30; Prayagraj hit AQI 416 at Nagar Nigam (UPPCB) on 2021-11-08.
Station-level disparity
Panipat spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 152, max 152); Prayagraj spans 3 stations with a 9-point spread (min 96, max 105).