Panipat vs Surat
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Panipat and Surat.
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 Surat averaged 83 — a 38-point (46%) gap, with Panipat the more polluted and Surat the cleaner of the two. On 506 days when both cities reported, Surat was cleaner on 311 of them; the average daily gap was 60 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; Surat was 0% Severe and 55.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Panipat 38 days, Surat 55 days.
Year-over-year progress
Panipat has improved by 51 AQI points (29.7%) from 2019 to 2024; Surat has improved by 139 AQI points (62.6%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Panipat reached AQI 475 at Sector-18 (HSPCB) on 2019-10-30; Surat hit AQI 384 at Science Center (SMC) on 2023-08-19.
Station-level disparity
Panipat spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 152, max 152); Surat spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 123, max 123).