Patiala vs Ratlam
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Patiala and Ratlam.
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, Patiala averaged an AQI of 103 while Ratlam averaged 113 — a 10-point (10%) gap, with Ratlam the more polluted and Patiala the cleaner of the two. On 1886 days when both cities reported, Ratlam was cleaner on 938 of them; the average daily gap was 38 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Patiala logged 0.1% Severe days and 54.8% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Ratlam was 0% Severe and 46.4% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Patiala 86 days, Ratlam 59 days.
Year-over-year progress
Patiala has worsened by 8 AQI points (8.4%) from 2018 to 2024; Ratlam has improved by 19 AQI points (14.4%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Patiala reached AQI 415 at Model Town (PPCB) on 2019-11-03; Ratlam hit AQI 302 at Shasthri Nagar Ratlam (Lab) on 2020-11-11.
Station-level disparity
Patiala spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 104, max 104); Ratlam spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 103, max 103).