Patna vs Sawāi Mādhopur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Patna and Sawāi Mādhopur.
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, Patna averaged an AQI of 172 while Sawāi Mādhopur averaged 119 — a 53-point (45%) gap, with Patna the more polluted and Sawāi Mādhopur the cleaner of the two. On 599 days when both cities reported, Sawāi Mādhopur was cleaner on 555 of them; the average daily gap was 132 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Patna peaks in December, while Sawāi Mādhopur peaks in November. Patna logged 7.5% Severe days and 19.400000000000002% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Sawāi Mādhopur was 0% Severe and 44.900000000000006% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Patna 30 days, Sawāi Mādhopur 21 days.
Year-over-year progress
Patna has improved by 40 AQI points (18.9%) from 2016 to 2024; Sawāi Mādhopur has worsened by 7 AQI points (6.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Patna reached AQI 491 at IGSC Planetarium Complex (BSPCB) on 2016-01-01; Sawāi Mādhopur hit AQI 328 at Sahu Nagar Sawai (RSPCB) on 2024-06-07.
Station-level disparity
Patna spans 6 CPCB stations with a 39-point spread (min 154, max 193); Sawāi Mādhopur spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 116, max 116).