Pimpri-Chinchwad vs Ranipet
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Pimpri-Chinchwad and Ranipet.
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, Pimpri-Chinchwad averaged an AQI of 114 while Ranipet averaged 75 — a 39-point (52%) gap, with Pimpri-Chinchwad the more polluted and Ranipet the cleaner of the two. On 62 days when both cities reported, Ranipet was cleaner on 58 of them; the average daily gap was 111 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Pimpri-Chinchwad logged 0% Severe days and 42% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Ranipet was 0% Severe and 67.80000000000001% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Pimpri-Chinchwad 82 days, Ranipet 10 days.
Year-over-year progress
The worst recorded day for Pimpri-Chinchwad reached AQI 341 at Thergaon Pimpri (MPCB) on 2024-11-23; Ranipet hit AQI 224 at VOC Nagar SIPCOT (TNPCB) on 2024-12-17.
Station-level disparity
Pimpri-Chinchwad spans 4 CPCB stations with a 20-point spread (min 107, max 127); Ranipet spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 75, max 75).