Prayagraj vs Sirsa
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Prayagraj and Sirsa.
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, Prayagraj averaged an AQI of 80 while Sirsa averaged 115 — a 35-point (44%) gap, with Sirsa the more polluted and Prayagraj the cleaner of the two. On 848 days when both cities reported, Prayagraj was cleaner on 480 of them; the average daily gap was 46 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Prayagraj logged 0.2% Severe days and 48% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Sirsa was 0.5% Severe and 41.300000000000004% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Prayagraj 69 days, Sirsa 40 days.
Year-over-year progress
Prayagraj has improved by 42 AQI points (34.4%) from 2021 to 2024; Sirsa has improved by 48 AQI points (29.4%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Prayagraj reached AQI 416 at Nagar Nigam (UPPCB) on 2021-11-08; Sirsa hit AQI 462 at F-Block (HSPCB) on 2019-11-01.
Station-level disparity
Prayagraj spans 3 CPCB stations with a 9-point spread (min 96, max 105); Sirsa spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 132, max 132).