Prayagraj vs Tālcher
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Prayagraj and Tālcher.
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 Tālcher averaged 127 — a 47-point (59%) gap, with Tālcher the more polluted and Prayagraj the cleaner of the two. On 490 days when both cities reported, Tālcher was cleaner on 331 of them; the average daily gap was 60 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Prayagraj peaks in November, while Tālcher peaks in December. Prayagraj logged 0.2% Severe days and 48% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Tālcher was 0.2% Severe and 43.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Prayagraj 69 days, Tālcher 44 days.
Year-over-year progress
Prayagraj has improved by 42 AQI points (34.4%) from 2021 to 2024; Tālcher has improved by 63 AQI points (33.2%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Prayagraj reached AQI 416 at Nagar Nigam (UPPCB) on 2021-11-08; Tālcher hit AQI 414 at Talcher (OSPCB) on 2018-11-27.
Station-level disparity
Prayagraj spans 3 CPCB stations with a 9-point spread (min 96, max 105); Tālcher spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 132, max 132).