Pune vs Sawāi Mādhopur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Pune 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, Pune averaged an AQI of 97 while Sawāi Mādhopur averaged 119 — a 22-point (23%) gap, with Sawāi Mādhopur the more polluted and Pune the cleaner of the two. On 333 days when both cities reported, Sawāi Mādhopur was cleaner on 254 of them; the average daily gap was 52 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Pune logged 0.1% Severe days and 44.8% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Sawāi Mādhopur was 0% Severe and 44.900000000000006% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Pune 92 days, Sawāi Mādhopur 21 days.
Year-over-year progress
Pune has improved by 7 AQI points (6.7%) from 2017 to 2024; Sawāi Mādhopur has worsened by 7 AQI points (6.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Pune reached AQI 435 at Alandi (IITM) on 2024-01-29; Sawāi Mādhopur hit AQI 328 at Sahu Nagar Sawai (RSPCB) on 2024-06-07.
Station-level disparity
Pune spans 12 CPCB stations with a 54-point spread (min 68, max 122); Sawāi Mādhopur spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 116, max 116).