Ratlam vs Surat
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Ratlam and Surat.
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, Ratlam averaged an AQI of 113 while Surat averaged 83 — a 30-point (36%) gap, with Ratlam the more polluted and Surat the cleaner of the two. On 568 days when both cities reported, Ratlam was cleaner on 311 of them; the average daily gap was 65 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Ratlam logged 0% Severe days and 46.4% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Surat was 0% Severe and 55.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Ratlam 59 days, Surat 55 days.
Year-over-year progress
Ratlam has improved by 19 AQI points (14.4%) from 2018 to 2024; Surat has improved by 139 AQI points (62.6%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Ratlam reached AQI 302 at Shasthri Nagar Ratlam (Lab) on 2020-11-11; Surat hit AQI 384 at Science Center (SMC) on 2023-08-19.
Station-level disparity
Ratlam spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 103, max 103); Surat spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 123, max 123).