Salem vs Sawāi Mādhopur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Salem 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, Salem averaged an AQI of 68 while Sawāi Mādhopur averaged 119 — a 51-point (75%) gap, with Sawāi Mādhopur the more polluted and Salem the cleaner of the two. On 275 days when both cities reported, Salem was cleaner on 233 of them; the average daily gap was 56 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Salem peaks in April, while Sawāi Mādhopur peaks in November. Salem logged 0% Severe days and 87.1% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Sawāi Mādhopur was 0% Severe and 44.900000000000006% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Salem 17 days, Sawāi Mādhopur 21 days.
Year-over-year progress
Salem has improved by 5 AQI points (6.8%) from 2022 to 2024; Sawāi Mādhopur has worsened by 7 AQI points (6.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Salem reached AQI 214 at Sona College of Technology (TNPCB) on 2024-01-15; Sawāi Mādhopur hit AQI 328 at Sahu Nagar Sawai (RSPCB) on 2024-06-07.
Station-level disparity
Salem spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 73, max 73); Sawāi Mādhopur spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 116, max 116).