Salem vs Solapur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Salem and Solapur.
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 Solapur averaged 96 — a 28-point (41%) gap, with Solapur the more polluted and Salem the cleaner of the two. On 191 days when both cities reported, Salem was cleaner on 173 of them; the average daily gap was 49 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Salem peaks in April, while Solapur peaks in March. Salem logged 0% Severe days and 87.1% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Solapur was 0% Severe and 52.7% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Salem 17 days, Solapur 61 days.
Year-over-year progress
Salem has improved by 5 AQI points (6.8%) from 2022 to 2024; Solapur has improved by 45 AQI points (31.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Salem reached AQI 214 at Sona College of Technology (TNPCB) on 2024-01-15; Solapur hit AQI 266 at Solapur (MPCB) on 2018-03-03.
Station-level disparity
Salem spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 73, max 73); Solapur spans 3 stations with a 10-point spread (min 88, max 98).