Sawāi Mādhopur vs Varanasi
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Sawāi Mādhopur and Varanasi.
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, Sawāi Mādhopur averaged an AQI of 119 while Varanasi averaged 56 — a 63-point (113%) gap, with Sawāi Mādhopur the more polluted and Varanasi the cleaner of the two. On 333 days when both cities reported, Varanasi was cleaner on 275 of them; the average daily gap was 57 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Sawāi Mādhopur peaks in November, while Varanasi peaks in January. Sawāi Mādhopur logged 0% Severe days and 44.900000000000006% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Varanasi was 2.8% Severe and 36% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Sawāi Mādhopur 21 days, Varanasi 87 days.
Year-over-year progress
Sawāi Mādhopur has worsened by 7 AQI points (6.3%) from 2023 to 2024; Varanasi has improved by 169 AQI points (75.1%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Sawāi Mādhopur reached AQI 328 at Sahu Nagar Sawai (RSPCB) on 2024-06-07; Varanasi hit AQI 500 at Ardhali Bazar (UPPCB) on 2017-07-11.
Station-level disparity
Sawāi Mādhopur spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 116, max 116); Varanasi spans 4 stations with a 94-point spread (min 71, max 165).