Sirsa vs Surat
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Sirsa 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, Sirsa averaged an AQI of 115 while Surat averaged 83 — a 32-point (39%) gap, with Sirsa the more polluted and Surat the cleaner of the two. On 285 days when both cities reported, Surat was cleaner on 184 of them; the average daily gap was 51 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Sirsa logged 0.5% Severe days and 41.300000000000004% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Surat was 0% Severe and 55.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Sirsa 40 days, Surat 55 days.
Year-over-year progress
Sirsa has improved by 48 AQI points (29.4%) from 2019 to 2024; Surat has improved by 139 AQI points (62.6%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Sirsa reached AQI 462 at F-Block (HSPCB) on 2019-11-01; Surat hit AQI 384 at Science Center (SMC) on 2023-08-19.
Station-level disparity
Sirsa spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 132, max 132); Surat spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 123, max 123).