Surat vs Tālcher
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Surat and Tālcher.
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, Surat averaged an AQI of 83 while Tālcher averaged 127 — a 44-point (53%) gap, with Tālcher the more polluted and Surat the cleaner of the two. On 270 days when both cities reported, Tālcher was cleaner on 161 of them; the average daily gap was 69 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Surat peaks in November, while Tālcher peaks in December. Surat logged 0% Severe days and 55.9% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Tālcher was 0.2% Severe and 43.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Surat 55 days, Tālcher 44 days.
Year-over-year progress
Surat has improved by 139 AQI points (62.6%) from 2022 to 2024; Tālcher has improved by 63 AQI points (33.2%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Surat reached AQI 384 at Science Center (SMC) on 2023-08-19; Tālcher hit AQI 414 at Talcher (OSPCB) on 2018-11-27.
Station-level disparity
Surat spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 123, max 123); Tālcher spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 132, max 132).