Surat vs Ujjain
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Surat and Ujjain.
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 Ujjain averaged 116 — a 33-point (40%) gap, with Ujjain the more polluted and Surat the cleaner of the two. On 540 days when both cities reported, Surat was cleaner on 290 of them; the average daily gap was 59 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Surat logged 0% Severe days and 55.9% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Ujjain was 0.1% Severe and 33.800000000000004% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Surat 55 days, Ujjain 67 days.
Year-over-year progress
Surat has improved by 139 AQI points (62.6%) from 2022 to 2024; Ujjain has improved by 71 AQI points (38%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Surat reached AQI 384 at Science Center (SMC) on 2023-08-19; Ujjain hit AQI 500 at Mahakaleshwar Temple (MPPCB) on 2023-03-10.
Station-level disparity
Surat spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 123, max 123); Ujjain spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 131, max 131).