Thane vs Varanasi
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Thane 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, Thane averaged an AQI of 95 while Varanasi averaged 56 — a 39-point (70%) gap, with Thane the more polluted and Varanasi the cleaner of the two. On 361 days when both cities reported, Varanasi was cleaner on 255 of them; the average daily gap was 51 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in January on average. Thane logged 0% Severe days and 53.800000000000004% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Varanasi was 2.8% Severe and 36% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Thane 99 days, Varanasi 87 days.
Year-over-year progress
The worst recorded day for Thane reached AQI 302 at Kasarvadavali (MPCB) on 2024-03-21; Varanasi hit AQI 500 at Ardhali Bazar (UPPCB) on 2017-07-11.
Station-level disparity
Thane spans 2 CPCB stations with a 9-point spread (min 90, max 99); Varanasi spans 4 stations with a 94-point spread (min 71, max 165).