Tonk vs Varanasi
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Tonk 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, Tonk averaged an AQI of 142 while Varanasi averaged 56 — a 86-point (154%) gap, with Tonk the more polluted and Varanasi the cleaner of the two. On 299 days when both cities reported, Varanasi was cleaner on 254 of them; the average daily gap was 79 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Tonk peaks in November, while Varanasi peaks in January. Tonk logged 0% Severe days and 28.200000000000003% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Varanasi was 2.8% Severe and 36% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Tonk 11 days, Varanasi 87 days.
Year-over-year progress
Tonk has improved by 14 AQI points (9%) from 2023 to 2024; Varanasi has improved by 169 AQI points (75.1%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Tonk reached AQI 368 at Shastri Nagar (RSPCB) on 2023-11-17; Varanasi hit AQI 500 at Ardhali Bazar (UPPCB) on 2017-07-11.
Station-level disparity
Tonk spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 148, max 148); Varanasi spans 4 stations with a 94-point spread (min 71, max 165).