Agra vs Kolkata
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Agra and Kolkata.
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, Agra averaged an AQI of 79 while Kolkata averaged 101 — a 22-point (28%) gap, with Kolkata the more polluted and Agra the cleaner of the two. On 1997 days when both cities reported, Kolkata was cleaner on 1003 of them; the average daily gap was 66 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in January on average. Agra logged 3.3% Severe days and 34.9% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Kolkata was 1% Severe and 47.800000000000004% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Agra 46 days, Kolkata 75 days.
Year-over-year progress
Agra has improved by 134 AQI points (62.9%) from 2016 to 2024; Kolkata has improved by 76 AQI points (42.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Agra reached AQI 500 at Sanjay Palace (UPPCB) on 2017-06-03; Kolkata hit AQI 453 at Rabindra Bharati University (WBPCB) on 2019-01-23.
Station-level disparity
Agra spans 6 CPCB stations with a 83-point spread (min 79, max 162); Kolkata spans 7 stations with a 56-point spread (min 95, max 151).