Ahmedabad vs Kolhapur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Ahmedabad and Kolhapur.
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, Ahmedabad averaged an AQI of 117 while Kolhapur averaged 100 — a 17-point (17%) gap, with Ahmedabad the more polluted and Kolhapur the cleaner of the two. On 364 days when both cities reported, Kolhapur was cleaner on 307 of them; the average daily gap was 69 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Ahmedabad logged 0.1% Severe days and 23.7% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Kolhapur was 0% Severe and 46.400000000000006% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Ahmedabad 25 days, Kolhapur 81 days.
Year-over-year progress
The worst recorded day for Ahmedabad reached AQI 430 at Raikhad (IITM) on 2023-03-17; Kolhapur hit AQI 321 at Shivaji University (MPCB) on 2024-11-12.
Station-level disparity
Ahmedabad spans 9 CPCB stations with a 44-point spread (min 95, max 139); Kolhapur spans 2 stations with a 19-point spread (min 90, max 109).