Ajmer vs Rourkela
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Ajmer and Rourkela.
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 2022, Ajmer averaged an AQI of 112 while Rourkela averaged 115 — a 3-point (3%) gap, with Rourkela the more polluted and Ajmer the cleaner of the two. On 26 days when both cities reported, Ajmer was cleaner on 25 of them; the average daily gap was 100 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Ajmer logged 0% Severe days and 54.300000000000004% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Rourkela was 0% Severe and 32.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Ajmer 94 days, Rourkela 60 days.
Year-over-year progress
Ajmer has improved by 22 AQI points (16.4%) from 2017 to 2022; Rourkela has improved by 112 AQI points (49.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Ajmer reached AQI 357 at Civil Lines (RSPCB) on 2021-03-31; Rourkela hit AQI 344 at Raghunathpali (OSPCB) on 2024-01-01.
Station-level disparity
Ajmer spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 102, max 102); Rourkela spans 3 stations with a 29-point spread (min 106, max 135).