Akola vs Arrah
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Akola and Arrah.
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, Akola averaged an AQI of 87 while Arrah averaged 123 — a 36-point (41%) gap, with Arrah the more polluted and Akola the cleaner of the two. On 400 days when both cities reported, Akola was cleaner on 257 of them; the average daily gap was 67 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Akola peaks in November, while Arrah peaks in January. Akola logged 0% Severe days and 59.2% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Arrah was 0.2% Severe and 32.3% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Akola 129 days, Arrah 11 days.
Year-over-year progress
Akola has improved by 16 AQI points (15.5%) from 2023 to 2024; Arrah has improved by 175 AQI points (58.7%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Akola reached AQI 330 at Ramdaspeth (MPCB) on 2023-11-04; Arrah hit AQI 420 at New DM Office (BSPCB) on 2021-12-21.
Station-level disparity
Akola spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 93, max 93); Arrah spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 162, max 162).