Akola vs Bhubaneswar
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Akola and Bhubaneswar.
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 Bhubaneswar averaged 115 — a 28-point (32%) gap, with Bhubaneswar the more polluted and Akola the cleaner of the two. On 358 days when both cities reported, Akola was cleaner on 242 of them; the average daily gap was 52 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Akola peaks in November, while Bhubaneswar peaks in January. Akola logged 0% Severe days and 59.2% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Bhubaneswar was 0% Severe and 48.8% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Akola 129 days, Bhubaneswar 27 days.
Year-over-year progress
The worst recorded day for Akola reached AQI 330 at Ramdaspeth (MPCB) on 2023-11-04; Bhubaneswar hit AQI 341 at Lingraj Mandir (OSPCB) on 2024-01-09.
Station-level disparity
Akola spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 93, max 93); Bhubaneswar spans 2 stations with a 2-point spread (min 114, max 116).