Akola vs Coimbatore
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Akola and Coimbatore.
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 Coimbatore averaged 66 — a 21-point (32%) gap, with Akola the more polluted and Coimbatore the cleaner of the two. On 295 days when both cities reported, Coimbatore was cleaner on 219 of them; the average daily gap was 34 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Akola logged 0% Severe days and 59.2% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Coimbatore was 0% Severe and 90.5% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Akola 129 days, Coimbatore 32 days.
Year-over-year progress
Akola has improved by 16 AQI points (15.5%) from 2023 to 2024; Coimbatore has improved by 5 AQI points (7%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Akola reached AQI 330 at Ramdaspeth (MPCB) on 2023-11-04; Coimbatore hit AQI 279 at SIDCO Kurichi (TNPCB) on 2024-09-28.
Station-level disparity
Akola spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 93, max 93); Coimbatore spans 2 stations with a 1-point spread (min 63, max 64).