Akola vs Cuddalore
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Akola and Cuddalore.
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 Cuddalore averaged 52 — a 35-point (67%) gap, with Akola the more polluted and Cuddalore the cleaner of the two. On 318 days when both cities reported, Cuddalore was cleaner on 270 of them; the average daily gap was 40 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Akola peaks in November, while Cuddalore peaks in January. Akola logged 0% Severe days and 59.2% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Cuddalore was 0% Severe and 90.6% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Akola 129 days, Cuddalore 34 days.
Year-over-year progress
The worst recorded day for Akola reached AQI 330 at Ramdaspeth (MPCB) on 2023-11-04; Cuddalore hit AQI 329 at Kudikadu (TNPCB) on 2024-04-05.
Station-level disparity
Akola spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 93, max 93); Cuddalore spans 2 stations with a 11-point spread (min 46, max 57).