Akola vs Palwal
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Akola and Palwal.
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 Palwal averaged 95 — a 8-point (9%) gap, with Palwal the more polluted and Akola the cleaner of the two. On 503 days when both cities reported, Akola was cleaner on 259 of them; the average daily gap was 35 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; Palwal was 0.2% Severe and 47.800000000000004% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Akola 129 days, Palwal 37 days.
Year-over-year progress
Akola has improved by 16 AQI points (15.5%) from 2023 to 2024; Palwal has improved by 91 AQI points (48.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Akola reached AQI 330 at Ramdaspeth (MPCB) on 2023-11-04; Palwal hit AQI 465 at Shyam Nagar (HSPCB) on 2019-11-14.
Station-level disparity
Akola spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 93, max 93); Palwal spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 120, max 120).