Akola vs Pimpri-Chinchwad
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Akola and Pimpri-Chinchwad.
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 Pimpri-Chinchwad averaged 114 — a 27-point (31%) gap, with Pimpri-Chinchwad the more polluted and Akola the cleaner of the two. On 365 days when both cities reported, Akola was cleaner on 285 of them; the average daily gap was 53 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; Pimpri-Chinchwad was 0% Severe and 42% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Akola 129 days, Pimpri-Chinchwad 82 days.
Year-over-year progress
The worst recorded day for Akola reached AQI 330 at Ramdaspeth (MPCB) on 2023-11-04; Pimpri-Chinchwad hit AQI 341 at Thergaon Pimpri (MPCB) on 2024-11-23.
Station-level disparity
Akola spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 93, max 93); Pimpri-Chinchwad spans 4 stations with a 20-point spread (min 107, max 127).