Akola vs Surat
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Akola and Surat.
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 Surat averaged 83 — a 4-point (5%) gap, with Akola the more polluted and Surat the cleaner of the two. On 418 days when both cities reported, Surat was cleaner on 227 of them; the average daily gap was 55 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; Surat was 0% Severe and 55.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Akola 129 days, Surat 55 days.
Year-over-year progress
Akola has improved by 16 AQI points (15.5%) from 2023 to 2024; Surat has improved by 139 AQI points (62.6%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Akola reached AQI 330 at Ramdaspeth (MPCB) on 2023-11-04; Surat hit AQI 384 at Science Center (SMC) on 2023-08-19.
Station-level disparity
Akola spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 93, max 93); Surat spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 123, max 123).