Akola vs Tonk
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Akola and Tonk.
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 Tonk averaged 142 — a 55-point (63%) gap, with Tonk the more polluted and Akola the cleaner of the two. On 469 days when both cities reported, Akola was cleaner on 396 of them; the average daily gap was 64 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; Tonk was 0% Severe and 28.200000000000003% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Akola 129 days, Tonk 11 days.
Year-over-year progress
Akola has improved by 16 AQI points (15.5%) from 2023 to 2024; Tonk has improved by 14 AQI points (9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Akola reached AQI 330 at Ramdaspeth (MPCB) on 2023-11-04; Tonk hit AQI 368 at Shastri Nagar (RSPCB) on 2023-11-17.
Station-level disparity
Akola spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 93, max 93); Tonk spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 148, max 148).