Anantapur vs Kolkata
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Anantapur and Kolkata.
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, Anantapur averaged an AQI of 69 while Kolkata averaged 101 — a 32-point (46%) gap, with Kolkata the more polluted and Anantapur the cleaner of the two. On 392 days when both cities reported, Anantapur was cleaner on 304 of them; the average daily gap was 87 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Anantapur peaks in February, while Kolkata peaks in January. Anantapur logged 0% Severe days and 90.8% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Kolkata was 1% Severe and 47.800000000000004% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Anantapur 32 days, Kolkata 75 days.
Year-over-year progress
Anantapur has improved by 1 AQI points (1.4%) from 2022 to 2024; Kolkata has improved by 76 AQI points (42.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Anantapur reached AQI 191 at Gulzarpet (APPCB) on 2022-10-25; Kolkata hit AQI 453 at Rabindra Bharati University (WBPCB) on 2019-01-23.
Station-level disparity
Anantapur spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 68, max 68); Kolkata spans 7 stations with a 56-point spread (min 95, max 151).