Angul vs Araria
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Angul and Araria.
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, Angul averaged an AQI of 149 while Araria averaged 167 — a 18-point (12%) gap, with Araria the more polluted and Angul the cleaner of the two. On 283 days when both cities reported, Araria was cleaner on 154 of them; the average daily gap was 66 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in January on average. Angul logged 0% Severe days and 32.1% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Araria was 0% Severe and 28.5% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Angul 23 days, Araria 14 days.
Year-over-year progress
Angul has improved by 89 AQI points (37.4%) from 2023 to 2024; Araria has improved by 61 AQI points (26.8%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Angul reached AQI 370 at Hakimapada (OSPCB) on 2024-01-29; Araria hit AQI 399 at Kharahiya Basti (BSPCB) on 2024-01-31.
Station-level disparity
Angul spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 163, max 163); Araria spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 173, max 173).