Angul vs Balasore
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Angul and Balasore.
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 Balasore averaged 131 — a 18-point (14%) gap, with Angul the more polluted and Balasore the cleaner of the two. On 394 days when both cities reported, Balasore was cleaner on 260 of them; the average daily gap was 44 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; Balasore was 0.2% Severe and 42.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Angul 23 days, Balasore 29 days.
Year-over-year progress
Angul has improved by 89 AQI points (37.4%) from 2023 to 2024; Balasore has improved by 58 AQI points (30.7%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Angul reached AQI 370 at Hakimapada (OSPCB) on 2024-01-29; Balasore hit AQI 406 at Kalidaspur (OSPCB) on 2024-01-16.
Station-level disparity
Angul spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 163, max 163); Balasore spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 141, max 141).