Angul vs Kochi
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Angul and Kochi.
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 Kochi averaged 91 — a 58-point (64%) gap, with Angul the more polluted and Kochi the cleaner of the two. On 101 days when both cities reported, Kochi was cleaner on 100 of them; the average daily gap was 132 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; Kochi was 0% Severe and 70.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Angul 23 days, Kochi 80 days.
Year-over-year progress
Angul has improved by 89 AQI points (37.4%) from 2023 to 2024; Kochi has worsened by 7 AQI points (8.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Angul reached AQI 370 at Hakimapada (OSPCB) on 2024-01-29; Kochi hit AQI 293 at Vyttila Kochi (PCB) on 2022-12-08.
Station-level disparity
Angul spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 163, max 163); Kochi spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 88, max 88).