Ariyalur vs Kota
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Ariyalur and Kota.
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, Ariyalur averaged an AQI of 46 while Kota averaged 131 — a 85-point (185%) gap, with Kota the more polluted and Ariyalur the cleaner of the two. On 314 days when both cities reported, Ariyalur was cleaner on 306 of them; the average daily gap was 104 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Ariyalur peaks in March, while Kota peaks in November. Ariyalur logged 0% Severe days and 93.8% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Kota was 0% Severe and 40.599999999999994% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Ariyalur 57 days, Kota 89 days.
Year-over-year progress
Ariyalur has improved by 35 AQI points (43.2%) from 2022 to 2024; Kota has improved by 45 AQI points (25.6%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Ariyalur reached AQI 221 at Keelapalur (TNPCB) on 2024-04-07; Kota hit AQI 375 at Shrinath Puram (RSPCB) on 2021-11-14.
Station-level disparity
Ariyalur spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 51, max 51); Kota spans 3 stations with a 9-point spread (min 121, max 130).