Aurangabad vs Coimbatore
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Aurangabad and Coimbatore.
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, Aurangabad averaged an AQI of 99 while Coimbatore averaged 66 — a 33-point (50%) gap, with Aurangabad the more polluted and Coimbatore the cleaner of the two. On 885 days when both cities reported, Coimbatore was cleaner on 698 of them; the average daily gap was 52 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Aurangabad peaks in January, while Coimbatore peaks in November. Aurangabad logged 0.1% Severe days and 58.3% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Coimbatore was 0% Severe and 90.5% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Aurangabad 46 days, Coimbatore 32 days.
Year-over-year progress
Aurangabad has improved by 41 AQI points (29.3%) from 2016 to 2024; Coimbatore has improved by 5 AQI points (7%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Aurangabad reached AQI 436 at More Chowk Waluj (MPCB) on 2024-09-16; Coimbatore hit AQI 279 at SIDCO Kurichi (TNPCB) on 2024-09-28.
Station-level disparity
Aurangabad spans 4 CPCB stations with a 87-point spread (min 91, max 178); Coimbatore spans 2 stations with a 1-point spread (min 63, max 64).