Aurangabad vs Kozhikode
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Aurangabad and Kozhikode.
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 Kozhikode averaged 78 — a 21-point (27%) gap, with Aurangabad the more polluted and Kozhikode the cleaner of the two. On 746 days when both cities reported, Kozhikode was cleaner on 659 of them; the average daily gap was 48 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in January on average. Aurangabad logged 0.1% Severe days and 58.3% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Kozhikode was 0.1% Severe and 99% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Aurangabad 46 days, Kozhikode 83 days.
Year-over-year progress
Aurangabad has improved by 41 AQI points (29.3%) from 2016 to 2024; Kozhikode has worsened by 29 AQI points (59.2%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Aurangabad reached AQI 436 at More Chowk Waluj (MPCB) on 2024-09-16; Kozhikode hit AQI 417 at Palayam Kozhikode (PCB) on 2021-01-25.
Station-level disparity
Aurangabad spans 4 CPCB stations with a 87-point spread (min 91, max 178); Kozhikode spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 59, max 59).