Aurangabad vs Rāichūr
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Aurangabad and Rāichūr.
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 Rāichūr averaged 106 — a 7-point (7%) gap, with Rāichūr the more polluted and Aurangabad the cleaner of the two. On 667 days when both cities reported, Rāichūr was cleaner on 393 of them; the average daily gap was 52 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Aurangabad peaks in January, while Rāichūr peaks in February. Aurangabad logged 0.1% Severe days and 58.3% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Rāichūr was 0% Severe and 54.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Aurangabad 46 days, Rāichūr 23 days.
Year-over-year progress
Aurangabad has improved by 41 AQI points (29.3%) from 2016 to 2024; Rāichūr has improved by 24 AQI points (18.5%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Aurangabad reached AQI 436 at More Chowk Waluj (MPCB) on 2024-09-16; Rāichūr hit AQI 390 at Haji Colony (KSPCB) on 2022-01-25.
Station-level disparity
Aurangabad spans 4 CPCB stations with a 87-point spread (min 91, max 178); Rāichūr spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 93, max 93).