Aurangabad vs Thrissur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Aurangabad and Thrissur.
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 Thrissur averaged 57 — a 42-point (74%) gap, with Aurangabad the more polluted and Thrissur the cleaner of the two. On 724 days when both cities reported, Thrissur was cleaner on 594 of them; the average daily gap was 61 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Aurangabad peaks in January, while Thrissur peaks in February. Aurangabad logged 0.1% Severe days and 58.3% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Thrissur was 0% Severe and 88.4% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Aurangabad 46 days, Thrissur 52 days.
Year-over-year progress
Aurangabad has improved by 41 AQI points (29.3%) from 2016 to 2024; Thrissur has improved by 21 AQI points (26.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Aurangabad reached AQI 436 at More Chowk Waluj (MPCB) on 2024-09-16; Thrissur hit AQI 181 at Corporation Ground Thrissur (PCB) on 2023-01-09.
Station-level disparity
Aurangabad spans 4 CPCB stations with a 87-point spread (min 91, max 178); Thrissur spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 68, max 68).