Aurangabad vs Tumkur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Aurangabad and Tumkur.
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 Tumkur averaged 88 — a 11-point (13%) gap, with Aurangabad the more polluted and Tumkur the cleaner of the two. On 311 days when both cities reported, Tumkur was cleaner on 194 of them; the average daily gap was 58 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Aurangabad peaks in January, while Tumkur peaks in December. Aurangabad logged 0.1% Severe days and 58.3% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Tumkur was 0% Severe and 54% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Aurangabad 46 days, Tumkur 20 days.
Year-over-year progress
Aurangabad has improved by 41 AQI points (29.3%) from 2016 to 2024; Tumkur has improved by 69 AQI points (43.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Aurangabad reached AQI 436 at More Chowk Waluj (MPCB) on 2024-09-16; Tumkur hit AQI 355 at Thimmalapura (KSPCB) on 2023-02-15.
Station-level disparity
Aurangabad spans 4 CPCB stations with a 87-point spread (min 91, max 178); Tumkur spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 97, max 97).