Balasore vs Korba
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Balasore and Korba.
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, Balasore averaged an AQI of 131 while Korba averaged 67 — a 64-point (96%) gap, with Balasore the more polluted and Korba the cleaner of the two. On 406 days when both cities reported, Korba was cleaner on 343 of them; the average daily gap was 77 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in January on average. Balasore logged 0.2% Severe days and 42.9% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Korba was 0% Severe and 78.8% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Balasore 29 days, Korba 83 days.
Year-over-year progress
Balasore has improved by 58 AQI points (30.7%) from 2023 to 2024; Korba has improved by 19 AQI points (22.1%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Balasore reached AQI 406 at Kalidaspur (OSPCB) on 2024-01-16; Korba hit AQI 313 at Urja Nagar (CECB) on 2023-01-04.
Station-level disparity
Balasore spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 141, max 141); Korba spans 2 stations with a 13-point spread (min 62, max 75).