Balasore vs Palwal
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Balasore and Palwal.
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 Palwal averaged 95 — a 36-point (38%) gap, with Balasore the more polluted and Palwal the cleaner of the two. On 378 days when both cities reported, Palwal was cleaner on 257 of them; the average daily gap was 59 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Balasore peaks in January, while Palwal peaks in November. Balasore logged 0.2% Severe days and 42.9% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Palwal was 0.2% Severe and 47.800000000000004% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Balasore 29 days, Palwal 37 days.
Year-over-year progress
Balasore has improved by 58 AQI points (30.7%) from 2023 to 2024; Palwal has improved by 91 AQI points (48.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Balasore reached AQI 406 at Kalidaspur (OSPCB) on 2024-01-16; Palwal hit AQI 465 at Shyam Nagar (HSPCB) on 2019-11-14.
Station-level disparity
Balasore spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 141, max 141); Palwal spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 120, max 120).