Balasore vs Shivamogga
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Balasore and Shivamogga.
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 Shivamogga averaged 55 — a 76-point (138%) gap, with Balasore the more polluted and Shivamogga the cleaner of the two. On 411 days when both cities reported, Shivamogga was cleaner on 399 of them; the average daily gap was 87 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Balasore peaks in January, while Shivamogga peaks in February. Balasore logged 0.2% Severe days and 42.9% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Shivamogga was 0% Severe and 97.5% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Balasore 29 days, Shivamogga 233 days.
Year-over-year progress
Balasore has improved by 58 AQI points (30.7%) from 2023 to 2024; Shivamogga has improved by 16 AQI points (22.5%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Balasore reached AQI 406 at Kalidaspur (OSPCB) on 2024-01-16; Shivamogga hit AQI 202 at Vinoba Nagara (KSPCB) on 2021-08-04.
Station-level disparity
Balasore spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 141, max 141); Shivamogga spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 56, max 56).