Balasore vs Thiruvananthapuram
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Balasore and Thiruvananthapuram.
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 Thiruvananthapuram averaged 56 — a 75-point (134%) gap, with Balasore the more polluted and Thiruvananthapuram the cleaner of the two. On 355 days when both cities reported, Thiruvananthapuram was cleaner on 308 of them; the average daily gap was 65 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; Thiruvananthapuram was 0% Severe and 92% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Balasore 29 days, Thiruvananthapuram 172 days.
Year-over-year progress
Balasore has improved by 58 AQI points (30.7%) from 2023 to 2024; Thiruvananthapuram has improved by 11 AQI points (16.4%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Balasore reached AQI 406 at Kalidaspur (OSPCB) on 2024-01-16; Thiruvananthapuram hit AQI 387 at Plammoodu Thiruvananthapuram (PCB) on 2021-08-30.
Station-level disparity
Balasore spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 141, max 141); Thiruvananthapuram spans 2 stations with a 7-point spread (min 57, max 64).