Baripāda vs Kota
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Baripāda and Kota.
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, Baripāda averaged an AQI of 121 while Kota averaged 131 — a 10-point (8%) gap, with Kota the more polluted and Baripāda the cleaner of the two. On 367 days when both cities reported, Baripāda was cleaner on 242 of them; the average daily gap was 62 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Baripāda peaks in January, while Kota peaks in November. Baripāda logged 0% Severe days and 45.6% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Kota was 0% Severe and 40.599999999999994% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Baripāda 45 days, Kota 89 days.
Year-over-year progress
Baripāda has improved by 87 AQI points (41.8%) from 2022 to 2024; Kota has improved by 45 AQI points (25.6%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Baripāda reached AQI 370 at Meher Colony (OSPCB) on 2024-01-15; Kota hit AQI 375 at Shrinath Puram (RSPCB) on 2021-11-14.
Station-level disparity
Baripāda spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 127, max 127); Kota spans 3 stations with a 9-point spread (min 121, max 130).