Bhilwara vs Kota
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bhilwara 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, Bhilwara averaged an AQI of 98 while Kota averaged 131 — a 33-point (34%) gap, with Kota the more polluted and Bhilwara the cleaner of the two. On 326 days when both cities reported, Bhilwara was cleaner on 317 of them; the average daily gap was 58 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Bhilwara peaks in December, while Kota peaks in November. Bhilwara logged 0% Severe days and 54.900000000000006% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Kota was 0% Severe and 40.599999999999994% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bhilwara 35 days, Kota 89 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bhilwara has improved by 37 AQI points (27.4%) from 2023 to 2024; Kota has improved by 45 AQI points (25.6%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bhilwara reached AQI 331 at Pratap Nagar (RSPCB) on 2023-12-27; Kota hit AQI 375 at Shrinath Puram (RSPCB) on 2021-11-14.
Station-level disparity
Bhilwara spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 111, max 111); Kota spans 3 stations with a 9-point spread (min 121, max 130).