Chandrapur vs Rourkela
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Chandrapur and Rourkela.
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 2022, Chandrapur averaged an AQI of 123 while Rourkela averaged 115 — a 8-point (7%) gap, with Chandrapur the more polluted and Rourkela the cleaner of the two. On 16 days when both cities reported, Chandrapur was cleaner on 12 of them; the average daily gap was 72 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Chandrapur peaks in March, while Rourkela peaks in November. Chandrapur logged 0.3% Severe days and 58.800000000000004% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Rourkela was 0% Severe and 32.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Chandrapur 37 days, Rourkela 60 days.
Year-over-year progress
Chandrapur has improved by 1 AQI points (0.8%) from 2017 to 2022; Rourkela has improved by 112 AQI points (49.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Chandrapur reached AQI 500 at MIDC Khutala (MPCB) on 2017-11-14; Rourkela hit AQI 344 at Raghunathpali (OSPCB) on 2024-01-01.
Station-level disparity
Chandrapur spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 100, max 100); Rourkela spans 3 stations with a 29-point spread (min 106, max 135).