Chennai vs Kalaburagi
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Chennai and Kalaburagi.
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, Chennai averaged an AQI of 68 while Kalaburagi averaged 49 — a 19-point (39%) gap, with Chennai the more polluted and Kalaburagi the cleaner of the two. On 1429 days when both cities reported, Kalaburagi was cleaner on 1012 of them; the average daily gap was 54 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in December on average. Chennai logged 0% Severe days and 57.5% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Kalaburagi was 0.6% Severe and 69.6% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Chennai 53 days, Kalaburagi 120 days.
Year-over-year progress
Chennai has improved by 25 AQI points (26.9%) from 2017 to 2024; Kalaburagi has improved by 56 AQI points (53.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Chennai reached AQI 391 at Kodungaiyur (TNPCB) on 2021-05-14; Kalaburagi hit AQI 500 at Lal Bahadur Shastri Nagar (KSPCB) on 2020-10-26.
Station-level disparity
Chennai spans 9 CPCB stations with a 27-point spread (min 63, max 90); Kalaburagi spans 2 stations with a 40-point spread (min 43, max 83).