Chittoor vs Kota
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Chittoor 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, Chittoor averaged an AQI of 76 while Kota averaged 131 — a 55-point (72%) gap, with Kota the more polluted and Chittoor the cleaner of the two. On 280 days when both cities reported, Chittoor was cleaner on 260 of them; the average daily gap was 88 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Chittoor peaks in October, while Kota peaks in November. Chittoor logged 0% Severe days and 84.9% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Kota was 0% Severe and 40.599999999999994% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Chittoor 37 days, Kota 89 days.
Year-over-year progress
Chittoor has worsened by 5 AQI points (7%) from 2022 to 2024; Kota has improved by 45 AQI points (25.6%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Chittoor reached AQI 348 at Gangineni Cheruvu (APPCB) on 2023-11-13; Kota hit AQI 375 at Shrinath Puram (RSPCB) on 2021-11-14.
Station-level disparity
Chittoor spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 72, max 72); Kota spans 3 stations with a 9-point spread (min 121, max 130).