Coimbatore vs Kolhapur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Coimbatore and Kolhapur.
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, Coimbatore averaged an AQI of 66 while Kolhapur averaged 100 — a 34-point (52%) gap, with Kolhapur the more polluted and Coimbatore the cleaner of the two. On 294 days when both cities reported, Coimbatore was cleaner on 241 of them; the average daily gap was 58 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Coimbatore logged 0% Severe days and 90.5% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Kolhapur was 0% Severe and 46.400000000000006% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Coimbatore 32 days, Kolhapur 81 days.
Year-over-year progress
The worst recorded day for Coimbatore reached AQI 279 at SIDCO Kurichi (TNPCB) on 2024-09-28; Kolhapur hit AQI 321 at Shivaji University (MPCB) on 2024-11-12.
Station-level disparity
Coimbatore spans 2 CPCB stations with a 1-point spread (min 63, max 64); Kolhapur spans 2 stations with a 19-point spread (min 90, max 109).