Coimbatore vs Rāichūr
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Coimbatore and Rāichūr.
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 Rāichūr averaged 106 — a 40-point (61%) gap, with Rāichūr the more polluted and Coimbatore the cleaner of the two. On 430 days when both cities reported, Coimbatore was cleaner on 380 of them; the average daily gap was 43 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Coimbatore peaks in November, while Rāichūr peaks in February. Coimbatore logged 0% Severe days and 90.5% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Rāichūr was 0% Severe and 54.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Coimbatore 32 days, Rāichūr 23 days.
Year-over-year progress
Coimbatore has improved by 5 AQI points (7%) from 2019 to 2024; Rāichūr has improved by 24 AQI points (18.5%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Coimbatore reached AQI 279 at SIDCO Kurichi (TNPCB) on 2024-09-28; Rāichūr hit AQI 390 at Haji Colony (KSPCB) on 2022-01-25.
Station-level disparity
Coimbatore spans 2 CPCB stations with a 1-point spread (min 63, max 64); Rāichūr spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 93, max 93).