Coimbatore vs Raipur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Coimbatore and Raipur.
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 Raipur averaged 74 — a 8-point (12%) gap, with Raipur the more polluted and Coimbatore the cleaner of the two. On 299 days when both cities reported, Coimbatore was cleaner on 234 of them; the average daily gap was 45 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; Raipur was 0% Severe and 54.3% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Coimbatore 32 days, Raipur 70 days.
Year-over-year progress
Coimbatore has improved by 5 AQI points (7%) from 2019 to 2024; Raipur has improved by 64 AQI points (46.4%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Coimbatore reached AQI 279 at SIDCO Kurichi (TNPCB) on 2024-09-28; Raipur hit AQI 226 at AIIMS (CECB) on 2023-12-26.
Station-level disparity
Coimbatore spans 2 CPCB stations with a 1-point spread (min 63, max 64); Raipur spans 4 stations with a 42-point spread (min 63, max 105).