Cuddalore vs Kota
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Cuddalore 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, Cuddalore averaged an AQI of 52 while Kota averaged 131 — a 79-point (152%) gap, with Kota the more polluted and Cuddalore the cleaner of the two. On 319 days when both cities reported, Cuddalore was cleaner on 306 of them; the average daily gap was 95 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Cuddalore peaks in January, while Kota peaks in November. Cuddalore logged 0% Severe days and 90.6% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Kota was 0% Severe and 40.599999999999994% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Cuddalore 34 days, Kota 89 days.
Year-over-year progress
The worst recorded day for Cuddalore reached AQI 329 at Kudikadu (TNPCB) on 2024-04-05; Kota hit AQI 375 at Shrinath Puram (RSPCB) on 2021-11-14.
Station-level disparity
Cuddalore spans 2 CPCB stations with a 11-point spread (min 46, max 57); Kota spans 3 stations with a 9-point spread (min 121, max 130).