Cuddalore vs Rourkela
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Cuddalore and Rourkela.
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 Rourkela averaged 115 — a 63-point (121%) gap, with Rourkela the more polluted and Cuddalore the cleaner of the two. On 317 days when both cities reported, Cuddalore was cleaner on 298 of them; the average daily gap was 79 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Cuddalore peaks in January, while Rourkela peaks in November. Cuddalore logged 0% Severe days and 90.6% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Rourkela was 0% Severe and 32.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Cuddalore 34 days, Rourkela 60 days.
Year-over-year progress
The worst recorded day for Cuddalore reached AQI 329 at Kudikadu (TNPCB) on 2024-04-05; Rourkela hit AQI 344 at Raghunathpali (OSPCB) on 2024-01-01.
Station-level disparity
Cuddalore spans 2 CPCB stations with a 11-point spread (min 46, max 57); Rourkela spans 3 stations with a 29-point spread (min 106, max 135).