Cuttack vs Dhanbad
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Cuttack and Dhanbad.
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, Cuttack averaged an AQI of 112 while Dhanbad averaged 161 — a 49-point (44%) gap, with Dhanbad the more polluted and Cuttack the cleaner of the two. On 217 days when both cities reported, Cuttack was cleaner on 157 of them; the average daily gap was 83 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Cuttack peaks in January, while Dhanbad peaks in November. Cuttack logged 0% Severe days and 52.5% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Dhanbad was 0.4% Severe and 3.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Cuttack 29 days, Dhanbad 2 days.
Year-over-year progress
The worst recorded day for Cuttack reached AQI 355 at CDA Area (OSPCB) on 2023-11-13; Dhanbad hit AQI 436 at Kalakusuma (DMC) on 2024-04-28.
Station-level disparity
Cuttack spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 125, max 125); Dhanbad spans 2 stations with a 12-point spread (min 156, max 168).