Cuttack vs Guwahati
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Cuttack and Guwahati.
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 Guwahati averaged 123 — a 11-point (10%) gap, with Guwahati the more polluted and Cuttack the cleaner of the two. On 413 days when both cities reported, Cuttack was cleaner on 292 of them; the average daily gap was 65 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in January on average. Cuttack logged 0% Severe days and 52.5% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Guwahati was 0.1% Severe and 44.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Cuttack 29 days, Guwahati 105 days.
Year-over-year progress
Cuttack has improved by 89 AQI points (44.3%) from 2023 to 2024; Guwahati has worsened by 14 AQI points (12.8%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Cuttack reached AQI 355 at CDA Area (OSPCB) on 2023-11-13; Guwahati hit AQI 420 at Railway Colony (PCBA) on 2023-01-15.
Station-level disparity
Cuttack spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 125, max 125); Guwahati spans 4 stations with a 26-point spread (min 118, max 144).