Cuttack vs Kaithal
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Cuttack and Kaithal.
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 Kaithal averaged 126 — a 14-point (13%) gap, with Kaithal the more polluted and Cuttack the cleaner of the two. On 372 days when both cities reported, Cuttack was cleaner on 226 of them; the average daily gap was 72 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Cuttack peaks in January, while Kaithal peaks in November. Cuttack logged 0% Severe days and 52.5% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Kaithal was 0.7% Severe and 41.400000000000006% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Cuttack 29 days, Kaithal 39 days.
Year-over-year progress
Cuttack has improved by 89 AQI points (44.3%) from 2023 to 2024; Kaithal has improved by 8 AQI points (6%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Cuttack reached AQI 355 at CDA Area (OSPCB) on 2023-11-13; Kaithal hit AQI 467 at Rishi Nagar (HSPCB) on 2019-11-03.
Station-level disparity
Cuttack spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 125, max 125); Kaithal spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 136, max 136).