Cuttack vs Kolkata
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Cuttack and Kolkata.
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 Kolkata averaged 101 — a 11-point (11%) gap, with Cuttack the more polluted and Kolkata the cleaner of the two. On 352 days when both cities reported, Cuttack was cleaner on 247 of them; the average daily gap was 36 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; Kolkata was 1% Severe and 47.800000000000004% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Cuttack 29 days, Kolkata 75 days.
Year-over-year progress
Cuttack has improved by 89 AQI points (44.3%) from 2023 to 2024; Kolkata has improved by 76 AQI points (42.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Cuttack reached AQI 355 at CDA Area (OSPCB) on 2023-11-13; Kolkata hit AQI 453 at Rabindra Bharati University (WBPCB) on 2019-01-23.
Station-level disparity
Cuttack spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 125, max 125); Kolkata spans 7 stations with a 56-point spread (min 95, max 151).