Cuttack vs Kota
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Cuttack and Kota.
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 Kota averaged 131 — a 19-point (17%) gap, with Kota the more polluted and Cuttack the cleaner of the two. On 352 days when both cities reported, Cuttack was cleaner on 281 of them; the average daily gap was 59 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Cuttack peaks in January, while Kota peaks in November. Cuttack logged 0% Severe days and 52.5% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Kota was 0% Severe and 40.599999999999994% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Cuttack 29 days, Kota 89 days.
Year-over-year progress
Cuttack has improved by 89 AQI points (44.3%) from 2023 to 2024; Kota has improved by 45 AQI points (25.6%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Cuttack reached AQI 355 at CDA Area (OSPCB) on 2023-11-13; Kota hit AQI 375 at Shrinath Puram (RSPCB) on 2021-11-14.
Station-level disparity
Cuttack spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 125, max 125); Kota spans 3 stations with a 9-point spread (min 121, max 130).