Cuttack vs Malegaon
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Cuttack and Malegaon.
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 Malegaon averaged 114 — a 2-point (2%) gap, with Malegaon the more polluted and Cuttack the cleaner of the two. On 398 days when both cities reported, Cuttack was cleaner on 217 of them; the average daily gap was 58 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Cuttack peaks in January, while Malegaon peaks in November. Cuttack logged 0% Severe days and 52.5% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Malegaon was 0% Severe and 48% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Cuttack 29 days, Malegaon 51 days.
Year-over-year progress
Cuttack has improved by 89 AQI points (44.3%) from 2023 to 2024; Malegaon has worsened by 16 AQI points (16.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Cuttack reached AQI 355 at CDA Area (OSPCB) on 2023-11-13; Malegaon hit AQI 298 at Mahesh Nagar (MPCB) on 2024-07-07.
Station-level disparity
Cuttack spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 125, max 125); Malegaon spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 109, max 109).