Cuttack vs Nārnaul
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Cuttack and Nārnaul.
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 Nārnaul averaged 94 — a 18-point (19%) gap, with Cuttack the more polluted and Nārnaul the cleaner of the two. On 354 days when both cities reported, Nārnaul was cleaner on 187 of them; the average daily gap was 64 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Cuttack peaks in January, while Nārnaul peaks in November. Cuttack logged 0% Severe days and 52.5% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Nārnaul was 0.1% Severe and 40.8% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Cuttack 29 days, Nārnaul 63 days.
Year-over-year progress
Cuttack has improved by 89 AQI points (44.3%) from 2023 to 2024; Nārnaul has improved by 37 AQI points (28.2%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Cuttack reached AQI 355 at CDA Area (OSPCB) on 2023-11-13; Nārnaul hit AQI 435 at Shastri Nagar (HSPCB) on 2023-11-16.
Station-level disparity
Cuttack spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 125, max 125); Nārnaul spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 130, max 130).