Cuttack vs Panchkula
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Cuttack and Panchkula.
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 Panchkula averaged 117 — a 5-point (4%) gap, with Panchkula the more polluted and Cuttack the cleaner of the two.
Seasonality & days
Cuttack peaks in January, while Panchkula peaks in December. Cuttack logged 0% Severe days and 52.5% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Panchkula was 0.1% Severe and 61.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Cuttack 29 days, Panchkula 60 days.
Year-over-year progress
Cuttack has improved by 89 AQI points (44.3%) from 2023 to 2024; Panchkula has improved by 74 AQI points (38.7%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Cuttack reached AQI 355 at CDA Area (OSPCB) on 2023-11-13; Panchkula hit AQI 474 at Sector-6 Panchkula () on 2018-06-15.
Station-level disparity
Cuttack spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 125, max 125); Panchkula spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 102, max 102).