Cuttack vs Panipat
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Cuttack and Panipat.
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 Panipat averaged 121 — a 9-point (8%) gap, with Panipat the more polluted and Cuttack the cleaner of the two. On 345 days when both cities reported, Cuttack was cleaner on 227 of them; the average daily gap was 64 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Cuttack peaks in January, while Panipat peaks in November. Cuttack logged 0% Severe days and 52.5% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Panipat was 1.1% Severe and 33.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Cuttack 29 days, Panipat 38 days.
Year-over-year progress
Cuttack has improved by 89 AQI points (44.3%) from 2023 to 2024; Panipat has improved by 51 AQI points (29.7%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Cuttack reached AQI 355 at CDA Area (OSPCB) on 2023-11-13; Panipat hit AQI 475 at Sector-18 (HSPCB) on 2019-10-30.
Station-level disparity
Cuttack spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 125, max 125); Panipat spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 152, max 152).