Cuttack vs Varanasi
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Cuttack and Varanasi.
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 Varanasi averaged 56 — a 56-point (100%) gap, with Cuttack the more polluted and Varanasi the cleaner of the two. On 352 days when both cities reported, Varanasi was cleaner on 239 of them; the average daily gap was 61 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in January on average. Cuttack logged 0% Severe days and 52.5% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Varanasi was 2.8% Severe and 36% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Cuttack 29 days, Varanasi 87 days.
Year-over-year progress
Cuttack has improved by 89 AQI points (44.3%) from 2023 to 2024; Varanasi has improved by 169 AQI points (75.1%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Cuttack reached AQI 355 at CDA Area (OSPCB) on 2023-11-13; Varanasi hit AQI 500 at Ardhali Bazar (UPPCB) on 2017-07-11.
Station-level disparity
Cuttack spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 125, max 125); Varanasi spans 4 stations with a 94-point spread (min 71, max 165).