Dhule vs Kota
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Dhule and Kota.
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, Dhule averaged an AQI of 103 while Kota averaged 131 — a 28-point (27%) gap, with Kota the more polluted and Dhule the cleaner of the two. On 346 days when both cities reported, Dhule was cleaner on 304 of them; the average daily gap was 59 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Dhule logged 0% Severe days and 47.8% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Kota was 0% Severe and 40.599999999999994% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Dhule 35 days, Kota 89 days.
Year-over-year progress
Dhule has improved by 5 AQI points (4.6%) from 2023 to 2024; Kota has improved by 45 AQI points (25.6%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Dhule reached AQI 276 at Deopur (MPCB) on 2023-11-07; Kota hit AQI 375 at Shrinath Puram (RSPCB) on 2021-11-14.
Station-level disparity
Dhule spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 105, max 105); Kota spans 3 stations with a 9-point spread (min 121, max 130).