Gwalior vs Kota
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Gwalior 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, Gwalior averaged an AQI of 136 while Kota averaged 131 — a 5-point (4%) gap, with Gwalior the more polluted and Kota the cleaner of the two. On 1373 days when both cities reported, Kota was cleaner on 939 of them; the average daily gap was 49 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Gwalior logged 0.4% Severe days and 31.5% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Kota was 0% Severe and 40.599999999999994% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Gwalior 47 days, Kota 89 days.
Year-over-year progress
Gwalior has improved by 12 AQI points (8.1%) from 2020 to 2024; Kota has improved by 45 AQI points (25.6%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Gwalior reached AQI 450 at City Center (MPPCB) on 2021-11-09; Kota hit AQI 375 at Shrinath Puram (RSPCB) on 2021-11-14.
Station-level disparity
Gwalior spans 4 CPCB stations with a 53-point spread (min 112, max 165); Kota spans 3 stations with a 9-point spread (min 121, max 130).