Gwalior vs Rourkela
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Gwalior and Rourkela.
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 Rourkela averaged 115 — a 21-point (18%) gap, with Gwalior the more polluted and Rourkela the cleaner of the two. On 395 days when both cities reported, Rourkela was cleaner on 268 of them; the average daily gap was 58 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; Rourkela was 0% Severe and 32.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Gwalior 47 days, Rourkela 60 days.
Year-over-year progress
Gwalior has improved by 12 AQI points (8.1%) from 2020 to 2024; Rourkela has improved by 112 AQI points (49.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Gwalior reached AQI 450 at City Center (MPPCB) on 2021-11-09; Rourkela hit AQI 344 at Raghunathpali (OSPCB) on 2024-01-01.
Station-level disparity
Gwalior spans 4 CPCB stations with a 53-point spread (min 112, max 165); Rourkela spans 3 stations with a 29-point spread (min 106, max 135).