Indore vs Kaithal
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Indore and Kaithal.
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, Indore averaged an AQI of 84 while Kaithal averaged 126 — a 42-point (50%) gap, with Kaithal the more polluted and Indore the cleaner of the two. On 1447 days when both cities reported, Indore was cleaner on 833 of them; the average daily gap was 57 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Indore logged 0% Severe days and 45.099999999999994% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Kaithal was 0.7% Severe and 41.400000000000006% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Indore 65 days, Kaithal 39 days.
Year-over-year progress
Indore has improved by 47 AQI points (35.9%) from 2019 to 2024; Kaithal has improved by 8 AQI points (6%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Indore reached AQI 359 at Maguda Nagar (IMC) on 2024-09-18; Kaithal hit AQI 467 at Rishi Nagar (HSPCB) on 2019-11-03.
Station-level disparity
Indore spans 6 CPCB stations with a 69-point spread (min 52, max 121); Kaithal spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 136, max 136).