Indore vs Kochi
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Indore and Kochi.
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 Kochi averaged 91 — a 7-point (8%) gap, with Kochi the more polluted and Indore the cleaner of the two. On 886 days when both cities reported, Kochi was cleaner on 585 of them; the average daily gap was 49 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Indore peaks in November, while Kochi peaks in January. Indore logged 0% Severe days and 45.099999999999994% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Kochi was 0% Severe and 70.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Indore 65 days, Kochi 80 days.
Year-over-year progress
Indore has improved by 47 AQI points (35.9%) from 2019 to 2024; Kochi has worsened by 7 AQI points (8.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Indore reached AQI 359 at Maguda Nagar (IMC) on 2024-09-18; Kochi hit AQI 293 at Vyttila Kochi (PCB) on 2022-12-08.
Station-level disparity
Indore spans 6 CPCB stations with a 69-point spread (min 52, max 121); Kochi spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 88, max 88).