Indore vs Kota
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Indore 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, Indore averaged an AQI of 84 while Kota averaged 131 — a 47-point (56%) gap, with Kota the more polluted and Indore the cleaner of the two. On 1523 days when both cities reported, Indore was cleaner on 770 of them; the average daily gap was 38 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; Kota was 0% Severe and 40.599999999999994% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Indore 65 days, Kota 89 days.
Year-over-year progress
Indore has improved by 47 AQI points (35.9%) from 2019 to 2024; Kota has improved by 45 AQI points (25.6%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Indore reached AQI 359 at Maguda Nagar (IMC) on 2024-09-18; Kota hit AQI 375 at Shrinath Puram (RSPCB) on 2021-11-14.
Station-level disparity
Indore spans 6 CPCB stations with a 69-point spread (min 52, max 121); Kota spans 3 stations with a 9-point spread (min 121, max 130).