Indore vs Rourkela
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Indore 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, Indore averaged an AQI of 84 while Rourkela averaged 115 — a 31-point (37%) gap, with Rourkela the more polluted and Indore the cleaner of the two. On 395 days when both cities reported, Indore was cleaner on 228 of them; the average daily gap was 53 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; Rourkela was 0% Severe and 32.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Indore 65 days, Rourkela 60 days.
Year-over-year progress
Indore has improved by 47 AQI points (35.9%) from 2019 to 2024; Rourkela has improved by 112 AQI points (49.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Indore reached AQI 359 at Maguda Nagar (IMC) on 2024-09-18; Rourkela hit AQI 344 at Raghunathpali (OSPCB) on 2024-01-01.
Station-level disparity
Indore spans 6 CPCB stations with a 69-point spread (min 52, max 121); Rourkela spans 3 stations with a 29-point spread (min 106, max 135).