Jaipur vs Rourkela
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Jaipur 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, Jaipur averaged an AQI of 136 while Rourkela averaged 115 — a 21-point (18%) gap, with Jaipur the more polluted and Rourkela the cleaner of the two. On 395 days when both cities reported, Rourkela was cleaner on 273 of them; the average daily gap was 60 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Jaipur logged 0.1% Severe days and 26.799999999999997% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Rourkela was 0% Severe and 32.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Jaipur 57 days, Rourkela 60 days.
Year-over-year progress
Jaipur has improved by 53 AQI points (28%) from 2017 to 2024; Rourkela has improved by 112 AQI points (49.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Jaipur reached AQI 452 at Shastri Nagar (RSPCB) on 2018-02-06; Rourkela hit AQI 344 at Raghunathpali (OSPCB) on 2024-01-01.
Station-level disparity
Jaipur spans 6 CPCB stations with a 48-point spread (min 112, max 160); Rourkela spans 3 stations with a 29-point spread (min 106, max 135).