Kaithal vs Kozhikode
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kaithal and Kozhikode.
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, Kaithal averaged an AQI of 126 while Kozhikode averaged 78 — a 48-point (62%) gap, with Kaithal the more polluted and Kozhikode the cleaner of the two. On 956 days when both cities reported, Kozhikode was cleaner on 833 of them; the average daily gap was 84 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Kaithal peaks in November, while Kozhikode peaks in January. Kaithal logged 0.7% Severe days and 41.400000000000006% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Kozhikode was 0.1% Severe and 99% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kaithal 39 days, Kozhikode 83 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kaithal has improved by 8 AQI points (6%) from 2019 to 2024; Kozhikode has worsened by 29 AQI points (59.2%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kaithal reached AQI 467 at Rishi Nagar (HSPCB) on 2019-11-03; Kozhikode hit AQI 417 at Palayam Kozhikode (PCB) on 2021-01-25.
Station-level disparity
Kaithal spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 136, max 136); Kozhikode spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 59, max 59).