Kaithal vs Madurai
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kaithal and Madurai.
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 Madurai averaged 48 — a 78-point (163%) gap, with Kaithal the more polluted and Madurai the cleaner of the two. On 66 days when both cities reported, Madurai was cleaner on 66 of them; the average daily gap was 151 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Kaithal peaks in November, while Madurai peaks in December. Kaithal logged 0.7% Severe days and 41.400000000000006% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Madurai was 0% Severe and 98.7% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kaithal 39 days, Madurai 17 days.
Year-over-year progress
The worst recorded day for Kaithal reached AQI 467 at Rishi Nagar (HSPCB) on 2019-11-03; Madurai hit AQI 105 at Uchapatti (TNPCB) on 2024-11-26.
Station-level disparity
Kaithal spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 136, max 136); Madurai spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 48, max 48).