Kaithal vs Pune
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kaithal and Pune.
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 Pune averaged 97 — a 29-point (30%) gap, with Kaithal the more polluted and Pune the cleaner of the two. On 1480 days when both cities reported, Kaithal was cleaner on 778 of them; the average daily gap was 59 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Kaithal logged 0.7% Severe days and 41.400000000000006% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Pune was 0.1% Severe and 44.8% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kaithal 39 days, Pune 92 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kaithal has improved by 8 AQI points (6%) from 2019 to 2024; Pune has improved by 7 AQI points (6.7%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kaithal reached AQI 467 at Rishi Nagar (HSPCB) on 2019-11-03; Pune hit AQI 435 at Alandi (IITM) on 2024-01-29.
Station-level disparity
Kaithal spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 136, max 136); Pune spans 12 stations with a 54-point spread (min 68, max 122).