Kaithal vs Rourkela
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kaithal 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, Kaithal averaged an AQI of 126 while Rourkela averaged 115 — a 11-point (10%) gap, with Kaithal the more polluted and Rourkela the cleaner of the two. On 352 days when both cities reported, Kaithal was cleaner on 200 of them; the average daily gap was 57 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; Rourkela was 0% Severe and 32.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kaithal 39 days, Rourkela 60 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kaithal has improved by 8 AQI points (6%) from 2019 to 2024; Rourkela has improved by 112 AQI points (49.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kaithal reached AQI 467 at Rishi Nagar (HSPCB) on 2019-11-03; Rourkela hit AQI 344 at Raghunathpali (OSPCB) on 2024-01-01.
Station-level disparity
Kaithal spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 136, max 136); Rourkela spans 3 stations with a 29-point spread (min 106, max 135).