Kaithal vs Shillong
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kaithal and Shillong.
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 Shillong averaged 75 — a 51-point (68%) gap, with Kaithal the more polluted and Shillong the cleaner of the two. On 945 days when both cities reported, Shillong was cleaner on 854 of them; the average daily gap was 94 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Kaithal peaks in November, while Shillong peaks in February. Kaithal logged 0.7% Severe days and 41.400000000000006% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Shillong was 0% Severe and 92% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kaithal 39 days, Shillong 113 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kaithal has improved by 8 AQI points (6%) from 2019 to 2024; Shillong has worsened by 41 AQI points (120.6%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kaithal reached AQI 467 at Rishi Nagar (HSPCB) on 2019-11-03; Shillong hit AQI 212 at Lumpyngngad Shillong (PCB) on 2024-02-19.
Station-level disparity
Kaithal spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 136, max 136); Shillong spans 2 stations with a 2-point spread (min 42, max 44).