Kaithal vs Vellore
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kaithal and Vellore.
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 Vellore averaged 61 — a 65-point (107%) gap, with Kaithal the more polluted and Vellore the cleaner of the two. On 283 days when both cities reported, Vellore was cleaner on 247 of them; the average daily gap was 83 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Kaithal peaks in November, while Vellore peaks in December. Kaithal logged 0.7% Severe days and 41.400000000000006% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Vellore was 0% Severe and 83.5% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kaithal 39 days, Vellore 23 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kaithal has improved by 8 AQI points (6%) from 2019 to 2024; Vellore has improved by 10 AQI points (14.1%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kaithal reached AQI 467 at Rishi Nagar (HSPCB) on 2019-11-03; Vellore hit AQI 245 at Vasanthapuram (TNPCB) on 2024-01-14.
Station-level disparity
Kaithal spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 136, max 136); Vellore spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 70, max 70).