Kalaburagi vs Kochi
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kalaburagi and Kochi.
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, Kalaburagi averaged an AQI of 49 while Kochi averaged 91 — a 42-point (86%) gap, with Kochi the more polluted and Kalaburagi the cleaner of the two. On 619 days when both cities reported, Kalaburagi was cleaner on 376 of them; the average daily gap was 45 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Kalaburagi peaks in December, while Kochi peaks in January. Kalaburagi logged 0.6% Severe days and 69.6% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Kochi was 0% Severe and 70.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kalaburagi 120 days, Kochi 80 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kalaburagi has improved by 56 AQI points (53.3%) from 2018 to 2024; Kochi has worsened by 7 AQI points (8.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kalaburagi reached AQI 500 at Lal Bahadur Shastri Nagar (KSPCB) on 2020-10-26; Kochi hit AQI 293 at Vyttila Kochi (PCB) on 2022-12-08.
Station-level disparity
Kalaburagi spans 2 CPCB stations with a 40-point spread (min 43, max 83); Kochi spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 88, max 88).