Kalaburagi vs Madurai
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kalaburagi and Madurai.
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 Madurai averaged 48 — a 1-point (2%) gap, with Kalaburagi the more polluted and Madurai the cleaner of the two. On 76 days when both cities reported, Madurai was cleaner on 50 of them; the average daily gap was 26 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in December on average. Kalaburagi logged 0.6% Severe days and 69.6% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Madurai was 0% Severe and 98.7% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kalaburagi 120 days, Madurai 17 days.
Year-over-year progress
The worst recorded day for Kalaburagi reached AQI 500 at Lal Bahadur Shastri Nagar (KSPCB) on 2020-10-26; Madurai hit AQI 105 at Uchapatti (TNPCB) on 2024-11-26.
Station-level disparity
Kalaburagi spans 2 CPCB stations with a 40-point spread (min 43, max 83); Madurai spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 48, max 48).