Kalaburagi vs Rourkela
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kalaburagi 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, Kalaburagi averaged an AQI of 49 while Rourkela averaged 115 — a 66-point (135%) gap, with Rourkela the more polluted and Kalaburagi the cleaner of the two. On 379 days when both cities reported, Kalaburagi was cleaner on 355 of them; the average daily gap was 84 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Kalaburagi peaks in December, while Rourkela peaks in November. Kalaburagi logged 0.6% Severe days and 69.6% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Rourkela was 0% Severe and 32.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kalaburagi 120 days, Rourkela 60 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kalaburagi has improved by 56 AQI points (53.3%) from 2018 to 2024; Rourkela has improved by 112 AQI points (49.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kalaburagi reached AQI 500 at Lal Bahadur Shastri Nagar (KSPCB) on 2020-10-26; Rourkela hit AQI 344 at Raghunathpali (OSPCB) on 2024-01-01.
Station-level disparity
Kalaburagi spans 2 CPCB stations with a 40-point spread (min 43, max 83); Rourkela spans 3 stations with a 29-point spread (min 106, max 135).