Kalyān vs Kozhikode
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kalyān and Kozhikode.
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, Kalyān averaged an AQI of 95 while Kozhikode averaged 78 — a 17-point (22%) gap, with Kalyān the more polluted and Kozhikode the cleaner of the two. On 744 days when both cities reported, Kozhikode was cleaner on 616 of them; the average daily gap was 77 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in January on average. Kalyān logged 0.1% Severe days and 46.4% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Kozhikode was 0.1% Severe and 99% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kalyān 78 days, Kozhikode 83 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kalyān has improved by 4 AQI points (4%) from 2019 to 2024; Kozhikode has worsened by 29 AQI points (59.2%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kalyān reached AQI 414 at Khadakpada (MPCB) on 2022-01-24; Kozhikode hit AQI 417 at Palayam Kozhikode (PCB) on 2021-01-25.
Station-level disparity
Kalyān spans 2 CPCB stations with a 18-point spread (min 98, max 116); Kozhikode spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 59, max 59).