Kārwār vs Thiruvananthapuram
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kārwār and Thiruvananthapuram.
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, Kārwār averaged an AQI of 55 while Thiruvananthapuram averaged 56 — a 1-point (2%) gap, with Thiruvananthapuram the more polluted and Kārwār the cleaner of the two. On 263 days when both cities reported, Kārwār was cleaner on 202 of them; the average daily gap was 26 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in January on average. Kārwār logged 0% Severe days and 92.7% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Thiruvananthapuram was 0% Severe and 92% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kārwār 34 days, Thiruvananthapuram 172 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kārwār has improved by 72 AQI points (56.7%) from 2023 to 2024; Thiruvananthapuram has improved by 11 AQI points (16.4%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kārwār reached AQI 222 at KHB Colony (KSPCB) on 2023-12-21; Thiruvananthapuram hit AQI 387 at Plammoodu Thiruvananthapuram (PCB) on 2021-08-30.
Station-level disparity
Kārwār spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 58, max 58); Thiruvananthapuram spans 2 stations with a 7-point spread (min 57, max 64).