Kāshīpur vs Rourkela
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kāshīpur 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, Kāshīpur averaged an AQI of 106 while Rourkela averaged 115 — a 9-point (8%) gap, with Rourkela the more polluted and Kāshīpur the cleaner of the two. On 342 days when both cities reported, Kāshīpur was cleaner on 248 of them; the average daily gap was 57 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Kāshīpur peaks in January, while Rourkela peaks in November. Kāshīpur logged 0% Severe days and 58.5% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Rourkela was 0% Severe and 32.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kāshīpur 47 days, Rourkela 60 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kāshīpur has worsened by 14 AQI points (15.2%) from 2023 to 2024; Rourkela has improved by 112 AQI points (49.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kāshīpur reached AQI 327 at Govt Girls Inter College (UKPCB) on 2024-01-19; Rourkela hit AQI 344 at Raghunathpali (OSPCB) on 2024-01-01.
Station-level disparity
Kāshīpur spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 101, max 101); Rourkela spans 3 stations with a 29-point spread (min 106, max 135).