Katni vs Prayagraj
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Katni and Prayagraj.
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, Katni averaged an AQI of 105 while Prayagraj averaged 80 — a 25-point (31%) gap, with Katni the more polluted and Prayagraj the cleaner of the two. On 906 days when both cities reported, Prayagraj was cleaner on 529 of them; the average daily gap was 41 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Katni logged 0% Severe days and 39.3% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Prayagraj was 0.2% Severe and 48% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Katni 62 days, Prayagraj 69 days.
Year-over-year progress
Katni has improved by 93 AQI points (47%) from 2019 to 2024; Prayagraj has improved by 42 AQI points (34.4%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Katni reached AQI 350 at Gole Bazar (MPPCB) on 2019-11-01; Prayagraj hit AQI 416 at Nagar Nigam (UPPCB) on 2021-11-08.
Station-level disparity
Katni spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 137, max 137); Prayagraj spans 3 stations with a 9-point spread (min 96, max 105).