Kochi vs Kolhapur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kochi and Kolhapur.
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, Kochi averaged an AQI of 91 while Kolhapur averaged 100 — a 9-point (10%) gap, with Kolhapur the more polluted and Kochi the cleaner of the two. On 52 days when both cities reported, Kochi was cleaner on 46 of them; the average daily gap was 63 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Kochi peaks in January, while Kolhapur peaks in November. Kochi logged 0% Severe days and 70.9% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Kolhapur was 0% Severe and 46.400000000000006% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kochi 80 days, Kolhapur 81 days.
Year-over-year progress
The worst recorded day for Kochi reached AQI 293 at Vyttila Kochi (PCB) on 2022-12-08; Kolhapur hit AQI 321 at Shivaji University (MPCB) on 2024-11-12.
Station-level disparity
Kochi spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 88, max 88); Kolhapur spans 2 stations with a 19-point spread (min 90, max 109).