Kochi vs Mira-Bhayandar
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kochi and Mira-Bhayandar.
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 Mira-Bhayandar averaged 102 — a 11-point (12%) gap, with Mira-Bhayandar the more polluted and Kochi the cleaner of the two. On 46 days when both cities reported, Kochi was cleaner on 38 of them; the average daily gap was 63 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Kochi peaks in January, while Mira-Bhayandar peaks in November. Kochi logged 0% Severe days and 70.9% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Mira-Bhayandar was 0% Severe and 51.2% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kochi 80 days, Mira-Bhayandar 41 days.
Year-over-year progress
The worst recorded day for Kochi reached AQI 293 at Vyttila Kochi (PCB) on 2022-12-08; Mira-Bhayandar hit AQI 284 at Bhayandar West (MPCB) on 2024-11-23.
Station-level disparity
Kochi spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 88, max 88); Mira-Bhayandar spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 102, max 102).