Kochi vs Moradabad
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kochi and Moradabad.
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 Moradabad averaged 99 — a 8-point (9%) gap, with Moradabad the more polluted and Kochi the cleaner of the two. On 701 days when both cities reported, Kochi was cleaner on 548 of them; the average daily gap was 99 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Kochi peaks in January, while Moradabad peaks in November. Kochi logged 0% Severe days and 70.9% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Moradabad was 2.8% Severe and 25% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kochi 80 days, Moradabad 55 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kochi has worsened by 7 AQI points (8.3%) from 2020 to 2024; Moradabad has improved by 223 AQI points (69.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kochi reached AQI 293 at Vyttila Kochi (PCB) on 2022-12-08; Moradabad hit AQI 489 at Lajpat Nagar (UPPCB) on 2020-11-05.
Station-level disparity
Kochi spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 88, max 88); Moradabad spans 7 stations with a 114-point spread (min 96, max 210).