Kochi vs Muzaffarpur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kochi and Muzaffarpur.
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 Muzaffarpur averaged 151 — a 60-point (66%) gap, with Muzaffarpur the more polluted and Kochi the cleaner of the two. On 1169 days when both cities reported, Kochi was cleaner on 952 of them; the average daily gap was 107 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in January on average. Kochi logged 0% Severe days and 70.9% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Muzaffarpur was 4.5% Severe and 30.900000000000002% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kochi 80 days, Muzaffarpur 26 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kochi has worsened by 7 AQI points (8.3%) from 2020 to 2024; Muzaffarpur has improved by 62 AQI points (29.1%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kochi reached AQI 293 at Vyttila Kochi (PCB) on 2022-12-08; Muzaffarpur hit AQI 482 at Collectorate (BSPCB) on 2016-01-01.
Station-level disparity
Kochi spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 88, max 88); Muzaffarpur spans 3 stations with a 14-point spread (min 171, max 185).