Kochi vs Navi Mumbai
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kochi and Navi Mumbai.
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 Navi Mumbai averaged 107 — a 16-point (18%) gap, with Navi Mumbai the more polluted and Kochi the cleaner of the two. On 874 days when both cities reported, Kochi was cleaner on 677 of them; the average daily gap was 78 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; Navi Mumbai was 0.2% Severe and 43.6% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kochi 80 days, Navi Mumbai 57 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kochi has worsened by 7 AQI points (8.3%) from 2020 to 2024; Navi Mumbai has worsened by 29 AQI points (37.2%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kochi reached AQI 293 at Vyttila Kochi (PCB) on 2022-12-08; Navi Mumbai hit AQI 477 at Airoli Navi (MPCB) on 2019-04-14.
Station-level disparity
Kochi spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 88, max 88); Navi Mumbai spans 8 stations with a 37-point spread (min 93, max 130).