Kochi vs Palwal
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kochi and Palwal.
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 Palwal averaged 95 — a 4-point (4%) gap, with Palwal the more polluted and Kochi the cleaner of the two. On 1075 days when both cities reported, Kochi was cleaner on 649 of them; the average daily gap was 54 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Kochi peaks in January, while Palwal peaks in November. Kochi logged 0% Severe days and 70.9% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Palwal was 0.2% Severe and 47.800000000000004% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kochi 80 days, Palwal 37 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kochi has worsened by 7 AQI points (8.3%) from 2020 to 2024; Palwal has improved by 91 AQI points (48.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kochi reached AQI 293 at Vyttila Kochi (PCB) on 2022-12-08; Palwal hit AQI 465 at Shyam Nagar (HSPCB) on 2019-11-14.
Station-level disparity
Kochi spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 88, max 88); Palwal spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 120, max 120).