Kochi vs Sawāi Mādhopur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kochi and Sawāi Mādhopur.
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 Sawāi Mādhopur averaged 119 — a 28-point (31%) gap, with Sawāi Mādhopur the more polluted and Kochi the cleaner of the two. On 264 days when both cities reported, Kochi was cleaner on 196 of them; the average daily gap was 40 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Kochi peaks in January, while Sawāi Mādhopur peaks in November. Kochi logged 0% Severe days and 70.9% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Sawāi Mādhopur was 0% Severe and 44.900000000000006% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kochi 80 days, Sawāi Mādhopur 21 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kochi has worsened by 7 AQI points (8.3%) from 2020 to 2024; Sawāi Mādhopur has worsened by 7 AQI points (6.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kochi reached AQI 293 at Vyttila Kochi (PCB) on 2022-12-08; Sawāi Mādhopur hit AQI 328 at Sahu Nagar Sawai (RSPCB) on 2024-06-07.
Station-level disparity
Kochi spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 88, max 88); Sawāi Mādhopur spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 116, max 116).