Kochi vs Silchar
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kochi and Silchar.
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 Silchar averaged 52 — a 39-point (75%) gap, with Kochi the more polluted and Silchar the cleaner of the two. On 322 days when both cities reported, Silchar was cleaner on 318 of them; the average daily gap was 51 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Kochi peaks in January, while Silchar peaks in February. Kochi logged 0% Severe days and 70.9% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Silchar was 0% Severe and 100% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kochi 80 days, Silchar 87 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kochi has worsened by 7 AQI points (8.3%) from 2020 to 2024; Silchar has worsened by 11 AQI points (26.8%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kochi reached AQI 293 at Vyttila Kochi (PCB) on 2022-12-08; Silchar hit AQI 89 at Tarapur (PCBA) on 2023-04-29.
Station-level disparity
Kochi spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 88, max 88); Silchar spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 47, max 47).