Kolhapur vs Pune
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kolhapur and Pune.
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, Kolhapur averaged an AQI of 100 while Pune averaged 97 — a 3-point (3%) gap, with Kolhapur the more polluted and Pune the cleaner of the two. On 364 days when both cities reported, Kolhapur was cleaner on 286 of them; the average daily gap was 50 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Kolhapur logged 0% Severe days and 46.400000000000006% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Pune was 0.1% Severe and 44.8% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kolhapur 81 days, Pune 92 days.
Year-over-year progress
The worst recorded day for Kolhapur reached AQI 321 at Shivaji University (MPCB) on 2024-11-12; Pune hit AQI 435 at Alandi (IITM) on 2024-01-29.
Station-level disparity
Kolhapur spans 2 CPCB stations with a 19-point spread (min 90, max 109); Pune spans 12 stations with a 54-point spread (min 68, max 122).