Kolhapur vs Rourkela
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kolhapur and Rourkela.
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 Rourkela averaged 115 — a 15-point (15%) gap, with Rourkela the more polluted and Kolhapur the cleaner of the two. On 362 days when both cities reported, Kolhapur was cleaner on 239 of them; the average daily gap was 53 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; Rourkela was 0% Severe and 32.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kolhapur 81 days, Rourkela 60 days.
Year-over-year progress
The worst recorded day for Kolhapur reached AQI 321 at Shivaji University (MPCB) on 2024-11-12; Rourkela hit AQI 344 at Raghunathpali (OSPCB) on 2024-01-01.
Station-level disparity
Kolhapur spans 2 CPCB stations with a 19-point spread (min 90, max 109); Rourkela spans 3 stations with a 29-point spread (min 106, max 135).