Kolhapur vs Solapur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kolhapur and Solapur.
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 Solapur averaged 96 — a 4-point (4%) gap, with Kolhapur the more polluted and Solapur the cleaner of the two. On 364 days when both cities reported, Kolhapur was cleaner on 226 of them; the average daily gap was 38 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Kolhapur peaks in November, while Solapur peaks in March. Kolhapur logged 0% Severe days and 46.400000000000006% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Solapur was 0% Severe and 52.7% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kolhapur 81 days, Solapur 61 days.
Year-over-year progress
The worst recorded day for Kolhapur reached AQI 321 at Shivaji University (MPCB) on 2024-11-12; Solapur hit AQI 266 at Solapur (MPCB) on 2018-03-03.
Station-level disparity
Kolhapur spans 2 CPCB stations with a 19-point spread (min 90, max 109); Solapur spans 3 stations with a 10-point spread (min 88, max 98).