Kolhapur vs Surat
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kolhapur and Surat.
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 Surat averaged 83 — a 17-point (20%) gap, with Kolhapur the more polluted and Surat the cleaner of the two. On 279 days when both cities reported, Surat was cleaner on 181 of them; the average daily gap was 63 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; Surat was 0% Severe and 55.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kolhapur 81 days, Surat 55 days.
Year-over-year progress
The worst recorded day for Kolhapur reached AQI 321 at Shivaji University (MPCB) on 2024-11-12; Surat hit AQI 384 at Science Center (SMC) on 2023-08-19.
Station-level disparity
Kolhapur spans 2 CPCB stations with a 19-point spread (min 90, max 109); Surat spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 123, max 123).