Kolhapur vs Thanjavur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kolhapur and Thanjavur.
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 Thanjavur averaged 42 — a 58-point (138%) gap, with Kolhapur the more polluted and Thanjavur the cleaner of the two. On 70 days when both cities reported, Thanjavur was cleaner on 68 of them; the average daily gap was 111 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; Thanjavur was 0% Severe and 98.60000000000001% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kolhapur 81 days, Thanjavur 21 days.
Year-over-year progress
The worst recorded day for Kolhapur reached AQI 321 at Shivaji University (MPCB) on 2024-11-12; Thanjavur hit AQI 140 at Parisutham Nagar (TNPCB) on 2024-11-01.
Station-level disparity
Kolhapur spans 2 CPCB stations with a 19-point spread (min 90, max 109); Thanjavur spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 42, max 42).