Kolhapur vs Thiruvananthapuram
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kolhapur and Thiruvananthapuram.
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 Thiruvananthapuram averaged 56 — a 44-point (79%) gap, with Kolhapur the more polluted and Thiruvananthapuram the cleaner of the two. On 363 days when both cities reported, Thiruvananthapuram was cleaner on 283 of them; the average daily gap was 49 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Kolhapur peaks in November, while Thiruvananthapuram peaks in January. Kolhapur logged 0% Severe days and 46.400000000000006% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Thiruvananthapuram was 0% Severe and 92% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kolhapur 81 days, Thiruvananthapuram 172 days.
Year-over-year progress
The worst recorded day for Kolhapur reached AQI 321 at Shivaji University (MPCB) on 2024-11-12; Thiruvananthapuram hit AQI 387 at Plammoodu Thiruvananthapuram (PCB) on 2021-08-30.
Station-level disparity
Kolhapur spans 2 CPCB stations with a 19-point spread (min 90, max 109); Thiruvananthapuram spans 2 stations with a 7-point spread (min 57, max 64).