Kolhapur vs Varanasi
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kolhapur and Varanasi.
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 Varanasi averaged 56 — a 44-point (79%) gap, with Kolhapur the more polluted and Varanasi the cleaner of the two. On 364 days when both cities reported, Varanasi was cleaner on 267 of them; the average daily gap was 59 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Kolhapur peaks in November, while Varanasi peaks in January. Kolhapur logged 0% Severe days and 46.400000000000006% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Varanasi was 2.8% Severe and 36% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kolhapur 81 days, Varanasi 87 days.
Year-over-year progress
The worst recorded day for Kolhapur reached AQI 321 at Shivaji University (MPCB) on 2024-11-12; Varanasi hit AQI 500 at Ardhali Bazar (UPPCB) on 2017-07-11.
Station-level disparity
Kolhapur spans 2 CPCB stations with a 19-point spread (min 90, max 109); Varanasi spans 4 stations with a 94-point spread (min 71, max 165).