Kolkata vs Vrindāvan
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kolkata and Vrindāvan.
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, Kolkata averaged an AQI of 101 while Vrindāvan averaged 108 — a 7-point (7%) gap, with Vrindāvan the more polluted and Kolkata the cleaner of the two. On 833 days when both cities reported, Vrindāvan was cleaner on 510 of them; the average daily gap was 64 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Kolkata peaks in January, while Vrindāvan peaks in November. Kolkata logged 1% Severe days and 47.800000000000004% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Vrindāvan was 0.6% Severe and 43.8% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kolkata 75 days, Vrindāvan 52 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kolkata has improved by 76 AQI points (42.9%) from 2017 to 2024; Vrindāvan has improved by 53 AQI points (32.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kolkata reached AQI 453 at Rabindra Bharati University (WBPCB) on 2019-01-23; Vrindāvan hit AQI 475 at Omex Eternity (UPPCB) on 2021-11-08.
Station-level disparity
Kolkata spans 7 CPCB stations with a 56-point spread (min 95, max 151); Vrindāvan spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 115, max 115).