Korba vs Kota
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Korba and Kota.
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, Korba averaged an AQI of 67 while Kota averaged 131 — a 64-point (96%) gap, with Kota the more polluted and Korba the cleaner of the two. On 356 days when both cities reported, Korba was cleaner on 330 of them; the average daily gap was 82 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Korba peaks in January, while Kota peaks in November. Korba logged 0% Severe days and 78.8% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Kota was 0% Severe and 40.599999999999994% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Korba 83 days, Kota 89 days.
Year-over-year progress
Korba has improved by 19 AQI points (22.1%) from 2022 to 2024; Kota has improved by 45 AQI points (25.6%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Korba reached AQI 313 at Urja Nagar (CECB) on 2023-01-04; Kota hit AQI 375 at Shrinath Puram (RSPCB) on 2021-11-14.
Station-level disparity
Korba spans 2 CPCB stations with a 13-point spread (min 62, max 75); Kota spans 3 stations with a 9-point spread (min 121, max 130).