Korba vs Mangalore
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Korba and Mangalore.
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 Mangalore averaged 61 — a 6-point (10%) gap, with Korba the more polluted and Mangalore the cleaner of the two. On 654 days when both cities reported, Mangalore was cleaner on 335 of them; the average daily gap was 33 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Korba peaks in January, while Mangalore peaks in February. Korba logged 0% Severe days and 78.8% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Mangalore was 0% Severe and 87.2% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Korba 83 days, Mangalore 64 days.
Year-over-year progress
Korba has improved by 19 AQI points (22.1%) from 2022 to 2024; Mangalore has improved by 9 AQI points (12.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Korba reached AQI 313 at Urja Nagar (CECB) on 2023-01-04; Mangalore hit AQI 235 at Kadri (KSPCB) on 2023-11-17.
Station-level disparity
Korba spans 2 CPCB stations with a 13-point spread (min 62, max 75); Mangalore spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 68, max 68).