Korba vs Patna
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Korba and Patna.
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 Patna averaged 172 — a 105-point (157%) gap, with Patna the more polluted and Korba the cleaner of the two. On 713 days when both cities reported, Korba was cleaner on 700 of them; the average daily gap was 172 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Korba peaks in January, while Patna peaks in December. Korba logged 0% Severe days and 78.8% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Patna was 7.5% Severe and 19.400000000000002% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Korba 83 days, Patna 30 days.
Year-over-year progress
Korba has improved by 19 AQI points (22.1%) from 2022 to 2024; Patna has improved by 40 AQI points (18.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Korba reached AQI 313 at Urja Nagar (CECB) on 2023-01-04; Patna hit AQI 491 at IGSC Planetarium Complex (BSPCB) on 2016-01-01.
Station-level disparity
Korba spans 2 CPCB stations with a 13-point spread (min 62, max 75); Patna spans 6 stations with a 39-point spread (min 154, max 193).