Korba vs Pune
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Korba and Pune.
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 Pune averaged 97 — a 30-point (45%) gap, with Pune the more polluted and Korba the cleaner of the two. On 352 days when both cities reported, Korba was cleaner on 321 of them; the average daily gap was 81 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Korba peaks in January, while Pune peaks in November. Korba logged 0% Severe days and 78.8% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Pune was 0.1% Severe and 44.8% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Korba 83 days, Pune 92 days.
Year-over-year progress
Korba has improved by 19 AQI points (22.1%) from 2022 to 2024; Pune has improved by 7 AQI points (6.7%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Korba reached AQI 313 at Urja Nagar (CECB) on 2023-01-04; Pune hit AQI 435 at Alandi (IITM) on 2024-01-29.
Station-level disparity
Korba spans 2 CPCB stations with a 13-point spread (min 62, max 75); Pune spans 12 stations with a 54-point spread (min 68, max 122).