Korba vs Tālcher
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Korba and Tālcher.
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 Tālcher averaged 127 — a 60-point (90%) gap, with Tālcher the more polluted and Korba the cleaner of the two. On 283 days when both cities reported, Korba was cleaner on 209 of them; the average daily gap was 66 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Korba peaks in January, while Tālcher peaks in December. Korba logged 0% Severe days and 78.8% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Tālcher was 0.2% Severe and 43.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Korba 83 days, Tālcher 44 days.
Year-over-year progress
Korba has improved by 19 AQI points (22.1%) from 2022 to 2024; Tālcher has improved by 63 AQI points (33.2%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Korba reached AQI 313 at Urja Nagar (CECB) on 2023-01-04; Tālcher hit AQI 414 at Talcher (OSPCB) on 2018-11-27.
Station-level disparity
Korba spans 2 CPCB stations with a 13-point spread (min 62, max 75); Tālcher spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 132, max 132).