Kota vs Kozhikode
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kota and Kozhikode.
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, Kota averaged an AQI of 131 while Kozhikode averaged 78 — a 53-point (68%) gap, with Kota the more polluted and Kozhikode the cleaner of the two. On 923 days when both cities reported, Kozhikode was cleaner on 798 of them; the average daily gap was 60 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Kota peaks in November, while Kozhikode peaks in January. Kota logged 0% Severe days and 40.599999999999994% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Kozhikode was 0.1% Severe and 99% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kota 89 days, Kozhikode 83 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kota has improved by 45 AQI points (25.6%) from 2017 to 2024; Kozhikode has worsened by 29 AQI points (59.2%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kota reached AQI 375 at Shrinath Puram (RSPCB) on 2021-11-14; Kozhikode hit AQI 417 at Palayam Kozhikode (PCB) on 2021-01-25.
Station-level disparity
Kota spans 3 CPCB stations with a 9-point spread (min 121, max 130); Kozhikode spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 59, max 59).