Kota vs Ludhiana
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kota and Ludhiana.
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 Ludhiana averaged 117 — a 14-point (12%) gap, with Kota the more polluted and Ludhiana the cleaner of the two. On 1381 days when both cities reported, Ludhiana was cleaner on 694 of them; the average daily gap was 45 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Kota logged 0% Severe days and 40.599999999999994% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Ludhiana was 0.3% Severe and 53.599999999999994% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kota 89 days, Ludhiana 53 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kota has improved by 45 AQI points (25.6%) from 2017 to 2024; Ludhiana has improved by 79 AQI points (40.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kota reached AQI 375 at Shrinath Puram (RSPCB) on 2021-11-14; Ludhiana hit AQI 488 at Punjab Agricultural University (PPCB) on 2018-06-14.
Station-level disparity
Kota spans 3 CPCB stations with a 9-point spread (min 121, max 130); Ludhiana spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 118, max 118).