Kota vs Malegaon
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kota and Malegaon.
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 Malegaon averaged 114 — a 17-point (15%) gap, with Kota the more polluted and Malegaon the cleaner of the two. On 355 days when both cities reported, Malegaon was cleaner on 277 of them; the average daily gap was 54 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; Malegaon was 0% Severe and 48% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kota 89 days, Malegaon 51 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kota has improved by 45 AQI points (25.6%) from 2017 to 2024; Malegaon has worsened by 16 AQI points (16.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kota reached AQI 375 at Shrinath Puram (RSPCB) on 2021-11-14; Malegaon hit AQI 298 at Mahesh Nagar (MPCB) on 2024-07-07.
Station-level disparity
Kota spans 3 CPCB stations with a 9-point spread (min 121, max 130); Malegaon spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 109, max 109).