Kota vs Mangalore
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kota and Mangalore.
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 Mangalore averaged 61 — a 70-point (115%) gap, with Kota the more polluted and Mangalore the cleaner of the two. On 881 days when both cities reported, Mangalore was cleaner on 820 of them; the average daily gap was 79 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Kota peaks in November, while Mangalore peaks in February. Kota logged 0% Severe days and 40.599999999999994% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Mangalore was 0% Severe and 87.2% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kota 89 days, Mangalore 64 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kota has improved by 45 AQI points (25.6%) from 2017 to 2024; Mangalore has improved by 9 AQI points (12.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kota reached AQI 375 at Shrinath Puram (RSPCB) on 2021-11-14; Mangalore hit AQI 235 at Kadri (KSPCB) on 2023-11-17.
Station-level disparity
Kota spans 3 CPCB stations with a 9-point spread (min 121, max 130); Mangalore spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 68, max 68).