Kota vs Munger
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kota and Munger.
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 Munger averaged 130 — a 1-point (1%) gap, with Kota the more polluted and Munger the cleaner of the two. On 632 days when both cities reported, Kota was cleaner on 354 of them; the average daily gap was 82 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Kota peaks in November, while Munger peaks in January. Kota logged 0% Severe days and 40.599999999999994% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Munger was 1.5% Severe and 22.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kota 89 days, Munger 12 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kota has improved by 45 AQI points (25.6%) from 2017 to 2024; Munger has improved by 135 AQI points (50.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kota reached AQI 375 at Shrinath Puram (RSPCB) on 2021-11-14; Munger hit AQI 445 at Town Hall (BSPCB) on 2022-01-06.
Station-level disparity
Kota spans 3 CPCB stations with a 9-point spread (min 121, max 130); Munger spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 180, max 180).