Kota vs Muzaffarpur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kota and Muzaffarpur.
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 Muzaffarpur averaged 151 — a 20-point (15%) gap, with Muzaffarpur the more polluted and Kota the cleaner of the two. On 1986 days when both cities reported, Kota was cleaner on 1526 of them; the average daily gap was 93 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Kota peaks in November, while Muzaffarpur peaks in January. Kota logged 0% Severe days and 40.599999999999994% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Muzaffarpur was 4.5% Severe and 30.900000000000002% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kota 89 days, Muzaffarpur 26 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kota has improved by 45 AQI points (25.6%) from 2017 to 2024; Muzaffarpur has improved by 62 AQI points (29.1%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kota reached AQI 375 at Shrinath Puram (RSPCB) on 2021-11-14; Muzaffarpur hit AQI 482 at Collectorate (BSPCB) on 2016-01-01.
Station-level disparity
Kota spans 3 CPCB stations with a 9-point spread (min 121, max 130); Muzaffarpur spans 3 stations with a 14-point spread (min 171, max 185).