Kota vs Nashik
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kota and Nashik.
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 Nashik averaged 85 — a 46-point (54%) gap, with Kota the more polluted and Nashik the cleaner of the two. On 1927 days when both cities reported, Nashik was cleaner on 1512 of them; the average daily gap was 50 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; Nashik was 0% Severe and 65.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kota 89 days, Nashik 53 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kota has improved by 45 AQI points (25.6%) from 2017 to 2024; Nashik has improved by 38 AQI points (30.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kota reached AQI 375 at Shrinath Puram (RSPCB) on 2021-11-14; Nashik hit AQI 319 at Gangapur Road (MPCB) on 2024-11-24.
Station-level disparity
Kota spans 3 CPCB stations with a 9-point spread (min 121, max 130); Nashik spans 4 stations with a 12-point spread (min 78, max 90).