Kota vs Noida
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kota and Noida.
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 Noida averaged 182 — a 51-point (39%) gap, with Noida the more polluted and Kota the cleaner of the two. On 2173 days when both cities reported, Kota was cleaner on 1970 of them; the average daily gap was 113 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; Noida was 8.9% Severe and 16.5% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kota 89 days, Noida 14 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kota has improved by 45 AQI points (25.6%) from 2017 to 2024; Noida has improved by 79 AQI points (30.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kota reached AQI 375 at Shrinath Puram (RSPCB) on 2021-11-14; Noida hit AQI 500 at Sector-1 (UPPCB) on 2019-11-01.
Station-level disparity
Kota spans 3 CPCB stations with a 9-point spread (min 121, max 130); Noida spans 4 stations with a 15-point spread (min 195, max 210).