Kota vs Panchkula
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kota and Panchkula.
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 Panchkula averaged 117 — a 14-point (12%) gap, with Kota the more polluted and Panchkula the cleaner of the two. On 1661 days when both cities reported, Panchkula was cleaner on 1051 of them; the average daily gap was 47 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Kota peaks in November, while Panchkula peaks in December. Kota logged 0% Severe days and 40.599999999999994% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Panchkula was 0.1% Severe and 61.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kota 89 days, Panchkula 60 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kota has improved by 45 AQI points (25.6%) from 2017 to 2024; Panchkula has improved by 74 AQI points (38.7%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kota reached AQI 375 at Shrinath Puram (RSPCB) on 2021-11-14; Panchkula hit AQI 474 at Sector-6 Panchkula () on 2018-06-15.
Station-level disparity
Kota spans 3 CPCB stations with a 9-point spread (min 121, max 130); Panchkula spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 102, max 102).