Kota vs Patiala
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kota and Patiala.
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 Patiala averaged 103 — a 28-point (27%) gap, with Kota the more polluted and Patiala the cleaner of the two. On 2029 days when both cities reported, Patiala was cleaner on 1269 of them; the average daily gap was 43 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; Patiala was 0.1% Severe and 54.8% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kota 89 days, Patiala 86 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kota has improved by 45 AQI points (25.6%) from 2017 to 2024; Patiala has worsened by 8 AQI points (8.4%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kota reached AQI 375 at Shrinath Puram (RSPCB) on 2021-11-14; Patiala hit AQI 415 at Model Town (PPCB) on 2019-11-03.
Station-level disparity
Kota spans 3 CPCB stations with a 9-point spread (min 121, max 130); Patiala spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 104, max 104).