Kota vs Patna
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kota and Patna.
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 Patna averaged 172 — a 41-point (31%) gap, with Patna the more polluted and Kota the cleaner of the two. On 2087 days when both cities reported, Kota was cleaner on 1827 of them; the average daily gap was 106 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Kota peaks in November, while Patna peaks in December. Kota logged 0% Severe days and 40.599999999999994% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Patna was 7.5% Severe and 19.400000000000002% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kota 89 days, Patna 30 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kota has improved by 45 AQI points (25.6%) from 2017 to 2024; Patna has improved by 40 AQI points (18.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kota reached AQI 375 at Shrinath Puram (RSPCB) on 2021-11-14; Patna hit AQI 491 at IGSC Planetarium Complex (BSPCB) on 2016-01-01.
Station-level disparity
Kota spans 3 CPCB stations with a 9-point spread (min 121, max 130); Patna spans 6 stations with a 39-point spread (min 154, max 193).