Kota vs Rāichūr
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kota and Rāichūr.
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 Rāichūr averaged 106 — a 25-point (24%) gap, with Kota the more polluted and Rāichūr the cleaner of the two. On 774 days when both cities reported, Rāichūr was cleaner on 572 of them; the average daily gap was 52 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Kota peaks in November, while Rāichūr peaks in February. Kota logged 0% Severe days and 40.599999999999994% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Rāichūr was 0% Severe and 54.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kota 89 days, Rāichūr 23 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kota has improved by 45 AQI points (25.6%) from 2017 to 2024; Rāichūr has improved by 24 AQI points (18.5%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kota reached AQI 375 at Shrinath Puram (RSPCB) on 2021-11-14; Rāichūr hit AQI 390 at Haji Colony (KSPCB) on 2022-01-25.
Station-level disparity
Kota spans 3 CPCB stations with a 9-point spread (min 121, max 130); Rāichūr spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 93, max 93).