Kota vs Ranipet
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kota and Ranipet.
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 Ranipet averaged 75 — a 56-point (75%) gap, with Kota the more polluted and Ranipet the cleaner of the two. On 62 days when both cities reported, Ranipet was cleaner on 58 of them; the average daily gap was 126 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; Ranipet was 0% Severe and 67.80000000000001% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kota 89 days, Ranipet 10 days.
Year-over-year progress
The worst recorded day for Kota reached AQI 375 at Shrinath Puram (RSPCB) on 2021-11-14; Ranipet hit AQI 224 at VOC Nagar SIPCOT (TNPCB) on 2024-12-17.
Station-level disparity
Kota spans 3 CPCB stations with a 9-point spread (min 121, max 130); Ranipet spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 75, max 75).