Kota vs Ratlam
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kota and Ratlam.
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 Ratlam averaged 113 — a 18-point (16%) gap, with Kota the more polluted and Ratlam the cleaner of the two. On 1562 days when both cities reported, Ratlam was cleaner on 987 of them; the average daily gap was 38 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; Ratlam was 0% Severe and 46.4% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kota 89 days, Ratlam 59 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kota has improved by 45 AQI points (25.6%) from 2017 to 2024; Ratlam has improved by 19 AQI points (14.4%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kota reached AQI 375 at Shrinath Puram (RSPCB) on 2021-11-14; Ratlam hit AQI 302 at Shasthri Nagar Ratlam (Lab) on 2020-11-11.
Station-level disparity
Kota spans 3 CPCB stations with a 9-point spread (min 121, max 130); Ratlam spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 103, max 103).