Kota vs Sonipat
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kota and Sonipat.
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 Sonipat averaged 134 — a 3-point (2%) gap, with Sonipat the more polluted and Kota the cleaner of the two. On 1504 days when both cities reported, Kota was cleaner on 1043 of them; the average daily gap was 66 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; Sonipat was 0.8% Severe and 26.5% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kota 89 days, Sonipat 21 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kota has improved by 45 AQI points (25.6%) from 2017 to 2024; Sonipat has improved by 220 AQI points (62.1%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kota reached AQI 375 at Shrinath Puram (RSPCB) on 2021-11-14; Sonipat hit AQI 455 at Murthal (HSPCB) on 2023-11-03.
Station-level disparity
Kota spans 3 CPCB stations with a 9-point spread (min 121, max 130); Sonipat spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 162, max 162).