Kota vs Surat
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kota and Surat.
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 Surat averaged 83 — a 48-point (58%) gap, with Kota the more polluted and Surat the cleaner of the two. On 331 days when both cities reported, Surat was cleaner on 247 of them; the average daily gap was 90 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; Surat was 0% Severe and 55.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kota 89 days, Surat 55 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kota has improved by 45 AQI points (25.6%) from 2017 to 2024; Surat has improved by 139 AQI points (62.6%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kota reached AQI 375 at Shrinath Puram (RSPCB) on 2021-11-14; Surat hit AQI 384 at Science Center (SMC) on 2023-08-19.
Station-level disparity
Kota spans 3 CPCB stations with a 9-point spread (min 121, max 130); Surat spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 123, max 123).