Kota vs Tirupati
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kota and Tirupati.
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 Tirupati averaged 75 — a 56-point (75%) gap, with Kota the more polluted and Tirupati the cleaner of the two. On 259 days when both cities reported, Tirupati was cleaner on 231 of them; the average daily gap was 92 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Kota peaks in November, while Tirupati peaks in April. Kota logged 0% Severe days and 40.599999999999994% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Tirupati was 0% Severe and 84% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kota 89 days, Tirupati 36 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kota has improved by 45 AQI points (25.6%) from 2017 to 2024; Tirupati has improved by 20 AQI points (21.1%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kota reached AQI 375 at Shrinath Puram (RSPCB) on 2021-11-14; Tirupati hit AQI 263 at Vaikuntapuram (APPCB) on 2022-11-16.
Station-level disparity
Kota spans 3 CPCB stations with a 9-point spread (min 121, max 130); Tirupati spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 75, max 75).