Kota vs Tonk
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Kota and Tonk.
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 Tonk averaged 142 — a 11-point (8%) gap, with Tonk the more polluted and Kota the cleaner of the two. On 299 days when both cities reported, Tonk was cleaner on 197 of them; the average daily gap was 40 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; Tonk was 0% Severe and 28.200000000000003% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Kota 89 days, Tonk 11 days.
Year-over-year progress
Kota has improved by 45 AQI points (25.6%) from 2017 to 2024; Tonk has improved by 14 AQI points (9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Kota reached AQI 375 at Shrinath Puram (RSPCB) on 2021-11-14; Tonk hit AQI 368 at Shastri Nagar (RSPCB) on 2023-11-17.
Station-level disparity
Kota spans 3 CPCB stations with a 9-point spread (min 121, max 130); Tonk spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 148, max 148).