Nalbāri vs Thiruvananthapuram
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Nalbāri and Thiruvananthapuram.
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, Nalbāri averaged an AQI of 129 while Thiruvananthapuram averaged 56 — a 73-point (130%) gap, with Nalbāri the more polluted and Thiruvananthapuram the cleaner of the two. On 358 days when both cities reported, Thiruvananthapuram was cleaner on 281 of them; the average daily gap was 73 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in January on average. Nalbāri logged 0% Severe days and 41% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Thiruvananthapuram was 0% Severe and 92% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Nalbāri 18 days, Thiruvananthapuram 172 days.
Year-over-year progress
Nalbāri has improved by 72 AQI points (35.8%) from 2022 to 2024; Thiruvananthapuram has improved by 11 AQI points (16.4%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Nalbāri reached AQI 384 at Bata Chowk (PCBA) on 2024-01-08; Thiruvananthapuram hit AQI 387 at Plammoodu Thiruvananthapuram (PCB) on 2021-08-30.
Station-level disparity
Nalbāri spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 141, max 141); Thiruvananthapuram spans 2 stations with a 7-point spread (min 57, max 64).