Noida vs Rourkela
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Noida and Rourkela.
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, Noida averaged an AQI of 182 while Rourkela averaged 115 — a 67-point (58%) gap, with Noida the more polluted and Rourkela the cleaner of the two. On 395 days when both cities reported, Rourkela was cleaner on 328 of them; the average daily gap was 93 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Noida logged 8.9% Severe days and 16.5% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Rourkela was 0% Severe and 32.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Noida 14 days, Rourkela 60 days.
Year-over-year progress
Noida has improved by 79 AQI points (30.3%) from 2017 to 2024; Rourkela has improved by 112 AQI points (49.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Noida reached AQI 500 at Sector-1 (UPPCB) on 2019-11-01; Rourkela hit AQI 344 at Raghunathpali (OSPCB) on 2024-01-01.
Station-level disparity
Noida spans 4 CPCB stations with a 15-point spread (min 195, max 210); Rourkela spans 3 stations with a 29-point spread (min 106, max 135).