Patna vs Rāichūr
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Patna and Rāichūr.
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, Patna averaged an AQI of 172 while Rāichūr averaged 106 — a 66-point (62%) gap, with Patna the more polluted and Rāichūr the cleaner of the two. On 1029 days when both cities reported, Rāichūr was cleaner on 975 of them; the average daily gap was 150 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Patna peaks in December, while Rāichūr peaks in February. Patna logged 7.5% Severe days and 19.400000000000002% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Rāichūr was 0% Severe and 54.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Patna 30 days, Rāichūr 23 days.
Year-over-year progress
Patna has improved by 40 AQI points (18.9%) from 2016 to 2024; Rāichūr has improved by 24 AQI points (18.5%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Patna reached AQI 491 at IGSC Planetarium Complex (BSPCB) on 2016-01-01; Rāichūr hit AQI 390 at Haji Colony (KSPCB) on 2022-01-25.
Station-level disparity
Patna spans 6 CPCB stations with a 39-point spread (min 154, max 193); Rāichūr spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 93, max 93).