Patna vs Rourkela
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Patna 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, Patna averaged an AQI of 172 while Rourkela averaged 115 — a 57-point (50%) gap, with Patna the more polluted and Rourkela the cleaner of the two. On 395 days when both cities reported, Rourkela was cleaner on 364 of them; the average daily gap was 109 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Patna peaks in December, while Rourkela peaks in November. Patna logged 7.5% Severe days and 19.400000000000002% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Rourkela was 0% Severe and 32.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Patna 30 days, Rourkela 60 days.
Year-over-year progress
Patna has improved by 40 AQI points (18.9%) from 2016 to 2024; Rourkela has improved by 112 AQI points (49.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Patna reached AQI 491 at IGSC Planetarium Complex (BSPCB) on 2016-01-01; Rourkela hit AQI 344 at Raghunathpali (OSPCB) on 2024-01-01.
Station-level disparity
Patna spans 6 CPCB stations with a 39-point spread (min 154, max 193); Rourkela spans 3 stations with a 29-point spread (min 106, max 135).