Rohtak vs Rourkela
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Rohtak 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, Rohtak averaged an AQI of 148 while Rourkela averaged 115 — a 33-point (29%) gap, with Rohtak the more polluted and Rourkela the cleaner of the two. On 381 days when both cities reported, Rourkela was cleaner on 192 of them; the average daily gap was 67 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Rohtak logged 1.1% Severe days and 36.599999999999994% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Rourkela was 0% Severe and 32.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Rohtak 45 days, Rourkela 60 days.
Year-over-year progress
Rohtak has improved by 123 AQI points (45.4%) from 2017 to 2024; Rourkela has improved by 112 AQI points (49.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Rohtak reached AQI 498 at MD University (HSPCB) on 2019-11-03; Rourkela hit AQI 344 at Raghunathpali (OSPCB) on 2024-01-01.
Station-level disparity
Rohtak spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 159, max 159); Rourkela spans 3 stations with a 29-point spread (min 106, max 135).