Rourkela vs Sawāi Mādhopur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Rourkela and Sawāi Mādhopur.
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, Rourkela averaged an AQI of 115 while Sawāi Mādhopur averaged 119 — a 4-point (3%) gap, with Sawāi Mādhopur the more polluted and Rourkela the cleaner of the two. On 331 days when both cities reported, Sawāi Mādhopur was cleaner on 214 of them; the average daily gap was 48 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Rourkela logged 0% Severe days and 32.9% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Sawāi Mādhopur was 0% Severe and 44.900000000000006% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Rourkela 60 days, Sawāi Mādhopur 21 days.
Year-over-year progress
Rourkela has improved by 112 AQI points (49.3%) from 2022 to 2024; Sawāi Mādhopur has worsened by 7 AQI points (6.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Rourkela reached AQI 344 at Raghunathpali (OSPCB) on 2024-01-01; Sawāi Mādhopur hit AQI 328 at Sahu Nagar Sawai (RSPCB) on 2024-06-07.
Station-level disparity
Rourkela spans 3 CPCB stations with a 29-point spread (min 106, max 135); Sawāi Mādhopur spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 116, max 116).