Rourkela vs Silchar
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Rourkela and Silchar.
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 Silchar averaged 52 — a 63-point (121%) gap, with Rourkela the more polluted and Silchar the cleaner of the two. On 350 days when both cities reported, Silchar was cleaner on 328 of them; the average daily gap was 84 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Rourkela peaks in November, while Silchar peaks in February. Rourkela logged 0% Severe days and 32.9% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Silchar was 0% Severe and 100% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Rourkela 60 days, Silchar 87 days.
Year-over-year progress
Rourkela has improved by 112 AQI points (49.3%) from 2022 to 2024; Silchar has worsened by 11 AQI points (26.8%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Rourkela reached AQI 344 at Raghunathpali (OSPCB) on 2024-01-01; Silchar hit AQI 89 at Tarapur (PCBA) on 2023-04-29.
Station-level disparity
Rourkela spans 3 CPCB stations with a 29-point spread (min 106, max 135); Silchar spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 47, max 47).