Rourkela vs Solapur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Rourkela and Solapur.
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 Solapur averaged 96 — a 19-point (20%) gap, with Rourkela the more polluted and Solapur the cleaner of the two. On 382 days when both cities reported, Solapur was cleaner on 214 of them; the average daily gap was 50 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Rourkela peaks in November, while Solapur peaks in March. Rourkela logged 0% Severe days and 32.9% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Solapur was 0% Severe and 52.7% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Rourkela 60 days, Solapur 61 days.
Year-over-year progress
Rourkela has improved by 112 AQI points (49.3%) from 2022 to 2024; Solapur has improved by 45 AQI points (31.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Rourkela reached AQI 344 at Raghunathpali (OSPCB) on 2024-01-01; Solapur hit AQI 266 at Solapur (MPCB) on 2018-03-03.
Station-level disparity
Rourkela spans 3 CPCB stations with a 29-point spread (min 106, max 135); Solapur spans 3 stations with a 10-point spread (min 88, max 98).