Rourkela vs Tālcher
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Rourkela and Tālcher.
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 Tālcher averaged 127 — a 12-point (10%) gap, with Tālcher the more polluted and Rourkela the cleaner of the two. On 31 days when both cities reported, Tālcher was cleaner on 22 of them; the average daily gap was 41 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Rourkela peaks in November, while Tālcher peaks in December. Rourkela logged 0% Severe days and 32.9% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Tālcher was 0.2% Severe and 43.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Rourkela 60 days, Tālcher 44 days.
Year-over-year progress
Rourkela has improved by 112 AQI points (49.3%) from 2022 to 2024; Tālcher has improved by 63 AQI points (33.2%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Rourkela reached AQI 344 at Raghunathpali (OSPCB) on 2024-01-01; Tālcher hit AQI 414 at Talcher (OSPCB) on 2018-11-27.
Station-level disparity
Rourkela spans 3 CPCB stations with a 29-point spread (min 106, max 135); Tālcher spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 132, max 132).