Rourkela vs Thrissur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Rourkela and Thrissur.
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 Thrissur averaged 57 — a 58-point (102%) gap, with Rourkela the more polluted and Thrissur the cleaner of the two. On 325 days when both cities reported, Thrissur was cleaner on 306 of them; the average daily gap was 88 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Rourkela peaks in November, while Thrissur peaks in February. Rourkela logged 0% Severe days and 32.9% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Thrissur was 0% Severe and 88.4% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Rourkela 60 days, Thrissur 52 days.
Year-over-year progress
Rourkela has improved by 112 AQI points (49.3%) from 2022 to 2024; Thrissur has improved by 21 AQI points (26.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Rourkela reached AQI 344 at Raghunathpali (OSPCB) on 2024-01-01; Thrissur hit AQI 181 at Corporation Ground Thrissur (PCB) on 2023-01-09.
Station-level disparity
Rourkela spans 3 CPCB stations with a 29-point spread (min 106, max 135); Thrissur spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 68, max 68).