Rourkela vs Varanasi
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Rourkela and Varanasi.
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 Varanasi averaged 56 — a 59-point (105%) gap, with Rourkela the more polluted and Varanasi the cleaner of the two. On 395 days when both cities reported, Varanasi was cleaner on 337 of them; the average daily gap was 76 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Rourkela peaks in November, while Varanasi peaks in January. Rourkela logged 0% Severe days and 32.9% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Varanasi was 2.8% Severe and 36% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Rourkela 60 days, Varanasi 87 days.
Year-over-year progress
Rourkela has improved by 112 AQI points (49.3%) from 2022 to 2024; Varanasi has improved by 169 AQI points (75.1%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Rourkela reached AQI 344 at Raghunathpali (OSPCB) on 2024-01-01; Varanasi hit AQI 500 at Ardhali Bazar (UPPCB) on 2017-07-11.
Station-level disparity
Rourkela spans 3 CPCB stations with a 29-point spread (min 106, max 135); Varanasi spans 4 stations with a 94-point spread (min 71, max 165).