Akola vs Bareilly
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Akola and Bareilly.
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, Akola averaged an AQI of 87 while Bareilly averaged 61 — a 26-point (43%) gap, with Akola the more polluted and Bareilly the cleaner of the two. On 362 days when both cities reported, Bareilly was cleaner on 263 of them; the average daily gap was 32 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Akola logged 0% Severe days and 59.2% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Bareilly was 0% Severe and 73.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Akola 129 days, Bareilly 51 days.
Year-over-year progress
Akola has improved by 16 AQI points (15.5%) from 2023 to 2024; Bareilly has improved by 50 AQI points (45%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Akola reached AQI 330 at Ramdaspeth (MPCB) on 2023-11-04; Bareilly hit AQI 292 at Rajendra Nagar (UPPCB) on 2022-11-03.
Station-level disparity
Akola spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 93, max 93); Bareilly spans 2 stations with a 12-point spread (min 71, max 83).