Akola vs Bhopal
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Akola and Bhopal.
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 Bhopal averaged 114 — a 27-point (31%) gap, with Bhopal the more polluted and Akola the cleaner of the two. On 364 days when both cities reported, Akola was cleaner on 322 of them; the average daily gap was 43 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; Bhopal was 0% Severe and 38.4% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Akola 129 days, Bhopal 47 days.
Year-over-year progress
Akola has improved by 16 AQI points (15.5%) from 2023 to 2024; Bhopal has improved by 39 AQI points (25.5%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Akola reached AQI 330 at Ramdaspeth (MPCB) on 2023-11-04; Bhopal hit AQI 392 at T T Nagar (MPPCB) on 2022-01-06.
Station-level disparity
Akola spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 93, max 93); Bhopal spans 3 stations with a 18-point spread (min 111, max 129).