Aurangabad vs Bareilly
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Aurangabad 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, Aurangabad averaged an AQI of 99 while Bareilly averaged 61 — a 38-point (62%) gap, with Aurangabad the more polluted and Bareilly the cleaner of the two. On 560 days when both cities reported, Bareilly was cleaner on 465 of them; the average daily gap was 61 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Aurangabad peaks in January, while Bareilly peaks in November. Aurangabad logged 0.1% Severe days and 58.3% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Bareilly was 0% Severe and 73.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Aurangabad 46 days, Bareilly 51 days.
Year-over-year progress
Aurangabad has improved by 41 AQI points (29.3%) from 2016 to 2024; Bareilly has improved by 50 AQI points (45%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Aurangabad reached AQI 436 at More Chowk Waluj (MPCB) on 2024-09-16; Bareilly hit AQI 292 at Rajendra Nagar (UPPCB) on 2022-11-03.
Station-level disparity
Aurangabad spans 4 CPCB stations with a 87-point spread (min 91, max 178); Bareilly spans 2 stations with a 12-point spread (min 71, max 83).