Aurangabad vs Bilaspur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Aurangabad and Bilaspur.
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 Bilaspur averaged 61 — a 38-point (62%) gap, with Aurangabad the more polluted and Bilaspur the cleaner of the two. On 699 days when both cities reported, Bilaspur was cleaner on 630 of them; the average daily gap was 71 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Aurangabad peaks in January, while Bilaspur peaks in December. Aurangabad logged 0.1% Severe days and 58.3% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Bilaspur was 0% Severe and 88% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Aurangabad 46 days, Bilaspur 66 days.
Year-over-year progress
Aurangabad has improved by 41 AQI points (29.3%) from 2016 to 2024; Bilaspur has improved by 22 AQI points (26.5%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Aurangabad reached AQI 436 at More Chowk Waluj (MPCB) on 2024-09-16; Bilaspur hit AQI 259 at Mangala (NTPC) on 2023-03-09.
Station-level disparity
Aurangabad spans 4 CPCB stations with a 87-point spread (min 91, max 178); Bilaspur spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 69, max 69).