Bāgalkot vs Bhilai
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bāgalkot and Bhilai.
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, Bāgalkot averaged an AQI of 47 while Bhilai averaged 73 — a 26-point (55%) gap, with Bhilai the more polluted and Bāgalkot the cleaner of the two. On 783 days when both cities reported, Bāgalkot was cleaner on 610 of them; the average daily gap was 41 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Bāgalkot peaks in January, while Bhilai peaks in November. Bāgalkot logged 0% Severe days and 96.3% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Bhilai was 0% Severe and 71.6% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bāgalkot 109 days, Bhilai 119 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bāgalkot has improved by 26 AQI points (35.6%) from 2020 to 2024; Bhilai has worsened by 8 AQI points (12.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bāgalkot reached AQI 242 at Vidayagiri (KSPCB) on 2020-11-01; Bhilai hit AQI 288 at Hathkhoj (CECB) on 2023-12-26.
Station-level disparity
Bāgalkot spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 50, max 50); Bhilai spans 3 stations with a 25-point spread (min 59, max 84).