Bāgalkot vs Cuttack
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bāgalkot and Cuttack.
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 Cuttack averaged 112 — a 65-point (138%) gap, with Cuttack the more polluted and Bāgalkot the cleaner of the two. On 395 days when both cities reported, Bāgalkot was cleaner on 324 of them; the average daily gap was 82 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in January on average. Bāgalkot logged 0% Severe days and 96.3% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Cuttack was 0% Severe and 52.5% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bāgalkot 109 days, Cuttack 29 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bāgalkot has improved by 26 AQI points (35.6%) from 2020 to 2024; Cuttack has improved by 89 AQI points (44.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bāgalkot reached AQI 242 at Vidayagiri (KSPCB) on 2020-11-01; Cuttack hit AQI 355 at CDA Area (OSPCB) on 2023-11-13.
Station-level disparity
Bāgalkot spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 50, max 50); Cuttack spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 125, max 125).