Bāgalkot vs Howrah
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bāgalkot and Howrah.
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 Howrah averaged 126 — a 79-point (168%) gap, with Howrah the more polluted and Bāgalkot the cleaner of the two. On 1295 days when both cities reported, Bāgalkot was cleaner on 1151 of them; the average daily gap was 109 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Bāgalkot peaks in January, while Howrah peaks in December. Bāgalkot logged 0% Severe days and 96.3% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Howrah was 0.7% Severe and 48.7% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bāgalkot 109 days, Howrah 120 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bāgalkot has improved by 26 AQI points (35.6%) from 2020 to 2024; Howrah has improved by 32 AQI points (20.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bāgalkot reached AQI 242 at Vidayagiri (KSPCB) on 2020-11-01; Howrah hit AQI 500 at Ghusuri (WBPCB) on 2017-04-15.
Station-level disparity
Bāgalkot spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 50, max 50); Howrah spans 5 stations with a 116-point spread (min 111, max 227).