Bāgalkot vs Hubli-Dharwad
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bāgalkot and Hubli-Dharwad.
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 Hubli-Dharwad averaged 64 — a 17-point (36%) gap, with Hubli-Dharwad the more polluted and Bāgalkot the cleaner of the two. On 1488 days when both cities reported, Bāgalkot was cleaner on 1199 of them; the average daily gap was 36 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Bāgalkot peaks in January, while Hubli-Dharwad peaks in February. Bāgalkot logged 0% Severe days and 96.3% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Hubli-Dharwad was 0% Severe and 74.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bāgalkot 109 days, Hubli-Dharwad 180 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bāgalkot has improved by 26 AQI points (35.6%) from 2020 to 2024; Hubli-Dharwad has improved by 18 AQI points (22%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bāgalkot reached AQI 242 at Vidayagiri (KSPCB) on 2020-11-01; Hubli-Dharwad hit AQI 500 at Deshpande Nagar (KSPCB) on 2018-05-21.
Station-level disparity
Bāgalkot spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 50, max 50); Hubli-Dharwad spans 2 stations with a 6-point spread (min 73, max 79).