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Bāgalkot vs Jaisalmer

Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bāgalkot and Jaisalmer.

Cleaner right now: Bāgalkot (485-pt gap)Historical head-to-head: Bāgalkot cleaner 549/569 daysYoY 20202024: Bāgalkot -35.6% · Jaisalmer -4.6%

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

🏆 Cleaner

Bāgalkot

Karnataka, India

Good

PM2.5: 8.0 µg/m³

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Jaisalmer

Rajasthan, India

Severe

PM2.5: 396.7 µg/m³

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Pollutant-level comparison (PM2.5, PM10, O3, NO2, SO2, CO)
PollutantBāgalkotJaisalmer
PM2.5(µg/m³)8.00396.70
PM10(µg/m³)15.102369.30
NO₂(µg/m³)6.401.30
SO₂(µg/m³)1.701.70
O₃(µg/m³)39.0053.00
CO(µg/m³)177.00105.00

CPCB Multi-Year History (2016–2024)

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Summary

Overview

In 2024, Bāgalkot averaged an AQI of 47 while Jaisalmer averaged 125 — a 78-point (166%) gap, with Jaisalmer the more polluted and Bāgalkot the cleaner of the two. On 569 days when both cities reported, Bāgalkot was cleaner on 549 of them; the average daily gap was 80 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; Jaisalmer was 0% Severe and 37.699999999999996% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bāgalkot 109 days, Jaisalmer 18 days.

Year-over-year progress

Bāgalkot has improved by 26 AQI points (35.6%) from 2020 to 2024; Jaisalmer has improved by 6 AQI points (4.6%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bāgalkot reached AQI 242 at Vidayagiri (KSPCB) on 2020-11-01; Jaisalmer hit AQI 374 at Sadar Bazar (RSPCB) on 2024-12-22.

Station-level disparity

Bāgalkot spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 50, max 50); Jaisalmer spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 127, max 127).

Verdict

🏆 Bāgalkot has better air quality with an AQI of 15 compared to Jaisalmer's 500. That's a significant difference of 485 points.

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