Bāgalkot vs Kārwār
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bāgalkot and Kārwār.
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 Kārwār averaged 55 — a 8-point (17%) gap, with Kārwār the more polluted and Bāgalkot the cleaner of the two. On 264 days when both cities reported, Bāgalkot was cleaner on 152 of them; the average daily gap was 27 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; Kārwār was 0% Severe and 92.7% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bāgalkot 109 days, Kārwār 34 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bāgalkot has improved by 26 AQI points (35.6%) from 2020 to 2024; Kārwār has improved by 72 AQI points (56.7%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bāgalkot reached AQI 242 at Vidayagiri (KSPCB) on 2020-11-01; Kārwār hit AQI 222 at KHB Colony (KSPCB) on 2023-12-21.
Station-level disparity
Bāgalkot spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 50, max 50); Kārwār spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 58, max 58).