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Bāgalkot vs Khanna

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

Cleaner right now: Bāgalkot (81-pt gap)Historical head-to-head: Bāgalkot cleaner 655/683 daysYoY 20202024: Bāgalkot -35.6% · Khanna +4.1%

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: 7.9 µg/m³

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Khanna

Punjab, India

Satisfactory

PM2.5: 57.6 µg/m³

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Pollutant-level comparison (PM2.5, PM10, O3, NO2, SO2, CO)
PollutantBāgalkotKhanna
PM2.5(µg/m³)7.9057.60
PM10(µg/m³)14.7086.80
NO₂(µg/m³)5.7025.80
SO₂(µg/m³)1.6015.90
O₃(µg/m³)44.0075.00
CO(µg/m³)164.00753.00

CPCB Multi-Year History (2016–2024)

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Summary

Overview

In 2024, Bāgalkot averaged an AQI of 47 while Khanna averaged 102 — a 55-point (117%) gap, with Khanna the more polluted and Bāgalkot the cleaner of the two. On 683 days when both cities reported, Bāgalkot was cleaner on 655 of them; the average daily gap was 53 AQI points.

Seasonality & days

Bāgalkot peaks in January, while Khanna peaks in November. Bāgalkot logged 0% Severe days and 96.3% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Khanna was 0% Severe and 61.599999999999994% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bāgalkot 109 days, Khanna 60 days.

Year-over-year progress

Bāgalkot has improved by 26 AQI points (35.6%) from 2020 to 2024; Khanna has worsened by 4 AQI points (4.1%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bāgalkot reached AQI 242 at Vidayagiri (KSPCB) on 2020-11-01; Khanna hit AQI 297 at Kalal Majra (PPCB) on 2023-11-09.

Station-level disparity

Bāgalkot spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 50, max 50); Khanna spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 100, max 100).

Verdict

🏆 Bāgalkot has better air quality with an AQI of 15 compared to Khanna's 96. That's a significant difference of 81 points.

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