Bāgalkot vs Ludhiana
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bāgalkot and Ludhiana.
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 Ludhiana averaged 117 — a 70-point (149%) gap, with Ludhiana the more polluted and Bāgalkot the cleaner of the two. On 574 days when both cities reported, Bāgalkot was cleaner on 463 of them; the average daily gap was 61 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Bāgalkot peaks in January, while Ludhiana peaks in November. Bāgalkot logged 0% Severe days and 96.3% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Ludhiana was 0.3% Severe and 53.599999999999994% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bāgalkot 109 days, Ludhiana 53 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bāgalkot has improved by 26 AQI points (35.6%) from 2020 to 2024; Ludhiana has improved by 79 AQI points (40.3%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bāgalkot reached AQI 242 at Vidayagiri (KSPCB) on 2020-11-01; Ludhiana hit AQI 488 at Punjab Agricultural University (PPCB) on 2018-06-14.
Station-level disparity
Bāgalkot spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 50, max 50); Ludhiana spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 118, max 118).