Bāgalkot vs Meerut
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bāgalkot and Meerut.
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 Meerut averaged 144 — a 97-point (206%) gap, with Meerut the more polluted and Bāgalkot the cleaner of the two. On 1291 days when both cities reported, Bāgalkot was cleaner on 1225 of them; the average daily gap was 145 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Bāgalkot peaks in January, while Meerut peaks in November. Bāgalkot logged 0% Severe days and 96.3% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Meerut was 2% Severe and 22.299999999999997% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bāgalkot 109 days, Meerut 25 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bāgalkot has improved by 26 AQI points (35.6%) from 2020 to 2024; Meerut has improved by 116 AQI points (44.6%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bāgalkot reached AQI 242 at Vidayagiri (KSPCB) on 2020-11-01; Meerut hit AQI 490 at Pallavpuram Phase 2 (UPPCB) on 2020-11-05.
Station-level disparity
Bāgalkot spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 50, max 50); Meerut spans 3 stations with a 13-point spread (min 172, max 185).