Bāghpat vs Balasore
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bāghpat and Balasore.
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, Bāghpat averaged an AQI of 141 while Balasore averaged 131 — a 10-point (8%) gap, with Bāghpat the more polluted and Balasore the cleaner of the two. On 343 days when both cities reported, Balasore was cleaner on 176 of them; the average daily gap was 64 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Bāghpat peaks in November, while Balasore peaks in January. Bāghpat logged 3.3% Severe days and 26.200000000000003% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Balasore was 0.2% Severe and 42.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bāghpat 46 days, Balasore 29 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bāghpat has improved by 99 AQI points (41.2%) from 2018 to 2024; Balasore has improved by 58 AQI points (30.7%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bāghpat reached AQI 500 at New Collectorate (UPPCB) on 2018-07-28; Balasore hit AQI 406 at Kalidaspur (OSPCB) on 2024-01-16.
Station-level disparity
Bāghpat spans 2 CPCB stations with a 66-point spread (min 148, max 214); Balasore spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 141, max 141).