Bangalore vs Chapra
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bangalore and Chapra.
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, Bangalore averaged an AQI of 74 while Chapra averaged 149 — a 75-point (101%) gap, with Chapra the more polluted and Bangalore the cleaner of the two. On 966 days when both cities reported, Bangalore was cleaner on 679 of them; the average daily gap was 101 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Bangalore peaks in March, while Chapra peaks in January. Bangalore logged 0.5% Severe days and 42.6% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Chapra was 2.4% Severe and 26.8% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bangalore 31 days, Chapra 14 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bangalore has improved by 26 AQI points (26%) from 2016 to 2024; Chapra has improved by 181 AQI points (54.8%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bangalore reached AQI 500 at Silk Board (KSPCB) on 2024-01-10; Chapra hit AQI 452 at Darshan Nagar (BSPCB) on 2022-12-20.
Station-level disparity
Bangalore spans 14 CPCB stations with a 50-point spread (min 49, max 99); Chapra spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 195, max 195).