Bangalore vs Dhanbad
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bangalore and Dhanbad.
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 Dhanbad averaged 161 — a 87-point (118%) gap, with Dhanbad the more polluted and Bangalore the cleaner of the two. On 226 days when both cities reported, Bangalore was cleaner on 167 of them; the average daily gap was 67 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Bangalore peaks in March, while Dhanbad peaks in November. Bangalore logged 0.5% Severe days and 42.6% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Dhanbad was 0.4% Severe and 3.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bangalore 31 days, Dhanbad 2 days.
Year-over-year progress
The worst recorded day for Bangalore reached AQI 500 at Silk Board (KSPCB) on 2024-01-10; Dhanbad hit AQI 436 at Kalakusuma (DMC) on 2024-04-28.
Station-level disparity
Bangalore spans 14 CPCB stations with a 50-point spread (min 49, max 99); Dhanbad spans 2 stations with a 12-point spread (min 156, max 168).