Bangalore vs Palwal
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bangalore and Palwal.
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 Palwal averaged 95 — a 21-point (28%) gap, with Palwal the more polluted and Bangalore the cleaner of the two. On 1947 days when both cities reported, Palwal was cleaner on 1094 of them; the average daily gap was 57 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Bangalore peaks in March, while Palwal peaks in November. Bangalore logged 0.5% Severe days and 42.6% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Palwal was 0.2% Severe and 47.800000000000004% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bangalore 31 days, Palwal 37 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bangalore has improved by 26 AQI points (26%) from 2016 to 2024; Palwal has improved by 91 AQI points (48.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bangalore reached AQI 500 at Silk Board (KSPCB) on 2024-01-10; Palwal hit AQI 465 at Shyam Nagar (HSPCB) on 2019-11-14.
Station-level disparity
Bangalore spans 14 CPCB stations with a 50-point spread (min 49, max 99); Palwal spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 120, max 120).