Bangalore vs Solapur
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bangalore and Solapur.
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 Solapur averaged 96 — a 22-point (30%) gap, with Solapur the more polluted and Bangalore the cleaner of the two. On 1706 days when both cities reported, Solapur was cleaner on 1140 of them; the average daily gap was 42 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in March on average. Bangalore logged 0.5% Severe days and 42.6% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Solapur was 0% Severe and 52.7% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bangalore 31 days, Solapur 61 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bangalore has improved by 26 AQI points (26%) from 2016 to 2024; Solapur has improved by 45 AQI points (31.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bangalore reached AQI 500 at Silk Board (KSPCB) on 2024-01-10; Solapur hit AQI 266 at Solapur (MPCB) on 2018-03-03.
Station-level disparity
Bangalore spans 14 CPCB stations with a 50-point spread (min 49, max 99); Solapur spans 3 stations with a 10-point spread (min 88, max 98).