Bangalore vs Ulhasnagar
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bangalore and Ulhasnagar.
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 Ulhasnagar averaged 117 — a 43-point (58%) gap, with Ulhasnagar the more polluted and Bangalore the cleaner of the two. On 509 days when both cities reported, Ulhasnagar was cleaner on 305 of them; the average daily gap was 51 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Bangalore peaks in March, while Ulhasnagar peaks in January. Bangalore logged 0.5% Severe days and 42.6% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Ulhasnagar was 0% Severe and 46.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bangalore 31 days, Ulhasnagar 74 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bangalore has improved by 26 AQI points (26%) from 2016 to 2024; Ulhasnagar has improved by 10 AQI points (7.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bangalore reached AQI 500 at Silk Board (KSPCB) on 2024-01-10; Ulhasnagar hit AQI 319 at Sidhi Vinayak Nagar (MPCB) on 2023-11-13.
Station-level disparity
Bangalore spans 14 CPCB stations with a 50-point spread (min 49, max 99); Ulhasnagar spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 120, max 120).