Bareilly vs Bhiwandi
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bareilly and Bhiwandi.
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, Bareilly averaged an AQI of 61 while Bhiwandi averaged 108 — a 47-point (77%) gap, with Bhiwandi the more polluted and Bareilly the cleaner of the two. On 330 days when both cities reported, Bareilly was cleaner on 278 of them; the average daily gap was 48 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Bareilly logged 0% Severe days and 73.1% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Bhiwandi was 0% Severe and 52.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bareilly 51 days, Bhiwandi 52 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bareilly has improved by 50 AQI points (45%) from 2022 to 2024; Bhiwandi has worsened by 6 AQI points (5.9%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bareilly reached AQI 292 at Rajendra Nagar (UPPCB) on 2022-11-03; Bhiwandi hit AQI 270 at Gokul Nagar (MPCB) on 2024-05-14.
Station-level disparity
Bareilly spans 2 CPCB stations with a 12-point spread (min 71, max 83); Bhiwandi spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 106, max 106).