Bareilly vs Bidar
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bareilly and Bidar.
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 Bidar averaged 85 — a 24-point (39%) gap, with Bidar the more polluted and Bareilly the cleaner of the two. On 301 days when both cities reported, Bareilly was cleaner on 163 of them; the average daily gap was 40 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Bareilly peaks in November, while Bidar peaks in January. Bareilly logged 0% Severe days and 73.1% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Bidar was 0.1% Severe and 72.5% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bareilly 51 days, Bidar 24 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bareilly has improved by 50 AQI points (45%) from 2022 to 2024; Bidar has worsened by 1 AQI points (1.2%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bareilly reached AQI 292 at Rajendra Nagar (UPPCB) on 2022-11-03; Bidar hit AQI 437 at Naubad (KSPCB) on 2022-01-25.
Station-level disparity
Bareilly spans 2 CPCB stations with a 12-point spread (min 71, max 83); Bidar spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 84, max 84).