Bareilly vs Bihar Sharif
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bareilly and Bihar Sharif.
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 Bihar Sharif averaged 115 — a 54-point (89%) gap, with Bihar Sharif the more polluted and Bareilly the cleaner of the two. On 424 days when both cities reported, Bareilly was cleaner on 311 of them; the average daily gap was 66 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Bareilly peaks in November, while Bihar Sharif peaks in December. Bareilly logged 0% Severe days and 73.1% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Bihar Sharif was 1% Severe and 39.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bareilly 51 days, Bihar Sharif 32 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bareilly has improved by 50 AQI points (45%) from 2022 to 2024; Bihar Sharif has improved by 138 AQI points (54.5%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bareilly reached AQI 292 at Rajendra Nagar (UPPCB) on 2022-11-03; Bihar Sharif hit AQI 433 at D M Colony Bihar (BSPCB) on 2021-12-24.
Station-level disparity
Bareilly spans 2 CPCB stations with a 12-point spread (min 71, max 83); Bihar Sharif spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 146, max 146).