Bareilly vs Chandigarh
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bareilly and Chandigarh.
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 Chandigarh averaged 153 — a 92-point (151%) gap, with Chandigarh the more polluted and Bareilly the cleaner of the two. On 566 days when both cities reported, Bareilly was cleaner on 512 of them; the average daily gap was 87 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Bareilly peaks in November, while Chandigarh peaks in January. Bareilly logged 0% Severe days and 73.1% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Chandigarh was 0.3% Severe and 39.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bareilly 51 days, Chandigarh 92 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bareilly has improved by 50 AQI points (45%) from 2022 to 2024; Chandigarh has worsened by 27 AQI points (21.4%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bareilly reached AQI 292 at Rajendra Nagar (UPPCB) on 2022-11-03; Chandigarh hit AQI 452 at Sector-53 (CPCC) on 2022-11-09.
Station-level disparity
Bareilly spans 2 CPCB stations with a 12-point spread (min 71, max 83); Chandigarh spans 3 stations with a 43-point spread (min 107, max 150).