Bareilly vs Darbhanga
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Bareilly and Darbhanga.
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 Darbhanga averaged 365 — a 304-point (498%) gap, with Darbhanga the more polluted and Bareilly the cleaner of the two. On 186 days when both cities reported, Bareilly was cleaner on 133 of them; the average daily gap was 96 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Bareilly peaks in November, while Darbhanga peaks in December. Bareilly logged 0% Severe days and 73.1% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Darbhanga was 7.1% Severe and 26.9% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Bareilly 51 days, Darbhanga 20 days.
Year-over-year progress
Bareilly has improved by 50 AQI points (45%) from 2022 to 2024; Darbhanga has worsened by 116 AQI points (46.6%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Bareilly reached AQI 292 at Rajendra Nagar (UPPCB) on 2022-11-03; Darbhanga hit AQI 473 at Town Hall Lal Bagh (BSPCB) on 2023-01-01.
Station-level disparity
Bareilly spans 2 CPCB stations with a 12-point spread (min 71, max 83); Darbhanga spans 1 stations with a 0-point spread (min 208, max 208).